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Check my CVTo ensure the smooth and efficient running of meetings,
providing assistance and support to the chair of the board of trustees.
To be responsible for legislative and regulatory requirements affecting the charity
and its’ activities, including ensuring all actions are in line with the charity’s
governing document
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Main Responsibilities
• To liaise with the chair and chief executive officer to plan, arrange and
produce agendas and supporting papers for trustee meetings and for
drafting the subsequent minutes.
• To act as charity secretary and ensure that charity law, and regulatory
requirements of reporting and public accountability are complied with.
• To ensure that all meetings comply with the requirements of the
governing document.
• Arranging and administrating trustee meetings and any sub-committees
in line with legal, and other regulatory requirements, and in accordance
with the governing document.
• Advise and guide the board of any legal and regulatory implications of the
charity’s strategic plan.
• Acting as the custodian of the governing document, in liaison with the
trustees, reviewing its appropriateness and monitoring that the charity’s
activities reflect the objects set out in the governing document. Also, to
act as the holder statutory registers and books, and other legal and
important documents such as insurance policies.
• Supporting the trustees in fulfilling their duties and responsibilities,
organising trustee induction and ongoing training.
• Ensuring that trustee decisions are implemented in accordance with the
charity’s governing document or other internal operational procedures.
• Ensuring the charity’s stationery, including electronic communications
(emails, websites etc), orders, invoices, cheques and other relevant
documents include all the details required under company law and, if
applicable, charity law and/or VAT law.
• Plan and prepare the committee meetings and AGM with others as
appropriate (planning dates, booking rooms, sending out minutes and
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other papers.
• Minute committee meetings or ensure another minute taker is available.
• Accurately record decisions and actions in the minutes and report to the
next committee meeting on the progress of actions and the result of
decisions.
Person Specification
Individuals are sought who have a strong empathy with our mission to help
refugees securing employment in the catering industry.
Experience, skills and expertise in
charity law, an interest in the well-being of refugees combined with an indepth
understanding of our work and ambitions are particularly sought.
Knowledge, skills and understanding:
• Record keeping, information retrieval and dissemination of Management
Committee data/documentation to the trustees and relevant parties.
• Writing agendas and concise minutes.
• Knowledge of Charity law and the voluntary sector.
• Commitment to the organisation and a willingness to devote the
necessary time and effort
• Preparedness to make recommendations to the board and a willingness to
speak their mind with diplomacy
• An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and
liabilities of trusteeship
• An ability to work effectively as a member of a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A positive and ‘can-do’ outlook as well as a sense of humour.
• Commitment to promoting equality and diversity.
• Ability to organize time and work to deadlines.
Context
The Board of Trustees are jointly responsible for the overall governance and
strategic direction of the charity, its financial health, the integrity of its
activities and developing the organisation’s aims, objectives and goals in
accordance with the governing document, legal and regulatory guidelines.
All trustees should also be aware of, and understand, their individual and
collective responsibilities, and should not be overly reliant on one or more
individual trustees in any particular aspect of the governance of the charity.
The statutory duties of a trustee are:
• To ensure the organisation complies with its governing document.
• To ensure that the organisation pursues its objectives as defined in its
governing document.
• To ensure the organisation applies its resources exclusively in pursuance
of its objectives - the charity must not spend money on activities which
are not included in its own objectives, no matter how 'charitable' and
'worthwhile' those activities are.
• To contribute actively to the Board of Trustees' role in giving firm
strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining
goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed
targets.
• To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation.
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• To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.
• To ensure the financial stability of the organisation.
• To protect and manage the property of the organisation and to ensure the
proper investment of the organisation's funds.
• If the organisation employs staff, to appoint the CEO and monitor his or
her performance.
In addition, with other trustees to hold the charity “in trust” for current
and future beneficiaries by:
• Ensuring that the charity has a clear vision, mission and strategic
direction and is focused on achieving these.
• Being responsible for the performance of the charity and for its
“corporate” behaviour; ensuring that the charity complies with all legal
and regulatory requirements.
• Acting as guardians of the charity’s assets, both tangible and intangible,
taking all due care over their security, deployment and proper application.
• Ensuring that the charity’s governance is of the highest possible
standard.
