About
The Gloucestershire Disability Fund provides grants to people of all ages living with a physical, sensory, and/or learning disability, as well as to not-for-profit organisations and community groups ...
Seeking Trustees with an interest in awarding grants to people with disabilities
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Summary
Seeking people with a legal or financial background, or health & social care experience who are interested in helping people with disabilities to move forwardDetailed description
Gloucestershire Disability Fund is a Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee. We are a grant-giving charity whose purpose is to support people living with a physical, sensory or learning disability living in Gloucestershire by helping them through life's challenges. Our Team of Trustees, some of whom have a disability, aim to award around £170,000 in grants each year to individuals and organisations.
We are looking for people with experience of or an interest in disability who have time to attend our meetings and who are able to contribute to our discussions and debates when considering grant applications and reviewing our grant programmes.
There will also be opportunities to take on further responsibilities at a later date, if you wish.
All our meetings last 2 - 3 hours and are held during the daytime in Gloucester with the exception of our annual Strategic Review which lasts all day and is generally held elsewhere. Our Grants Committee meets monthly in the afternoon. In addition, our Committee of Management meets quarterly in the morning.
For further information about us, please see our website.
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costs🤝 Extra supportAbout Gloucestershire Disability Fund
Our well-being grants of up to £1,000 for individuals are designed to meet one-off exceptional needs and we adhere to our grants guidance on what we can and cannot fund. Please see What we fund for more information about this.
GDF trustees and grant decision-makers are people with first-hand experience of the everyday challenges faced by people living with disability. You can be sure that all applications are assessed sympathetically, fairly, and from a position of understanding.