Wellbeing volunteer roles
We’re seeking committed new trustees to help guide a small but ambitious charity supporting children and young people with cerebral palsy, ensuring our funds deliver meaningful, life-changing impact.
Our Board is made up of a small, committed group of trustees who bring a mix of professional expertise and personal connection to our cause. Together, we oversee a grant-making charity that has a long heritage and a clear ambition: to increase our income and ensure we can support more children and young people with cerebral palsy in meaningful, practical ways.
Like many small charities, our challenge is balancing strong governance with growth. We are financially stable and well run, but we want to think more strategically about our future: how we prioritise funding, how we grow awareness and income, and how we ensure every grant we make delivers real, lasting benefit for families. The new trustee will play an active role in shaping these conversations and helping the Board move confidently from steady state to sustainable growth.
The role is hands-on and collaborative. Trustees are expected to attend four board meetings a year, contribute thoughtfully to discussion and decision-making, and engage between meetings when specific issues arise. Depending on interest and experience, the new trustee may also be invited to take a lead role in an area of work or join a small working group, for example around fundraising development, investment oversight, or grant assessment.
This is an opportunity to influence how limited charitable funds are used where they matter most. Trustees are directly involved in decisions that enable children to access therapy, specialist equipment, and support that may not otherwise be available. For someone who wants to make a tangible difference, this is a role where your contribution can be clearly seen in the lives of the children and families we support.
The Board values open discussion, shared responsibility, and a supportive culture, making this an especially rewarding role for someone who wants their time and judgement to have genuine impact.
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Fair Trade Wales is looking for a Chair who can use their skills to guide our strategic direction, lead our Board, support employees and champion Fair Trade in Wales.
Our mission is to drive a thriving and inclusive Fair Trade movement in Wales by developing communities, shaping policy, and creating global connections that support ethical and sustainable trade. We have an ambitious new strategy for 2025-2028 including our plans to grow - beginning with our current transition from a not-for-profit organisation to a registered charity.
If you care about justice and global equality, and want to support the growth of the Fair Trade movement, this role lets you shape Fair Trade Wales’ direction and strengthen connections across Wales and beyond. Join us for our next chapter.
Fair Trade Wales is a company, limited by guarantee with not for profit status, and currently applying for charitable status. We work as part of the Hub Cymru Africa (HCA) partnership. Hub Cymru Africa is currently funded by the Welsh Government’s Wales and Africa programme.
Details
- Closing Date: 24 February 2026
- Interviews: 4/5 March 2026
- Time commitment: approx ½ day a month
- Approximately four Board meetings per year
- Regular 1-2-1s with Head of Fair Trade Wales
- Reward: Voluntary role with reasonable expenses and training covered
- Term: 3 years (with a possibility of further terms)
- Location: Online with one in person away day per year
Role Description
The role of the Chair leads the Board, ensuring its effectiveness in setting the organisation’s culture and direction, and maintaining high standards of governance. The Chair also manages the Head of the staff team to deliver the strategy, workplans and objectives. The Chair of the Board shares the same legal responsibilities as other members of the Board.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Board in setting and promoting the strategic direction of Fair Trade Wales, ensuring good governance and holding staff to account.
- Chair Board meetings (approx 4 per year), ensuring the Board functions effectively, meetings are led inclusively, and the Board carries out its duties.
- Line manage the Head of Fair Trade Wales including setting objectives, and regular one to one meetings to support and monitor progress.
- Ensures that the Board reviews its structure, effectiveness, delegations and key policies, and implements agreed changes as necessary.
- Represent Fair Trade Wales to decision-makers, partner organisations and the public, acting as an ambassador.
Key relationships
- Other Fair Trade Wales Board members
- Head of Fair Trade Wales and other staff members
- Hub Cymru Africa partnership Chair and Head
- Current and potential funders and partners
Person Specification
Essential
- Commitment to Fair Trade principles and global responsibility
- Understanding of the voluntary sector and current issues affecting it
- Ability to foster and promote a collaborative environment
- Ability to motivate staff and Board members
- Experience of chairing or facilitating
- Ability to listen, engage effectively and build relationships
- Understanding the differences between strategic and operational leadership
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Experience of working with or as part of a Board or other type of strategic leadership
- Understanding of the resource constraints of a small organisation
- Awareness of charity/not-for-profit governance
- A broad understanding of charity finance and funding
- Experience of working with Government, the Senedd and civil society in Wales
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Cadeirydd
Mae Cymru Masnach Deg yn chwilio am Gadeirydd sydd yn gallu defnyddio eu sgiliau i arwain ein cyfeiriad strategol, arwain ein Bwrdd, cefnogi staff, a hyrwyddo Masnach Deg yng Nghymru.
