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Trustee with Legal Expertise, Magpie Dance
Magpie Dance is the UK’s leading dance charity for people with learning disabilities. We deliver regular dance classes, training, and workshops for people with learning disabilities each year and celebrate their work through live and digital public engagement events, benefitting 1,200 participants every year. We are immensely proud that our small operation based in Bromley achieves so much for our community in London, the South East, and beyond, leveraging over 35 years of experience and expertise to enable people with learning disabilities to reach their full personal, social, and artistic potential through dance.
Magpie Dance is now seeking an individual with legal expertise to join the Board of Trustees. The Board is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of the organisation, working to ensure that Magpie Dance is well equipped to enhance the lives of the communities we serve. Our Trustees also act as ambassadors for Magpie Dance, actively promoting our work and leveraging opportunities to advance its mission.
Given the organisation’s current priorities and needs, the ideal candidate will:
- Be a qualified lawyer (essential)
- Have expertise in charity law, corporate governance, risk management, and/or safeguarding (desirable)
- Understand how to navigate legal issues within the context of a small charity or cultural organisation (desirable)
Representation of our community is central to our way of working, including at the board level. This means that we particularly welcome applications from candidates who[an1] :
- Have lived experience of disability, neurodiversity, or sensory impairment
- Live, work, or study in Bromley, or have some other connection to the local area
- Identify as being from the global majority (this includes people of Black African, Black African Caribbean, South Asian, East Asian, South East Asian, Middle Eastern, Arab, Latinx, Jewish, Romany, Irish Traveller, or mixed/multiple heritage)
- Identify as male or gender non-binary, as they are currently underrepresented on the board
The application deadline is Friday 16 December 2022. We will review and respond to all applications by the end of January 2023. Early applications are encouraged, and we will endeavour to respond to early applicants sooner where possible.
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Reducing the Risk is an exciting and growing Charity dedicated to the safety of adults and children at risk of domestic abuse and the empowerment of the professionals and volunteers who support them. Oxfordshire based, we are both local (providing the high risk and Court Independent Domestic Violence Advisory service and other guidance in Oxfordshire) and national (through our training and support of practitioners).
We are seeking a new Chair of Trustees to work in partnership with the Chief Executive and take forward our vision and growth at a very exciting time for the Charity, post commissioning. Please note, while we are based in Oxfordshire, as our meetings are virtual, it is not essential that the Chair is Oxfordshire based.
What will you be doing?
We are currently seeking a new committed individual to join us as Chair of Trustees. We are looking for someone who is interested in the opportunity and has the skills to:
- Work with the Board to take forward and pace the development and expansion of the scope of the charity.
- Bring further rigour to the work of the Board, bed down the changes to the governance of the charity and expand the number of Trustees.
- Support the work of the Treasurer and CEO in the development of income; while keeping the safety and effectiveness of our services as our first priority.
What are we looking for?
- Commitment to our values including equality and diversity.
- Strategic thinking and leadership skills including capacity to appreciate opportunities and risks.
- Skills for effective chairing (and preferably chairing experience in the voluntary sector or as a school governor)
- Strong communication, influencing, listening and summarising skills.
- Understanding of good governance.
- Ability to inspire trust and credibility locally and nationally.
As well as these specialist skills, we are seeking independent and team players. You must also support our mission, be aligned to our core values and be able to act as an ambassador at public events for the organisation. The Chair provides leadership and direction to the Board of Trustees enabling them to fulfil their responsibilities for the overall governance and strategic direction of the charity and to develop the organisation’s aims, objectives and goals. The Chair will also work in partnership with the Chief Executive to ensure that Trustee decisions are acted upon and implemented in an effective manner.
What difference will you make?
This is an important role for a new Chair in both working with the Trustees to embed the new governance and with the CEO to take forward the next stage in our strategy development and implementation. The charity is at a good point, post pandemic, and after commissioning, to look ahead, with time to reflect and to build together.
As Chair, you will play a central role in enabling us to continue supporting the victims of domestic abuse from both immediate and future harm. The role will enable you to put your professional skills to great use. It will also give you the opportunity to develop your insight and expertise into all that is involved in the management of a growing charity with a big vision.
