Our Declaration of Interests Policy

Central to the proper conduct of the public business is the need for CTCIC board members, staff, volunteers and members and volunteers of all its organisations, its contracts, and subsidiaries (including HWNW and HWR, and any other organisations CTCIC is formally contracted to manage), to follow the seven principles of public life as set out by the Nolan Committee on Standards of Public Life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership. Failure to do so may provide a risk to the reputation of CTCIC or leave board members or volunteers open to suspicion of impropriety in their conduct of CTCIC business.

All board members, staff or volunteers involved in providing advice or making judgements on behalf of CTCIC, its organisations, contracts and subsidiaries should ensure that they act impartially in accordance with the principles of public life. Good practice requires any board member or volunteer who has a material interest, actual or perceived, either directly or through a partner, spouse, or close relative (e.g., brother, sister, children etc.), in any CTCIC matter to declare that interest.

The purpose of this policy is to set out the principles for minimising and managing potential conflicts of interest, perceived or otherwise and, in so doing, provide protection to CTCIC, its board members, staff and volunteers. In establishing this policy, the CTCIC aims to achieve the effective management of conflicts of interest without over-prescriptive regulation.