Ein cenhadaeth ydy ysgogi mudiad Masnach Deg llwyddiannus a chynhwysol yng Nghymru, trwy ddatblygu cymunedau, siapio polisi, a chreu cysylltiadau byd-eang sy'n cefnogi masnach foesegol a chynaliadwy. Mae gennym strategaeth newydd uchelgeisiol ar gyfer 2025-2028, sy'n cynnwys ein cynlluniau i dyfu – sydd yn dechrau gyda'n cyfnod presennol o drawsnewid o fod yn sefydliad nid-er-elw i fod yn elusen gofrestredig.
Os oes ots gennych chi am gyfiawnder a chydraddoldeb byd-eang, ac eisiau cefnogi twf y mudiad Masnach Deg, mae'r rôl hon yn caniatáu i chi siapio cyfeiriad Cymru Masnach Deg a chryfhau cysylltiadau ar draws Cymru ac ymhellach. Dewch i ymuno â ni ar gyfer ein pennod nesaf.
Mae Cymru Masnach Deg wedi'i sefydlu fel cwmni, wedi'i gyfyngu drwy warant gyda statws nid-er-elw., sydd ar hyn o bryd, yn gwneud cais am statws elusennol. Rydym yn gweithio fel rhan o bartneriaeth Hub Cymru Africa (HCA). Ar hyn o bryd, mae Hub Cymru Africa yn cael ei ariannu gan raglen Cymru ac Affrica Llywodraeth Cymru.
Manylion
- Dyddiad Cau: 24 Chwefror 2026.
- Cyfweliadau: 4/5 Mawrth 2026
- Ymrwymiad amser: tua ½ diwrnod y mis
- Tua phedwar cyfarfod Bwrdd y flwyddyn
- Cyfarfodydd wyneb yn wyneb rheolaidd gyda Phennaeth Cymru Masnach Deg
- Gwobr: Rôl wirfoddol gyda threuliau rhesymol a hyfforddiant yn cael eu talu
- Tymor: 3 blynedd (gyda phosibiliad o ragor o dermau)
- Lleoliad: Ar-lein gydag un diwrnod i ffwrdd mewn person y flwyddyn
Disgrifiad o'r Rôl
Mae rôl y Cadeirydd yn cynnwys arwain y Bwrdd, sicrhau ei fod yn effeithiol o ran gosod diwylliant a chyfeiriad y sefydliad, a chynnal safonau uchel o lywodraethiant. Mae'r Cadeirydd hefyd yn rheoli Pennaeth y tîm staff i gyflawni'r strategaeth, cynlluniau gwaith a'r amcanion. Mae Cadeirydd y Bwrdd yn rhannu'r un cyfrifoldebau cyfreithiol ag aelodau eraill y Bwrdd.
Cyfrifoldebau
- Arwain y Bwrdd i osod a hyrwyddo cyfeiriad strategol Cymru Masnach Deg, a sicrhau bod y Bwrdd yn cael ei lywodraethu'n dda, a dwyn staff i gyfrif.
- Cadeirio cyfarfodydd Bwrdd (tua 4 y flwyddyn), a sicrhau bod y Bwrdd yn gweithredu'n effeithiol, bod cyfarfodydd yn cael eu harwain yn gynhwysol, a bod y Bwrdd yn cyflawni ei ddyletswyddau.
- Gweithredu fel rheolwr llinell ar gyfer Pennaeth Cymry Masnach Deg, gan gynnwys gosod amcanion, a chyfarfodydd un i un rheolaidd i gefnogi a monitro cynnydd.