Before you apply
Reach Volunteering are supporting Reducing the Risk with their Chair recruitment.
Please submit your CV along with a short covering letter stating why you wish to join the organisation and how your skills would add value to the board.
For an informal chat with Reducing the Risk, please contact the Reach TrusteeWorks team who will be able to arrange this.
Please contact the Reach TrusteeWorks team with any queries.
CMTUK supports people living with the group of neurological conditions known as Charcot Marie Tooth Disease (CMT). The board is seeking members to enhance the board and is keen on increasing its diversity.
Who we are
CMTUK supports people living with Charcot Marie Tooth Disease and related conditions. It is a small charity with four part time members of staff, based in Christchurch, Dorset. Trustees are from across the UK.
The role
The CMTUK board meets 5 times a year, these are mostly online with at least one of these meetings in person, usually the evening before the annual conference (This has been during April/May in West Midlands). Trustees may be based anywhere within the UK (travel/accommodation to meetings is reimbursed if required).
The CMTUK board is seeks new trustees who will be active within the board and willing to sit on at least one committee (finance, communication, youth, research, strategy). The board is particularly interested to receive applications from those with experience of health / law.
As a prospective trustees you should be non-judgemental and able to work as part of a team, communicate effectively, and use your skills and experience to inform decision making and benefit the charity.
TRUSTEE DIRECTOR TREASURER - ANTHONY TOBY HOMES TRUST (ATHT)
The ATHT provides a unique package of care for people with learning disabilities to live together in a group home, enabling them to enjoy normal and fulfilled lives as part of the local community, experiencing the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. As a member of the Trustee Board the Trustee Director Treasurer has particular responsibility for overseeing the accounting function of ATHT.
Birthrights was founded in 2013 with the understanding that at the heart of the poor experiences and outcomes of maternity care for so many, is a consistent failure to listen to the voices of women and birthing people and a complete disregard for their fundamental human rights. Our work has never been more urgent.
Are you excited by Birthrights’ ambitions to work towards long term, systemic change that empowers women and birthing people? This is an exciting time to join our organisation as we embark on a new 10-year strategy.
As our Chair you will work with a dynamic and passionate team of Trustees and Employees who champion the rights of women and birthing people. Come and join our small and caring team of change makers.
Our Board of Trustees meets quarterly, mostly virtually but we like to meet 1-2 times in person either in London or the midlands (as this is nearest to where most are currently based). Our Chair plays a role in supporting and developing our work and Co-CEOs as well so will meet virtually with them between meetings. Papers are prepared in advance and shared electronically. The Board is supported by and Finance and Risk Committee. We expect the time commitment to be 1-2 days per month and the reward to feel huge!
If you have the expertise for this role come and join us to transform birthing experiences for the better.
We would love for you to apply for this role which you can do by visiting our website and downloading the Chair to the BOT recruitment pack for the full information about the role, the requirements, the person specification and more. The details of how to apply for the role are also contained within this pack. You might also want to scroll down this page, to watch a short video showing you more about Birthrights’ work.
Deadline for applications:12:00pm (midday) on 22nd April 2024
Interviews: w/c 6th May 2024. Please let us know of any dates you are not able to make during this week, when you apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Wymering Manor Trust
Would you like to join the Wymering Manor Trust? Are you passionate about local heritage and the role it can play in enriching its local communities.We are looking for new trustees to help us restore Portsmouth’s Elizabethan gem.
Our aim is to repair, restore, and build a sustainable future for the manor, for local people to enjoy as their ‘home from home’, as we manage the building to earn its keep by letting rooms for events, meetings, education and training, putting on plays, ghost hunting, socialising and new activities. Once restored, it will be a centre for the local community and a catalyst for regeneration of this area of the city, offering help in wellbeing, tackling loneliness and isolation, developing personal skills and bringing the community together to shape its future.
We’re are currently aiming to raise the funding we need to repair the main structure of the building.We have consultants’ plans for business development, financial feasibility, design options, audience development, catering and weddings and interpretation.We are also looking to develop the option of becoming a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Building Conservation.
