The School Governors' One-Stop Shop (SGOSS) is a national charity set-up in 1999 by the Department for Education. It recruits volunteers with transferable skills to become school governors with an aim "to ensure every school in England has access to skilled, enthusiastic and committed school governor volunteers". As of 2012, SGOSS had successfully placed its 13,000 school governor volunteer. Further details about the School Governors' One-Stop Shop can be found on their website at www.sgoss.org.uk.