The London Association of Governance Advisory Services (LAGAS) extends across all 32 London Boroughs together with and a number of independent members and organisation, and diocesan partners. We share a determination to provide the best possible service to the governing bodies and Trust boards that we serve. The diversity of our membership gives us a wealth of experience and expertise enabling us to offer support, advice and guidance to all boards in all settings across our region.
We operate a Steering Group, who are responsible for planning our meetings and overseeing the business of LAGAS. We meet face-to-face once a year and virtually for all other meetings. Our meetings provide high-quality, relevant and thought-provoking professional development for our members.
As with other regional groups, LAGAS works to:
- influence national policy associated with governance issues through membership of the National Association of Governance Advisory Services (NAGAS);
- identify common themes and issues emerging from the group and use these to inform local and national priorities;
- provide representatives from the group to attend NAGAS meetings to share views on emerging local and national issues and to ensure the outcomes of those meetings are communicated with LAGAS members in a timely and appropriate manner;
- support the continuous improvement of the London governance support;
- encourage and support the professional development of all individual members;
- disseminate good practice in all areas of governance support;
- share resources, information and best practice.
Membership of our group
LAs: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton & Sutton, Newham, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Royal Borough of Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster, Royal Borough of Richmond & Kingston, Southwark, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth.
Independent and organisations: Judicium (Strictly Education Limited), Andrew Dodge, Melian Mansfield, Haringey Education Partnership; The Education Space
Diocese: London Diocesan Board of Schools, the Education Commission – Catholic Diocese of Southwark.
Our Elected Members
Our current Chair is Rebecca Barut, Bexley, Sujal Zaveri, Enfield, is our treasurer, Jackie Saddington, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster and Suhaib Saeed, Lewisham are our NAGAS representatives. The group is supported by an experienced Governance Professional, Linda Brennan, Judicium.