To make our plans a reality, we are seeking new trustees who recognise the contemporary role of heritage places, spaces and culture, and who value the contribution they make in creating and sustaining social, educational, environmental and economic development, as well as supporting the importance of volunteering to our community. Together, the trustees will shape the next key stages of the manor’s future.We are particularly interested in applications from people with specific expertise or experience in any of the following:
*historic building conservation practice
*fundraising, local, regional and UK wide
*public relations, communications and marketing
*the role of heritage, heritage practices, tangible and intangible cultural heritage
*commercial and/or property legal experience.
Trustees meet once a month on a Wednesday evening and also attend quarterly meetings with the volunteers.
Please could you state in your convening letter the skills you would bring to the board and your interest in Wymering.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Chair who is passionate about science and promoting trust in the profession and work closely with trustees and our Chief Executive to lead the organisation. They will need to have strategic leadership experience to drive and support our development and growth, bring a strong understanding of good governance, and be adept at leading and building inclusive, collaborative teams and cultures. Our current strategy runs until 2025, and the next Chair will play a key role in shaping the Science Council’s future.
The appointment will be for an initial three-year term starting in September 2024 with the potential for renewal for a further three years.
How to apply
The closing date for applications is midnight Monday 15th April. Interviews will be held in person in central London on Monday 29th April and the Science Council Board will make an appointment on Wednesday 22nd May. The successful candidate will start their term in office at the end of the Board Meeting in September.
You will need to be an employee or a member of one of our Member Bodies to apply. A list of our Members can be found on our website (sciencecouncil dot org).
Prior to making an application we invite you to have a discussion with Adam Donnan (Chair of the Board). Please contact the Governance and Corporate Services Manager Oliver O’Hanlon to arrange an informal discussion.
If you do wish to apply, please send an up to date CV (which should be no more than 2 pages in length) and covering letter (which should be no more than 2 pages in length) outlining your suitability for the role to Oliver O’Hanlon. Please title the email ‘Science Council Board Chair application’. Please state in your covering letter whether you are an employee or a member of one of our Member Bodies.
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Our trustees play a vital role in ensuring Glasgow SE Foodbank meets its core purpose by overseeing the overall management and administration of the charity. They also ensure that Glasgow SE Foodbank has a clear strategy and that our work and goals are in line with our vision.
Overview of the role:
As a trustee you are responsible for the governance of the foodbank and setting the strategic objectives. Board members have a collective responsibility, meaning trustees always act as a group and not as individuals. As a small charity, there may be times when the trustees will need to be actively involved beyond Board meetings. This may involve leading discussions, focusing on key issues, providing advice and guidance on new initiatives, presenting externally, or other issues in which the trustee has special expertise.
Duties:
- Support and provide advice on Glasgow SE Foodbank’s purpose, vision, goals and activities.
- Approve operational strategies and policies, and monitor and evaluate their implementation.
- Oversee Glasgow SE Foodbank’s financial plans and budgets and monitor and evaluate progress.
- Ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.
- Ensure that key risks are being identified, monitored and controlled effectively.
- Review and approve Glasgow SE Foodbank’s financial statements.
- Provide support and challenge to Glasgow SE Foodbank’s management team in the exercise of their delegated authority and affairs.
- Keep abreast of changes in Glasgow SE Foodbank’s operating environment.
- Contribute to regular reviews of Glasgow SE Foodbank’s own governance.
- Attend Board meetings, adequately prepared to contribute to discussions.
- Use independent judgment, acting legally and in good faith to promote and protect Glasgow SE Foodbank’s interests, to the exclusion of their own personal and/or any third-party interests.
- Contribute to the broader promotion of Glasgow SE Foodbank’s objects, aims and reputation by applying your skills, expertise, knowledge and contacts.
Please apply through CharityJobs in the first instance, providing a CV and cover letter detailing why you are interested in this role and your relevant experience. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an informal interview with members of the Board of Trustees at Glasgow SE Foodbank
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
St Michael’s Fellowship secures the best possible future for children by working directly with parents. Parenting is the biggest single factor affecting children’s well-being and development. St Michael’s work with parents with difficult histories such as neglect, domestic violence, mental illness, and substance use to break cycles of abuse. The services and programmes they provide are at the heart of St Michael’s Fellowship. They work with parents so that children can be happy, healthy and confident.
