Movement strengthening· Low risk

Reserves policy in plain English

Explain why the reserves policy is what it is.

When to use this prompt

Reach for this prompt when you need to explain why the reserves policy is what it is. It's designed for Chief Executive, Trustee. Typically used within Governance work.

How to use it

1
Gather your inputs
Have your local context, audience and goal to hand.
2
Fill in the template
Copy the template below and replace every bracketed placeholder with real, local context. Keep names and safeguarding details out.
3
Run it in your AI tool
Paste into your preferred AI assistant. Ask a follow-up if the output misses your association's tone or context.
4
Review with the checklist
Work through the human-review checklist below before you send, publish or act on the output.

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Prompt template

Rewrite the reserves policy below in plain English at reading age 12 for the annual report. Explain what reserves are, why we hold them, how the target was set, and what would trigger a review. Policy: {POLICY}

Replace bracketed placeholders with real context. Never paste identifying details about children, health or safeguarding cases.

Worked example

POLICY: [paste]

Why this prompt works

Members, funders and staff can all understand the same policy.

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