Trustee

We value our Trustees as a source of strategic insight, charity governance, lived experience perspectives and great new ideas to help drive forward our ground breaking work in bringing together disabled and non-disabled children to have fun together and build connections for an inclusive future.

Current Trustees are keen to support new Board members. We recognise that our current board membership does not fully reflect the vibrant diversity of people who live in Gloucestershire. We are particularly keen to hear from global majority community members who can share their knowledge about making opportunities inclusive for disabled children and young people from different cultures, faiths and communities through intentional action to celebrate and support their experiences and interests.

If you have relevant professional skills in finance, governance, community development, inclusive practice or disability rights and/or lived experience as a disabled person, or parent carer of a disabled child, that you would like to offer to our dynamic and growing charity we would love to hear from you. Please complete the expression of interest form and one our team will be in touch soon.

In return we can offer:

support for disabled Trustees who may need reasonable adjustments in order to participate, opportunities to develop your governance and mentoring skills, DBS Check, travel expenses covered, reference from the Chair of Trustees (after at least 6 months service). Trustees are also warmly invited to attend events and meet our partners and the young people they work with. 

Chair and Treasurer:

We have specific roles available including Chairperson and Treasurer. If you feel you may wish to apply for these roles following some time as a general Trustee pleaes let us know. We would also welcome immediate applications to fulfill these roles from suitably experienced candidates.

Practical Information:

Trustees attend meetings on a quarterly basis, usually on the 3rd Thursday evening of January, April, July and October -these can be attended virtually or in person at our Highnam office. Any prospective Trustees will have the opportunity to attend 1-2 meetings before committing. Appointment is subject to a safer recruitment process and collective approval by the current Board.

Overall Duties of Charity Trustees:

• Ensure your charity is carrying out its purposes for the public benefit

• Comply with your charity’s governing document and the law

• Act in your charity’s best interests

• Ensure your charity is accountable

• Manage your charity’s resources responsibly

• Act with reasonable care and skill

Skills all Trustees need:

Ability to listen (attend) to information shared by the staff team and reflect on this

Ability to read and respond to emails and written reports (support available)

Ability to communicate ideas clearly - can be in a variety of ways

Ability to recognise and share ideas that may help Active Impact develop and improve

Specialist skills and experience you might bring:

Lived experience as a disabled/deaf/neurodivergent person

Lived experience as a parent carer of a disabled/deaf/neurodivergent young person

Lived experience as a member of a global majority community

Professional experience of local authorities, SEND and Equalities Act legislation

Professional experience of inlusive practice and/or community development

Professional experience of financial reporting, ideally including charity finance

Professional experience of business skills such as business development, HR, Health and Safety