• Trustees are required to sign a non-disclosure agreement at the time of
joining the board.
As well as the various statutory duties, any trustee should make full use
of any specific skills, knowledge or experience to help the board make
good decisions
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Volunteers support every aspect of our work, including but not exclusively: governance, administration, fundraising, marketing, and project delivery. We recognize that without our teams of volunteers we would not be able to support our service users in the way we do. In your role as Volunteer Co-ordinator you will be the 'champion' and first point of contact for volunteers within the organisation, ensuring all volunteers are encouraged and celebrated. You will be responsible for helping to maintain and improve volunteer recruitment and retention and for recruiting, inducting and supporting volunteers to deliver a range of appropriate services for clients, in line with Refugee Cafe's Business Plan
The Refugee Café works to relieve poverty and isolation amongst refugees, asylum seekers and ethnic minorities in Lewisham. Our commitment is to reach the most vulnerable people in our community and help them access the support they are entitled to. Refugees will benefit from workshops, training skills and knowledge relevant for catering industry.
As a small charity, a modest sum of money raised can enable our projects to take place. As such, the role of volunteer fundraiser is essential. We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic, well-organised and highly motivated people to assist our Grants and Funding team with the research and writing of funding applications to secure vitally needed funds for the charity.
The Refugee Café works to relieve poverty and isolation amongst refugees, asylum seekers and ethnic minorities in Lewisham. Our commitment is to reach the most vulnerable people in our community and help them access the support they are entitled to. Refugees will benefit from workshops, training skills and knowledge relevant for catering industry.
As a small charity, using events to raise even a modest sum of money, can enable our projects to take place. We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic, well-organised and highly motivated people to assist our team with coordinating and running a variety of events. These will range from online demos to fundraising and team events that will help us showcase our products, attract potential donors and share our progress and purpose with a wide audience.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
To ensure the smooth and efficient running of meetings,
providing assistance and support to the chair of the board of trustees.
To be responsible for legislative and regulatory requirements affecting the charity
and its’ activities, including ensuring all actions are in line with the charity’s
governing document.
To ensure the smooth and efficient running of meetings,
providing assistance and support to the chair of the board of trustees.
To be responsible for legislative and regulatory requirements affecting the charity
and its’ activities, including ensuring all actions are in line with the charity’s
governing document.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Hope for the Young supports young unaccompanied asylum-seekers and refugees aged 16-25 who are in education or whose education has been interrupted. Young asylum-seekers, who arrive in the UK alone face a series of obstacles: language barriers, lack of social support, mental health issues, and a long period of uncertainty while they wait for their immigration status to be decided.
The Mentoring Project at Hope for the Young aims to remove the obstacles young refugees and asylum-seekers face in getting an education, by training Volunteer Mentors to provide tailored one-to-one support and advice which enables them to reach their full potential and helps them make the difficult transition to life in the UK.
We are now recruiting new Volunteer Mentors, who would be willing to meet their mentee online via video/phone call or at a local cafe/library in North or South London (when safe to do so in line with Covid-19 guidelines) on a weekly basis.
We aim to establish a pool of Mentors with different ages, cultural backgrounds, skills and interests. If you are passionate about mentoring and would like to support a young person to rebuild their life, then we would love to hear from you!
Volunteer Responsibilities
Our dedicated Mentors spend 2-3 hours a week with a young person, providing tailored support according to their needs for an initial period of six months. Volunteer Mentors offer support by providing:
- Practical English language skills
- Study skills
- Enrolment and education advice
- Emotional support
- Support in accessing other support services
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification on our website for detailed information about the role and requirements to be a Volunteer Mentor.
Volunteer Benefits
As a volunteer, you will benefit from:
- An induction and training program suited to the role of mentoring young refugees and asylum seekers
- Regular meetings and support from the Project Manager
- The opportunity to share experiences with other Mentors at volunteer meetings and social events
- Valuable experience in developing your mentoring skills with vulnerable young people
- The knowledge that you are making a huge and lasting difference to a young person’s life
- All reasonable expenses (e.g. travel and refreshments during meetings.
If you are passionate about helping refugees and asylum-seekers achieve their full potential and believe you have what it takes to be a dedicated Volunteer Mentor for Hope for the Young, we would love to hear from you!