The NABD is entirely governed by unpaid volunteers. The management committee (aka National Committee currently has 12 members, 6 of whom are also the official Trustees of the charity. (Some members of the management committee have been dedicated, unpaid, committee volunteers for the NABD for more than 25-years, and the Chairman has been a dedicated unpaid committee volunteer for 34-years). All of the trustees and other members of the management committee have active ‘hands on’ involvement in the management of the charity. The NABD has only one paid employee (the office manager) who is responsible for a great deal of the day-to-day administration of the NABD.