{"id":13515,"date":"2025-11-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/?p=13515"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:00:02","slug":"should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272,4],"tags":[352,167],"class_list":["post-13515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-volunteering-tips-advice","category-volunteering","tag-trustee","tag-volunteer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer? - CharityJob Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Being a trustee involves different skills and challenges from regular volunteering. Here\u2019s how to work out which would suit you best.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Being a trustee involves different skills and challenges from regular volunteering. Here\u2019s how to work out which would suit you best.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CharityJob\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/charityjobs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T10:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T10:00:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fiona McAuslan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Charityjob\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Charityjob\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fiona McAuslan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona McAuslan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#\/schema\/person\/6c96eb460731603d0c29083573b15004\"},\"headline\":\"Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-04T10:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T10:00:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/\"},\"wordCount\":8,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"trustee\",\"volunteer\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Tips for volunteering\",\"Volunteering\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/\",\"name\":\"Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer? - CharityJob Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-04T10:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T10:00:02+00:00\",\"description\":\"Being a trustee involves different skills and challenges from regular volunteering. Here\u2019s how to work out which would suit you best.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/\",\"name\":\"CharityJob\",\"description\":\"CharityJob blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CharityJob\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CharityJob-Logo_Dark-Blue-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CharityJob-Logo_Dark-Blue-1.png\",\"width\":425,\"height\":425,\"caption\":\"CharityJob\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/charityjobs\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Charityjob\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/charityjob-part-of-jobladder\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#\/schema\/person\/6c96eb460731603d0c29083573b15004\",\"name\":\"Fiona McAuslan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/358e92c406daf23a8b48106e185045da09ec9eb4bc3345a344a2391b41838db1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/358e92c406daf23a8b48106e185045da09ec9eb4bc3345a344a2391b41838db1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/358e92c406daf23a8b48106e185045da09ec9eb4bc3345a344a2391b41838db1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fiona McAuslan\"},\"description\":\"Fiona McAuslan is Getting on Board\u2019s Marketing and Communications Director. Getting on Board is a trustee recruitment and diversity charity. Their guiding belief is that board diversity is key to effective decision making, better delivery of a charity\u2019s services and the broader goal of creating a more equitable society.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/author\/fiona\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer? - CharityJob Blog","description":"Being a trustee involves different skills and challenges from regular volunteering. Here\u2019s how to work out which would suit you best.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer?","og_description":"Being a trustee involves different skills and challenges from regular volunteering. Here\u2019s how to work out which would suit you best.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/","og_site_name":"CharityJob","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/charityjobs\/","article_published_time":"2025-11-04T10:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-04T10:00:02+00:00","author":"Fiona McAuslan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Charityjob","twitter_site":"@Charityjob","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fiona McAuslan","Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/"},"author":{"name":"Fiona McAuslan","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#\/schema\/person\/6c96eb460731603d0c29083573b15004"},"headline":"Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer?","datePublished":"2025-11-04T10:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-04T10:00:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/"},"wordCount":8,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#organization"},"keywords":["trustee","volunteer"],"articleSection":["Tips for volunteering","Volunteering"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/","name":"Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer? - CharityJob Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-11-04T10:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-04T10:00:02+00:00","description":"Being a trustee involves different skills and challenges from regular volunteering. Here\u2019s how to work out which would suit you best.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/should-you-become-a-trustee-or-a-volunteer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Should You Become a Trustee or a Volunteer?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/","name":"CharityJob","description":"CharityJob blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#organization","name":"CharityJob","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CharityJob-Logo_Dark-Blue-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CharityJob-Logo_Dark-Blue-1.png","width":425,"height":425,"caption":"CharityJob"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/charityjobs\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Charityjob","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/charityjob-part-of-jobladder\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/#\/schema\/person\/6c96eb460731603d0c29083573b15004","name":"Fiona McAuslan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/358e92c406daf23a8b48106e185045da09ec9eb4bc3345a344a2391b41838db1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/358e92c406daf23a8b48106e185045da09ec9eb4bc3345a344a2391b41838db1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/358e92c406daf23a8b48106e185045da09ec9eb4bc3345a344a2391b41838db1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Fiona McAuslan"},"description":"Fiona McAuslan is Getting on Board\u2019s Marketing and Communications Director. Getting on Board is a trustee recruitment and diversity charity. Their guiding belief is that board diversity is key to effective decision making, better delivery of a charity\u2019s services and the broader goal of creating a more equitable society.","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/author\/fiona\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}