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About Care4Calais
Care4Calais is a volunteer-powered charity supporting refugees in northern France and the UK. We work alongside people seeking safety to provide daily essentials, fill the gaps state support leaves, and open up access to justice. We also press the public and policymakers to act. Our vision is an inclusive society where people seeking safety have a safe home and a bright future free from inequality.
In northern France we operate year-round from Calais, providing warm clothing, shelter, services and assistance to people living in dangerous conditions. In the UK, our Field Operations teams distribute clothes and essentials, run language lessons, sports and music workshops, and connect people to medical, educational and specialist services; our Legal Access teams secure legal representation and make sure people are informed and empowered throughout their asylum claim.
Our work is informed by an Advisory Board of people with lived experience of seeking safety, who provide strategic input and feedback.
About the role
We're appointing more Trustees with lived experience of seeking asylum. You'll join as we begin a strategic review that will shape our priorities for the coming years - so your insight will help decide where a charity working on the front line of the hostile environment puts its energy next, and make sure those decisions reflect the realities and aspirations of the people we exist to serve.
As a member of the Board, you’ll be working to set Care4Calais' strategic direction, hold us to our governing documents and legal duties, and support and challenge the leadership team so the charity can grow and thrive.
You don't need previous governance experience. We will support you and give you what you need to do the role well.
What Trustees do
Purpose and compliance
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Ensure Care4Calais complies with its governing document, charity law and other applicable regulation
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Ensure we pursue our charitable objects, and that all activities and resources advance that purpose
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Contribute to regular reviews of our own governance
Strategy and direction
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Shape and review strategy, and advise on our purpose, vision, goals and activities
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Review what we're achieving and how effective our activities are
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Stay alert to changes in our operating environment and ensure our purpose and activities remain relevant
Risk, finance and oversight
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Ensure key and emerging risks are identified, monitored and mitigated
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Oversee financial plans and budgets, monitor progress, and review and approve financial statements
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Ensure robust processes for handling money and accurate record keeping
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Ensure income generation is on target, lawful, and doesn't expose us to undue risk
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Ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation
Judgement and stewardship
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Use your own judgement to make decisions that are honest, lawful and in Care4Calais' best interests
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Avoid conflicts of interest or loyalty where you can; declare and record those you can't
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Support and challenge the leadership team in exercising their delegated authority
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Promote our aims and reputation through your skills, knowledge and contacts
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Attend Board meetings prepared to contribute
Who we're looking for
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Lived experience of seeking asylum
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Willingness to understand and accept a trustee's legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities, and to act in the charity's best interests
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Strong commitment to our cause, values and strategic objectives
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A strategic, critical thinker who is comfortable asking questions, challenging assumptions and sharing views with respect and confidence
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Ability to work as part of a team, understanding that trusteeship is collective
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The time to do the role well - attending meetings and taking an active part in discussion
Support you'll get: structured onboarding, a buddy from the Board, and external mentoring through the Experts by Experience Employment Network.
Terms of service
The role is voluntary, with reasonable expenses reimbursed. Trustees are appointed for a 3 year term which is renewable. We expect trustees to attend all scheduled Board meetings, with reasonable allowances for extenuating circumstances.
As a small charity, there will be times we need you beyond Board meetings — scrutinising papers, advising on new initiatives, or lending expertise on a particular issue. Trustees are encouraged to visit our operations in the UK and northern France.
All appointments are subject to the standard requirement that candidates are not disqualified from acting as a charity trustee under the Charities Act; you'll be asked for the relevant declarations.
How to apply
Send a CV and a letter of interest (1–2 pages) setting out why you want the role and how you meet the person specification.
Skills and insight come from a wide range of life experiences, not only paid work - tell us about any experiences, learnings or perspectives you think would help you thrive here.
You will never be asked to describe your lived experience at any stage of this process unless you choose to.
Want an informal chat first? Contact Wilf Sullivan, Chair of the Board wilf [@] care4calais .org
Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed online after the closing date.
We can help with digital access or a quiet space for interviews. Tell us about any reasonable adjustments you need and we'll arrange them.
Equality and safeguarding
Care4Calais is an equal opportunities employer and an anti-racist organisation. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, LGBTQ+ individuals, disabled candidates, and those with lived experience of the immigration system.
We are a proud member of the Experts by Experience Employment Network (EBE), which works towards a charitable sector led by people with lived experience of the asylum system. We've moved away from one-size-fits-all recruitment to make our process fair, supportive and accessible. Applicants are welcome to use the guidance at ebeemployment .com and to contact the EBE support team for help with your application and, where available, one-to-one interview preparation.
