Football NSW has partnered with Sport NSW to provide scholarships for Association and Club committee members to complete the Governance Foundations for Not-for-Profit Directors course delivered by Australian Institute of Company Directors. Over the last 40 years, the AICD has been helping organisations and sporting associations to improve their governance practices, enabling clubs to enhance their performance. This program is a one and a half day course which provides participants with an understanding of fundamental compliance and performance related roles and responsibilities of directors, specifically in the areas of governance, risk, financial performance and strategy. The topics covered in the program are: • Duties and Responsibilities of NFP Directors • Finance for NFP Directors • Strategy and Risk for NFP Directors Case studies examined in the course look specifically at sporting examples for greater relevance to the sports context we work in. The Australian Institute of Company Directors are accredited with the globally recognised CPD Services, and competition of this course will earn you 20 DPD units. This Women in Football Scholarship is valued at $1,100.