Canary Serve operates with its headquarters and various support offices across different regions:
- Operational Headquarters: Located in Cheshire, United Kingdom.
- Administrative Headquarters: Located in London, United Kingdom.
- Support Office: Based in Ireland.
As a registered charitable organization in the United Kingdom, Canary Serve’s operational and field offices work collaboratively to support, fundraise, and advocate for the organization’s activities and initiatives around the world.
Canary Serve's Governance
Canary Serve is governed by the by-laws and rules of procedure established by the UK Charity Commission. This commission is made up of both current and former members of charities from the UK and the USA. Annual membership with the Charity Commission provides members with the opportunity to:
- Contribute to Canary Serve’s long-term vision and strategic direction.
- Stay informed about key decisions affecting the organization.
- Participate in the election of the Board of Directors, who are responsible for validating and overseeing the NGO’s strategic objectives.
Good NGO/Charity governance and ensuring transparency and integrity
Good governance is a key issue especially in non-profit organisations like canary serve . Maintaining their credibility and integrity and having effective decision structures is key for us to achieve our mission. We are expected to demonstrate a high degree of accountability to our community and the public. In order to grow as an effective and successful non-profit organization/Charity , Canary serrve defines its decision making rules and has an internal system of checks and balances in place that ensures the public interest is served.
These rules need to be defined in good times to prevent bad times.
In addition, transparency is of key , as credibility, integrity and trust are their most important assets. Losing credibility and public trust can put canary serve at existential risk.
Therefore, Canary Serve advocates the need to know about what it means to be transparent, which kind of information should be disclosed, and how interests can be declared