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Join the Pride — Become a Committee Member!
Volunteer Role | Lyonic Scots Society
Do you enjoy being part of a friendly team, sharing ideas, and helping shape something meaningful?
Want to support a growing cultural society — no Scottish heritage required?
Then we’d love to welcome you as a Committee Member of the Lyonic Scots Society.
We’re building a vibrant, supportive community dedicated to promoting the Lyonic Scots and assisting the Clan Chief in sharing this unique heritage. As a Committee Member, you’ll play a key role in helping us grow, organise, and thrive.
What You’ll Be Doing
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Attending committee meetings and contributing your ideas.
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Supporting projects, events, and Society activities.
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Helping make decisions that guide our future direction.
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Working with the Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary as part of a collaborative team.
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Championing the Lyonic Scots vision in your own way.
What We’re Looking For
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Friendly, enthusiastic people who enjoy teamwork.
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Anyone willing to share ideas, offer support, and get involved.
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Individuals who can commit a little time to meetings and tasks.
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No need to be Scottish — just bring your passion and positivity.
What You’ll Get
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A warm, welcoming volunteer community.
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The chance to help shape a growing cultural society.
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Experience in committee work and community development.
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A supportive team who’ll value your voice and contributions.
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The satisfaction of helping the Lyonic Scots Society flourish.
If you’re ready to get involved, share your ideas, and help make the Lyonic Scots Society a success, we’d be delighted to hear from you.
Reach out and join us — your voice could make all the difference.
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Lyonic Scots is a living cultural community, honouring the past, celebrating the present, and carrying the Lyonic Scots legacy into the future.
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As our Chair of Trustees, we offer you a deeply rewarding role with the opportunity of personal fulfilment, leadership development, purpose and connection through your vital contribution to shape the strategic direction of a highly respected charity. You will ensure we achieve our mission to provide outstanding, free end-of-life care within our community.You will work alongside a skilled and passionate Board and executive team and have the chance to make a profound and lasting impact on the lives of local people and their families.
We are seeking a passionate Chair of Trustees to help shape the future of our hospice and champion our vision that everyone has the opportunity to die at home with our community-based hospice care.
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About Us
Our Vision is to be the leading provider of therapeutic care, education and treatment for children and young people who have experienced early childhood trauma.
Our Mission is to transform the lives of children and young people who suffer severe emotional and psychological difficulties, so they can relate well to others and fulfil their potential.
Our Approach is a form of psychotherapeutic group living and learning modelled on healthy relationships, adapted to the developmental needs of children and young people suffering early childhood trauma. We call this Integrated Systemic Therapy (iST).
Role descriptions and person specification
Role description attached provides more information on the role and responsibilities. For this Trustee role we are particularly seeking individuals with demonstrable Social Care practice experience in an organization of comparable size and scale, in particular with insights into safeguarding.
For more details about Childhood First, please visit our website.
Commitment
- Each year, our Trustees are expected to attend four regular board meetings, from 5 to 7 pm in Central London. In addition, Trustees would attend potentially four meetings of any sub-committee of which they are a member. Further time is required for reading of papers before meetings.
- You would also receive invitations to various Childhood First events in the communities, which are optional but strongly encouraged to help better understand the work and feel a connection to the charity.
- We are particularly cognisant of the need to be flexible in the demands we make of Trustee colleagues. Each year there is an opportunity to meet with the Chair for mutual feedback and to discuss ways in which Trustees might wish to develop their roles.
Successful candidates will be invited to attend a board meeting will be on 15 September 2026 in Central London.
We hope you will consider making an application. If you have questions about the role and would like an informal conversation before applying please email Michael Joseph, Director of Finance and Corporate Services.
All trustee roles will be subject to background vetting, a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (which may include overseas checks) which will be maintained by Childhood First for the duration of their term.
We would also be grateful if you would complete the Equality and Diversity monitoring form on the online application process. This form is for monitoring purposes only and is not treated as part of your application.
To make an application please send the documents below.
• A CV or no more than three sides.
• A supporting statement of no more than one side that explains why you are interested in joining our Board of Trustees and the experiences and qualities you believe you can bring in order to be successful in post.
• Please tell us if there are any dates during the selection process (outlined below) when you would not be available to participate.
• If you have a disability and identify any barriers in the job description or person specification, please tell us.
• Please note that successful applicants will be asked to provide details of professional referees and will need to complete a standard DBS check.
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