St Michael’s is now looking to strengthen its board and are seeking 2x Children’s Social Care Trustees - a children’s social care expert who can share their knowledge having worked in such a capacity. You will help shape safeguarding systems and improvements and develop their service moving forward.
Trustees have a duty to ensure that the charity is well run, solvent, legally compliant, and working towards the charitable purpose for which it was established, and Trustee roles are an important and a highly rewarding way to support an organisation. Please note that Trustee roles are unremunerated voluntary positions, although reasonable travel expenses will be paid.
St Michael’s Fellowship is committed to equality of opportunity, supports, and encourages under-represented groups, and values diversity. We seek people from a wide range of backgrounds, who will bring a fresh perspective to the Board, and having reviewed existing Trustee's diversity, skills, and experience, St Michael’s are keen for the Board to reflect the diversity of the communities that they work with and therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Please contact Heidi Earp, Director of Langton Not 4 Profit our retained consultants for further information on the role.
Join the board of Friends of the Elderly as a Trustee, an inspirational charity that has been providing exceptional care and support to people for over a century.
Applications close at: 9 a.m. Monday 8th April 2024.
Location: Remote/Woking or London
Time commitment: Average of 1 day per month.
About Friends of the Elderly
Friends of the Elderly is a registered charity that aspires to a society where all older people have the opportunity to live happy and fulfilled lives. To achieve this, we deliver high-quality services personalised to individual needs and integrate these with local communities. We run care homes and day care centres across England, working with partners to increase our impact and raise awareness about the issues that affect us as we get older.
Our care homes provide residential, nursing and specialist dementia care for those who need more support. Day care services support older people living with dementia, and the families who look after them.
We aim to reduce loneliness by ensuring older people have access to social support and a range of activities and services.
For those on a low income, Friends of the Elderly also offers a grant service to help older people meet the unexpected costs of daily living and to stay connected with their families and communities.
Before the pandemic, Friends of the Elderly refreshed its strategic objectives to reflect the recognised need for flexible care and accommodation.
Our plans for the future are to continue to provide high-quality services that are personalised to individual needs and integrated with local communities, and to develop age-friendly homes alongside our residential care homes.
The charity enjoyed the Royal Patronage of Queen Elizabeth II for many years and is proud to have HRH Princess Alexandra as its President.
About the roles
Friends of the Elderly is looking for two new Trustees with experience and advanced skills in finance and social care.
Who we are looking for
- Finance
The Financial Trustee will be a senior financial leader with experience in the commercial, public or charity sector — and potentially familiarity with social care.
You will have knowledge and experience in complex financial management and growth. FotE needs someone who can offer strategic leadership guidance at this pivotal time in the organisation’s development and assist the board in ensuring sound financial and resource management during a period of significant change.
Members of the Board of Trustees are also members of at least one board committee. There are also opportunities to sit on the charity’s Safeguarding Adults Sub-Committee.
- Social Care
The Social Care Trustee should have leadership experience in the social care sector, and a good understanding of areas such as residential care, safeguarding, quality and compliance.
You will provide strategic oversight and guidance to the board, drawing on skills and knowledge gained during your career in the social care sector, whether through commissioning, service provision or regulation.
FotE is looking for someone with the ability to understand the charity’s multi-faceted nature and how the organisation fits into the wider sector.
We are looking for people who have an appreciation of the regulatory environment FotE operates within, and an awareness of the development opportunities that would best benefit those we look after. Experience in the charity sector would be welcomed but is not essential.
Members of the Board of Trustees are also members of at least one board committee. There are also opportunities to sit on the charity’s Safeguarding Adults Sub-Committee.
Please click 'Apply via website’ to be redirected to the Peridot Partners website, where you can find full details of the candidate profile and register your interest to apply.
Applications for this role close at 9 a.m. Monday 8th April 2024.
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Move More are a Gloucestershire-based Charity, passionate about empowering every child to thrive, irrespective of their circumstances. They promote an active and healthy lifestyle, leading to sustainable lifelong benefits. The organisation’s holistic approach impacts the three main environments that affect children’s health and wellbeing. They work with families, schools and communities to build nurturing and stimulating environments - enabling children and young people to live healthy, happy lives.
