Governance

Governance & Policies

The Golden Lion Children’s Trust maintains a controlled suite of governance policies, procedures and supporting documents to guide the charity’s work and protect the children, families, volunteers, supporters and partners we work with.

Board statement

Important Governance and Contact Update

The Trustees of the Golden Lion Children’s Trust wish to clarify the current arrangements for the administration and management of the charity.

Following recent changes to the Trust’s governance and management arrangements, all official GLCT business is now conducted under the authority of the current Board of Trustees.

At present, the Board has not authorised any former trustee, former officer, volunteer, contractor or other individual outside the current Board of Trustees to organise activities, make arrangements, give instructions, make commitments or otherwise act on behalf of the Golden Lion Children’s Trust.

All enquiries, event arrangements, applications, offers of support and other matters relating to GLCT should therefore be made through the charity’s official contact channels shown on this website. This includes communications relating to forthcoming GLCT events and activities.

Any communication concerning GLCT received from an individual who is not a current Trustee should not be treated as an authorised communication from the charity unless its authority has first been confirmed directly by the Board.

The Trustees have issued this clarification to ensure that our supporters, beneficiaries, schools, partner organisations and volunteers know how to contact the Trust and can be confident that they are dealing with an authorised representative of the charity.

Board of Trustees
Golden Lion Children’s Trust

Our governing document

Constitution

The constitution sets out how the Trust is governed and how its trustees exercise their responsibilities.

Adopted 30 July 2026

Read or download the Trust’s governing document.

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The documents listed below form part of GLCT’s controlled governance framework and are reviewed on an annual cycle. Individual policy documents are available on request.

Safeguarding & people

  • Child Safeguarding PolicyGLCT-POL-013
  • Equal Opportunities and Diversity PolicyGLCT-POL-005
  • Education and Awareness PolicyGLCT-POL-004
  • Whistleblowing PolicyGLCT-POL-015
  • Volunteer Code of ConductGLCT-COD-001

Governance & accountability

  • Board Meetings and Minutes PolicyGLCT-POL-001
  • Complaints Handling PolicyGLCT-POL-002
  • Conflict of Interest PolicyGLCT-POL-003
  • Trustee Payments PolicyGLCT-POL-014
  • Campaigning and Political Activity StatementGLCT-STA-001

Finance & stewardship

  • Financial Controls PolicyGLCT-POL-006
  • Fundraising PolicyGLCT-POL-007
  • Investment PolicyGLCT-POL-009
  • Reserves PolicyGLCT-POL-012
  • Insurance Policy StatementGLCT-STA-003

Risk, data & media

  • Health and Safety and Risk Assessment PolicyGLCT-POL-008
  • Privacy and Data Protection PolicyGLCT-POL-011
  • Photography and Media PolicyGLCT-POL-010
  • Data Breach Response ProcedureGLCT-PRO-001
  • Serious Incident Reporting ProcedureGLCT-PRO-002

Need a copy of a policy?

Funders, partners, schools, parents and carers, and other stakeholders can request a copy of any listed document from the Trust.

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