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Welcome to the Derbyshire School Governors Association website.
DSGA is an independent voluntary organisation open to governors in all Derbyshire schools (including academies). It is run by governors for governors and is independent of the Local Authority. Membership is free and all are welcome to attend our meetings. More information about DSGA is available here. If you would like to subscribe to our emails you can sign up here DSGA newsletters.
This newsletter contains information to help you in your role as a school governor, trustee or clerk to governors.
Please discuss the contents at your next governing board meeting.
The course has been specifically designed to provide chairs and vice-chairs with the skills and knowledge needed to be effective.
Derbyshire governor support find it difficult maintaining an up to date set of personal email addresses for every chair of governors. It would be helpful if all schools had an email address for their chair of governors set up in this format: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. This way when a change of chair occurs contact with the governors can be maintained. Your school is responsible for setting up this email address. Please inform Governor Support of the change.
Volunteers are increasingly important in modern society, often however they get little recognition for their vital work. In this piece Lord Martin Matthews encourages us to give more recognition to volunteers, and breaks down some of the barriers that prevent people from nominating them for awards. The process is much simpler than people think.