Founded as a government-funded school sport partnership in 2000, Move More transitioned to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in 2017. Their vision is for every child to be active, helping them lead happy, healthy lives, both physically and mentally. This is an exciting period of growth for Move More. Their plans for the future include:
- Increased support for children with special educational needs or disabilities.
- Enhancing their community work to reach a more diverse group of children
- Expanding their family-based work
To help shape the next chapter of Move More, they’re seeking a Chair of the Board of Trustees.
The Board ensures the Charity is governed effectively, remaining true to their vision of ‘Every Child Thrives’. They support the senior leadership team while holding them accountable for delivering strategic objectives. As the head of the Board, the Chair must provide inclusive and inspiring leadership, supporting Trustees to voice their opinions while remaining focused and impartial. They will assist the Board in pinpointing, monitoring, and mitigating key risks. Furthermore, the Chair will bridge the gap between the Board and staff/volunteers and serve as the Charity's public face and representative.
They hope to hear from candidates with excellent communication and relationship-building skills, alongside experience in a Trustee role. The successful individual will be able to build a collaborative Board environment, with Trustees empowered to constructively challenge each other. They will understand the legal requirements of Charitable organisations and be able to process financial, legal, and people-focused information at a strategic level. The Chair will be passionate about equity, diversity and inclusion, and committed to helping children live happy and healthy lives.
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Sounddelivery Media is looking to strengthen its board by recruiting new trustees (including a treasurer) with knowledge, experience and insight into at least one of the following areas:
- Charity accounts
- Lived experience of social injustice
- Branding, communications and marketing
- UK Media
- Training and support service delivery
Find the full description of the trustee role in our application pack.
About Sounddelivery Media
Sounddelivery Media is a dynamic charity tackling injustice and inequality. We’re looking to strengthen our board by recruiting new Trustees to take us into the next stage of our development as an organisation.
Sounddelivery Media works alongside people with direct experience of social injustice and inequality to advocate for themselves and their communities publicly by providing training, support and media matches, media meet ups and media opportunities. We work to address representation and diversity of voice in the media, finding platforms for our networks and building long term trusted relationships with journalists.
About our Board of Trustees
Our trustees are volunteers who offer their time, knowledge and experience to oversee and guide the charity and its work. They also make sure Sounddelivery Media is financially sustainable, is run efficiently and professionally and operates within charitable law.
The Sounddelivery Media board meets at least four times a year. These meetings are sometimes face to face but mostly remote. Trustees are appointed for an initial three-year period; and may then be re-appointed for a further three years.
We can arrange training, mentoring and support for new trustees – no previous governance experience is required. As well as skills and experience, we want to hear from candidates who also have the passion, commitment, interest and enthusiasm to fulfil this vital role.
We are fully committed to ensuring it is as easy and comfortable as possible for skilled, talented people who have never previously participated in charity governance to be welcomed onto the Sounddelivery Media board and make a full and equal contribution. We can cover reasonable travel and accommodation expenses, data top-up vouchers and childcare costs to enable full participation.
Our existing board has strong experience in key areas including communication, fundraising, finance, governance and community action.
About you
We’re looking for the following personal attributes:
- A commitment to supporting people with lived experience to advocate for change
- Sound, independent judgement and an ability to articulate your views
- A willingness and ability to devote the necessary time
- A willingness to learn and carry out the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of charity
trusteeship - An ability to work effectively as a member of a small team
How to apply
If you wish to apply please fill in this short application with a CV and expression of interest in not more that 2 pages why you want to join the Board of Trustees at Sounddelivery Media before Tuesday 9th April 2024.
The expression of interest should set out clearly why you are interested in this role, and the relevant skills, knowledge and experience you can bring to the Sounddelivery Media trustee board.
We will confirm dates for interviews in due course. As part of our commitment to make this process as open and as accessible as possible, we intend to email questions to shortlisted candidates in advance of interviews.
For a full description of the trustee role, please see our application pack.
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- Role: provide financial oversight, analysis and strategic guidance to the CEO and board
- Liaises with: Chair, CEO, trustees, committees, external supporters
- Location: Cambridgeshire area/remote
- Voluntary role: reasonable expenses paid
- Term: negotiable, e.g. interim/three years/extendable by re-election
- Application closing date: 31 May 2024
Evolve Counselling is a long-established charitable social enterprise, providing low cost, affordable or funded mental health counselling to adults in Cambridgeshire and surrounding counties. Our professional counselling community is made up of 50 – 60 qualified self-employed practitioners, working part-time to deliver talking therapies both online and in person.
