Take the Space
Governance Audit
Anti-Racist & Inclusive Practice
This audit examines how your governance structures support anti-racist and inclusive practice across your organisation, and where they could be strengthened.
It asks eight questions covering board diversity, decision-making, accountability, confidence, oversight, recruitment, community influence, and organisational readiness. For each question, you select where your organisation currently sits and provide evidence for your assessment.
The audit takes 20–30 minutes to complete thoughtfully. It can be completed by a senior leader, trustee or working group.
Be honest. Where you do not have evidence, say so. Absent evidence is a finding.
On completion, you will receive a scored assessment with interpretation and a downloadable record of your responses for use with your board or leadership team.
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Take the Space
Governance Audit
Anti-Racist & Inclusive Practice
Question 1 of 8
Does your board or trustee group reflect the diversity of communities across age, ethnicity, disability, gender, and socio-economic background?
Name the specific gaps. Where is your board representative and where is it not? If you do not currently know, please say so: this is as valuable as an answer.
Question 2 of 8
Where does decision-making power sit in your organisation, and whose voices influence strategic choices?
Describe how a significant strategic decision was made in the last twelve months. Who was in the room? Whose perspective was absent? Would an external observer recognise the process as transparent?
Question 3 of 8
Who is responsible for driving inclusive and anti-racist practice in your organisation, and what authority do they hold?
If you have a named responsible person or group, what authority and resource do they hold? Are there clear terms of reference? For example, is there a through line to senior management and board?
Question 4 of 8
How confident are trustees and senior leaders in discussing inclusion, racism, disability, and complex heritage?
What structured development has your board undertaken? For example, training, mentoring, reverse mentoring. If none, what has prevented it?
Question 5 of 8
Does your board have structures in place to oversee and review progress on inclusion and anti-racist practice?
Is this work a standing agenda item, and does it have status as an organisational priority at board and leadership level? Describe what your board reviews, how often, and what happens when progress stalls.
Question 6 of 8
How do you currently recruit trustees and governance volunteers?
Do you have a board succession plan? Do you engage your whole teams in identifying potential candidates? Are your board aware of the need for trustees from currently underrepresented communities? What processes do you currently have for finding, attracting and retaining diverse trustees?
Question 7 of 8
Do you have structures that enable people from under-represented communities to influence governance decisions?
Where do communities currently have decision-making power in your organisation? Does your board understand the value of lived expertise and lived experience in decision-making?
Question 8 of 8
How ready is your governance structure to support organisational transformation around inclusion and anti-racist practice?
Be specific. Name the conversations your board has not yet had, the capability gaps that exist, and the structural changes required. If you are unclear, please name it: this is as valuable as an answer.
Work Undertaken to Date
Record what governance-related work has already taken place. This matters because it shows where you are building from, and where previous work may have stalled or been insufficient.
Evidence Used
Which of the following evidence sources informed your responses in this audit? Tick all that apply. Where evidence is absent, that is a finding.
Where is your evidence strong? Where are the gaps? Where evidence is absent, that is a finding.
Analysis and Reflection
Before you see your score, take a moment to reflect on what has emerged. The most important findings are often not in individual answers but in the patterns across them. This analysis can be completed by your organisation independently, or as a guided session with Jenny Williams. A 20-minute consultation is available to talk through your findings and identify priorities.
Look across your eight answers. Where is governance strong? Where is it absent? Where is commitment present but structure missing?
Who holds this work at governance level, and do they have the authority, resource, and capability to lead it? Or is it being carried by one person without structural support?
Which questions were hardest to answer? Where did you find yourself relying on assumption rather than evidence? What does that tell you?
Take the Space: Governance Audit
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