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MHA Governance

We hope that this section of our website will help you to understand MHA’s legal status and how it is managed.

• We are a charity, registered by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).  Our registration number is SCO12306.
• Our governing body is our Board of Directors.
• Our Directors, who are all unpaid, come from various walks of life and bring a wide range of skills and experience to their roles.
• There are currently 12 Directors.
• The following sub-groups of the Board of Directors have recently been established:

1. Counselling Services
2. Residential & Day Services, Housing Support Services
3. Policy & Campaigning, Fundraising & Publicity
4. Finance, Governance, Employment & HR Issues and Quality Assurance

• These sub–groups comprise both current members of the Board of Directors and other individuals co-opted for their knowledge, skills and experience.
• Service users and carers are included in these groups, contributing their own unique experience and skills.
• The Board are committed to include service users and carers as full Board members after gaining experience and building confidence at sub-group level in the first instance.
• The views of service users are also heard through the recently established MHA People’s Services Forum.
• We meet the requirements of a number of regulators and our legal duties: our Annual Reports and Accounts can be found elsewhere on this website, or can be obtained from our Head Office.
• We have an equal opportunities policy and take its implementation very seriously.