We deliver around 500 counselling sessions per month to a broad range of individuals, many of whom would not otherwise be able to access therapeutic support. Evolve also provides supervision, reflective practice, critical incident support, and mental health awareness and related training to organisations and businesses large and small.
We are searching for an experienced treasurer/finance specialist who can support our board, committees, and the CEO as we move through our next strategic stage of consolidation, then growth. Although long-established and successful, Evolve is reshaping itself and your financial expertise will be instrumental in positioning our charity to successfully meet the ever-growing demands and opportunities for supporting good mental health in our communities. Please note, a background in counselling is NOT a prerequisite for this role.
Including quarterly board meetings, committee sessions (at present virtual), a face-to-face AGM event, away days, and regular meetings with our CEO and the trustees, we anticipate a flexible time commitment of around 2 - 5 days per month.
For further information or an informal discussion of interest, please contact Kevin Bottrell, Chair of Trustees.
Application process: Expressions of interest in the first instance by email to Kevin Bottrell, Chair of Trustees.
Our Chair will review and assess expressions of interest and will then call for applications in the form of a CV and letter setting out the applicant’s motivations, which will be assessed by a panel of trustees under conditions that maximise our commitment to EDI principles. Applicants may be asked to interview, and appointment will be made at a meeting of the board of trustees and ratified by the membership at AGM.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Trustee
Location: Devon, Cornwall, Bristol
Job Type: Part time
Contract Type: Board
Salary: Unpaid, expenses paid
Hours: Quarterly Board and committee meetings, strategy day and board development - virtual and face to face
An established and successful charity, our client provides hospice care for children with life limiting conditions and their families in the South West of England
They are looking for individuals who share their passion for delivering their service and securing the funds to do so, and whose skills, experience and expertise can add value to the Charity.
Role Overview
It is an exciting time to join them with ambitious plans for expansion and growth. Their Trustee Board plays a significant strategic role alongside the Senior Management Team in helping the hospice meet the needs of the children, young people and families we support, and delivering their vision. Their Board of Trustees currently has 9 independent members, and they are looking for at least 2 new Trustees to join them. They are looking to enhance the current Board’s collective portfolio of skills and experience, and they are keen to secure a broad range of relevant voices to enrich their work. Our client recognises the enormous benefits of diverse leadership. They actively and warmly encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds. They are also keen to support individuals for whom this may be their first Trusteeship.
All areas of skill, expertise and life experience will be considered. Particularly, but not exhaustively, they would like to strengthen our Board with further experience of:
• Experience in the health sector, particularly children's palliative care, paediatrics, medical or nursing, education and research.
• Digital innovation to support our expanding digital marketing digital fundraising and IT programmes.
• Retail management to provide expertise and support with the expansion plans of our retail network across the South West.
Benefits of being a Trustee
• As well as contributing to a very special cause, being a Trustee can provide you with the benefits of strategic experience, access to professional networks and developing your skills and experience. There may also be opportunities to be a Chair of one of their Assurance Committees.
Meetings and time commitment
The Board generally meets for a whole day face-to-face meeting 4 times a year at a central location (Exeter/Taunton/Tiverton) or one of our 3 hospices. In addition, Assurance Committees generally meet 4 to 6 times a year, usually during the day for a 2 hour meeting via Zoom. There is also an annual full-day Strategy Day and time set aside for Board Development. Board and Committee papers are circulated a week before the meetings to allow for preparation. Where possible they would like all Trustees to be able to attend in person on the full board meeting days, but they understand that this may not always be convenient for every Trustee and consideration will be given to include some remote attendance in the right circumstances. Trustees are appointed for a period of 3 years with the option of re-election to the Board for up to 9 years.
To be inspired and understand more about the organisation and this opportunity please view the recruitment brochure - see supporting documents.
To apply please click on the apply button and complete the short application form and attach your CV.