- Sicrhau bod y Bwrdd yn adolygu ei strwythur, effeithiolrwydd, dirprwyiaethau a pholisïau allweddol, a'i fod yn gweithredu newidiadau y cytunwyd arnynt ôl yr angen.
- Cynrychioli Cymru Masnach Deg i benderfynwyr, sefydliadau partner a'r cyhoedd, gan weithredu fel llysgennad.
Perthnasoedd allweddol
- Aelodau eraill o Fwrdd Cymru Masnach Deg
- Pennaeth Cymru Masnach Deg ac aelodau eraill o staff
- Cadeirydd a Phennaeth Hub Cymru Africa
- Cyllidwyr a phartneriaid presennol a phosib
Manyleb Person
Hanfodol
- Ymrwymiad i egwyddorion Masnach Deg a chyfrifoldeb byd-eang
- Dealltwriaeth o'r sector gwirfoddol a'r materion presennol sy'n effeithio arno
- Y gallu i feithrin a hyrwyddo amgylchedd cydweithredol
- Y gallu i ysgogi staff a chynghorwyr y Bwrdd
- Profiad o gadeirio neu hwyluso
- Y gallu i wrando, ymgysylltu'n effeithiol a chreu perthnasoedd
- Dealltwriaeth o'r gwahaniaethau rhwng arweinyddiaeth strategol a gweithredol
Dymunol
- Y gallu i siarad Cymraeg
- Profiad o weithio gyda, neu fel rhan, o Fwrdd neu fath arall o arweinyddiaeth strategol
- Dealltwriaeth o gyfyngiadau sefydliad bach o ran adnoddau
- Ymwybyddiaeth o lywodraethu elusen/nid-er-elw
- Dealltwriaeth eang o faterion cyllid a chyllido elusen
- Profiad o weithio gyda'r Llywodraeth, y Senedd a chymdeithas sifil yng Nghymru
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Are you passionate about building a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient economy? Are you looking for a meaningful way to use your finance expertise? ECU is a small, dynamic non-profit working to transform the economy. Join us!
What will you be doing?
In addition to the responsibilities of all board members, the Treasurer will:
- Support the Board to review and monitor ECU’s financial performance and sustainability
- Ensure the Board receives timely, accessible and accurate financial information
- Support the team to develop and maintain robust and proportionate financial policies, processes and risk management systems
What are we looking for?
- Commitment to ECU’s mission and values
- Commitment to the legal duties and responsibilities
- Financial management experience, policies, risk
- Qualifications
- Able to interpret, interrogate and communicate financial information
- Work as part of a diverse team, and devote the time
Desirable - treasurer experience
What difference will you make?
We have an ambitious vision for change, a strong analysis of the opportunities and barriers to progress, and a clear view of our role in building a better economy. Our board is committed, collaborative and inclusive, with a strong understanding of its role and remit, and a culture of open dialogue.
Before you apply
- Your interest in this role and what you could bring to it
- What would you want to learn and gain?
Interview 25 Feb in London (expenses paid)
Are you passionate about building a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient economy? Are you looking for a meaningful way to use your finance expertise?
ECU is a small, dynamic non-profit working to transform the economy so that everyone has the freedom and security to live a good life.
We are now recruiting for ECU’s first Treasurer, who will lead at board level on monitoring ECU’s financial performance and sustainability, ensuring that we have robust financial policies and processes in place, and supporting other board members to fulfil their collective responsibilities around finance.
This is an exciting time to join ECU. We have an ambitious vision for change, a strong analysis of the opportunities and barriers to progress, and a clear view of our role in building a better economy. Our board is committed, collaborative and inclusive, with a strong understanding of its role and remit, and a culture of open dialogue. Our work is challenging, fascinating, and fulfilling – and, with rising levels of inequality, an unfolding climate emergency, overstretched public services and a growing concentration of corporate power, it couldn’t be more important.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
NFYFC is seeking a trustee with strong finance experience in the charity or not-for-profit sector to join its Board and support delivery of our five-year strategy.
This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on support. Following a sustained operating deficit since the Covid period, NFYFC is focused on strengthening financial sustainability, improving financial discipline, and building long-term resilience. We are looking for a trustee who is willing to roll up their sleeves, work constructively with the Executive team, and help guide the organisation through this recovery phase.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.