We are committed to safeguarding. Our selection process includes rigorous background checks and assessments to ensure post holders demonstrate attitudes and values aligned with a culture that promotes safeguarding.
Registered Charity
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Volunteer-run charity supporting refugees in the UK, and France. We believe everyone deserves a safe home.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
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Role description and purpose: The role involves offering moral and some practical support to a client of WTRRP. Any complex needs are addressed by WTRRP Case Workers and professional organisations, not befrienders. Befrienders will give client extra support to combat isolation, extra language support and help them to integrate into UK society and the Watford community.
How a befriender will be allocated: The Befriending Coordinators and the Volunteers’ Coordinator will allocate a befriender to a client with his/her explicit agreement. An initial meeting between the client, the befriender and one of the coordinators will be organised to set up parameters and ensure that both parties are happy to continue. Client support can be terminated at any time by mutual agreement and in consultation with one of the Befriending Coordinators.
Key responsibilities:
· Provide moral support to allocated client.
· Make regular phone calls and visits (in a neutral place such as cafes, libraries, St Mary’s as agreed with the client) – once a week or every other week.
· Listen, encourage and empower clients. (It is important not to create mutual dependency)
· Maintain a friendly but neutral approach.
· Help client integrate into UK society by sharing local knowledge, for example facilitating access to Children Centres, libraries etc.
· Accompany client to social events organised by WTRRP.
· Help client be aware of WTRRP services
· Offer practical help such as lifts to medical appointments (if comfortable with this), finding clothes, furniture, moving (if agreed and organised by WTRR) etc.
· Report to a Befriending Coordinator after each meeting with the client.
· Identify more complex needs/issues and relay these to the Befriending Coordinators.
· Report any safeguarding concerns immediately as per WTRRP policy. Liaise with the Safeguarding Lead and/or members of the Committee.
· Represent WTRRP and work constructively as part of a WTRRP team.
Other Requirements of the Role:
· Willingness to commit to a 6 months period (an extension may be granted but we would like to see clients become self-reliant)
· Reasonable availability, particularly during weekdays.
· Attend regular Befrienders’ training and volunteers’ training essential.
Skills and personal qualities:
· Strong communicator and interpersonal skills (including ability to convey information in simple English).
· Patience
· Reliability and flexibility
· Awareness of non-verbal communication such as body language.
· Awareness of cultural differences/unconscious bias and their effects on the clients we support. Training will be given on these.
· Awareness of boundaries.
· Ability to work as part of a team.
· Empathy for the plight of refugees and asylum seekers.
Experience:
· Previous volunteering experience an advantage
Thank you!
Wintercomfort is seeking to appoint new Trustees to join our Board. If you are keen to shape the strategic direction of the charity and support strong, effective governance, we would love to hear from you. We are particularly interested to recruit people with homelessness sector knowledge and experience. However, we warmly welcome applications from individuals with a wide range of professional backgrounds and lived experiences who can bring fresh perspectives and a commitment to our mission.
About Us
Wintercomfort is an advice and support hub for homeless and vulnerably housed people in Cambridge. Open daily throughout the year, we provide services to aid every stage of recovery – from immediate basic welfare needs to long-term support to help people overcome challenges and fulfil their potential. We offer housing and tenancy support, debt advice, support with training and employment, access to a range of mental and physical health services, a dedicated women’s programme, and work to promote social inclusion.
We are looking for people to join an experienced and passionate Board of Trustees who work collaboratively in providing strategic oversight and governance of Wintercomfort, to ensure its financial stability and that it achieves its mission. No prior experience of the charity sector is required. Induction and training is provided for all new Trustees.
Wintercomfort is committed to celebrating diversity, promoting equality, fostering equal opportunities and tackling discrimination in all it does.
This is a voluntary, unpaid, position for an initial term of 3 years. Reasonable travel expenses can be paid.
We are welcoming applications until 14th September 2026.
Interested?
We have attached the Candidate Pack to this advert with more information about the role duties and to help with your application. If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and a short letter outlining why you would like to become a trustee of Wintercomfort and what skills you would bring to the board, it will be sent automatically to us.
We have attached the Candidate Pack to this advert with more information about the role duties and to help with your application. If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and a short letter outlining why you would like to become a trustee of Wintercomfort and what skills you would bring to the board, it will be sent automatically to us.
