Board Member case study

Current Board Member Steve Renwick writes about his experiences of being on our Board …

I applied to join SCRA in 2024 upon my retirement as Director of Finance at Together for Children an Ofsted “Outstanding” Children’s Services company based in Sunderland.

During my six years at Sunderland, I learned much about children at risk and those coming into care and developed a sincere empathy for these young people. Knowing I still had something to offer in this field, the SCRA Board role came up at a perfect time, and I was grateful to be selected to serve.

My twin passions that I use in the Board are a genuine empathy for children (honed with and by my three children and four grandchildren) and a hunger for good governance.  As an accountant, I’m not qualified other than as a lay-person to orchestrate the nuances of child-facing practice but I can be strong in how we run the organisation in an open, compliant and accountable manner.

To this end, I seek to learn much about the service, especially from management and my fellow board members and I use my governance and financial skills to act as Vice Chair of the Board, Chair of the Audit and Assurance Committee and member of the Workforce Governance Committee.

In conclusion SCRA Executive and Board members form a collegiate and formidable team, and I highly recommend joining that team.