Closing Date: 21 April 2024
Meeting and Selection Day: 14 or 15 May 2024 - Little Bridge House, Barnstaple
Our client is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post requires an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. They welcome applications from all sections of the community.
You may also have some experience in the following: Trustee, Voluntary, Foodbank, People, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, Board Membership, Charity, Charities, children's palliative care, paediatrics, medical or nursing, education and research. Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.
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Cambridge SCA is looking for new trustees to lead and support the charity with their enthusiasm, skills and oversight.
We’re a small charity, but one with a large impact on Cambridge residents and students.
For almost 50 years we’ve been encouraging the involvement of students in voluntary community work, providing services to disadvantaged groups in the community and giving students a valuable learning experience.
To do this, we offer a number of our own group and 1-to-1 volunteering projects, promote and support external volunteering opportunities, and offer some one-off volunteering events. We also offer a DBS service to other organisations.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate person who could devote the time to volunteer with us as one of our Trustees. As a Trustee of the Branch, you will have the chance to influence how we care for and prevent cruelty to animals and drive the implementation of key initiatives. You will serve on the governing body of the charity and be instrumental in the running of the Branch and setting out both the short and long term aims.
You will be volunteering with a small, but passionate and fun team made up of two admin staff, five retail and online sales staff, and a dedicated trustee board of five, from a range of backgrounds.
We are a highly proactive, progressive and approachable branch, with a clear vision for the future - aiming for charitable excellence, a strong community focus, and a passion to support, signpost and advocate for our pet-owning community.
Among our animal welfare activities are schemes such as assisted neutering and microchipping, welfare events such as free microchipping and clinic sessions, provision of a local pet food bank, family fun day events in aid of animal welfare, and the delivery of educational materials - created by the branch team, for our younger audiences.
We support RSPCA frontline teams within our local area, and we are always keen to take on new challenges and innovative ways to fundraise and work alongside those in our community who need our support.
The insights and skills of our trustees are the key to the future direction of the branch.
As a minimum, trustees would normally be expected to attend a monthly committee meeting lasting some 2 to 3 hours. However, the commitment may vary depending on whether or not the trustee takes on additional duties.
Primary responsibilities of the Branch Trustee
- Appreciate and support the aims and policies of the RSPCA.
- Work in conjunction with fellow trustees and branch officers and jointly act in making decisions for the best interest of the branch and the RSPCA.
- Work with national RSPCA staff to ensure that the branch meets all minimum animal welfare standards (MAWS).
- In conjunction with your fellow trustees and Branch Support Specialist write, adopt, monitor, and review a development plan setting out the short and long term aims of your branch.
- Actively participate in branch committee meetings and to attend the branch annual general meeting and regional conference.
- Be aware of the outcome of regional board meetings and support local initiatives.
- Actively promote and advertise the society in an ongoing programme to recruit new branch trustees and volunteers and welcome new members.
- In conjunction with your fellow trustees, ensure the proper management and control of all activities and decisions relating to any premises held or staff employed by the branch if applicable.
What we are looking for in a volunteer
We are looking for people from all social and cultural backgrounds, with experience and skills in any of the following areas:
- Marketing communication including social media, PR, website;
- Fundraising including corporate fundraising, trust fund and grant applications;
- Local community and supporter relationships;
- Hands-on experience in growing charities; and/or
- Are or have been part of the groups and communities we would like to attract.
Alongside the relevant experience, we are looking for someone who is committed to the RSPCA’s charitable objectives and shares our passion for animal welfare. You would be creative, innovative, bring a fresh perspective, and can put ideas into action.
What we can offer you as a volunteer Branch Trustee
- We will provide you with a comprehensive trustee training course which will provide you with everything you need to carry out the role.
- Ongoing support is also provided by local and national RSPCA staff in addition to any additional training provided by the relevant branch.
- The platform to utilise your skills and experience to oversee the charity and make decisions that have a direct impact on local animal welfare.
- The opportunity to gain new skills and develop existing ones, whilst making a real difference to the lives of animals.
- A way to expand your professional and personal network through working with like-minded people.
Ideally we would want a Trustee within the Sunderland, Hartlepool, South Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead or Durham area. However, the position can be done mostly via remote means - and so, you can be located anywhere in the country.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.