Wales Weightlifting Federation CIC is a Community Interest Company that shall be led by a voluntary board of Directors: including a Chair, a Vice Chair, three directors who are elected by the membership (via a vote that usually takes place during our Annual General Meeting), and five appointed directors who are appointed by the board via a recruitment process. Our board operate in line with the Governance and Leadership Framework for Wales.
You can find profiles for each of our current board members here: Meet the Non-Executive Directors
Each member of the board lends their skills to our sub-committees and groups, which are tasked to oversee certain areas of the organisation. These sub-committees and groups are made up of a mixture of Board Directors with relevant experience, as well as Staff members who work within the sub-committee's/group's strategic areas. Occasionally, external consultants or advisers may be brought in to add additional insight.
The Board retains overall decision making responsibility and remains responsible for any decision or action taken by any sub committee, group, or person to who it has delegated powers.
The board delegates matters to the below four Sub-Committees, where you find a summary of the purpose of each as well as be able to view their terms of reference.
- The Nominations Sub-Committee – responsible for maintaining the composition of each sub-committee and sub-group, whilst leading on all Board appointments.
View Nominations Sub-Committee Terms of Reference
- The Business, Audit, and Risk Sub-Committee – responsible for overseeing the adequacy of the Company's financial reporting and internal controls related to business, risk and financial matters.
View Business, Audit, and Risk Sub-Committee Terms of Reference
- The Strategy & Development Sub-Committee – responsible for developing strategic oversight by monitoring and evaluating the progress of the Company strategy.
View Strategy & Development Sub-Committee Terms of Reference
- The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Sub-Committee – responsible for overseeing EDI matters, policy development and compliance.
View EDI Sub-Committee Terms of Reference
There are two Sub-Groups which have delegated responsibility on operational matters:
- The Performance Group – responsible for overseeing all performance-related matters from squad and team selection to qualification and selection policy writing.
View Performance Group Terms of Reference
- The Safeguarding Case Management Group – responsible for dealing with safeguarding concerns as well as monitoring and improving safeguarding procedures.
View Safeguarding Case Management Group Terms of Reference
These Groups are not required to report directly to the Board but their actions will be reported to the Board by the Chief Operating Officer as part of the regular reporting process. They have varying levels of power to act, as specified in their individual Terms of References. The Board may decide that it wishes to exercise power over a group and can require it to report directly where it is deemed necessary.
The Chief Operating Officer (who reports to the Board) has responsibility for the day-to-day running of the organisation and as such may delegate to groups or individuals on matters impacting daily operations where necessary.
