The Cotswold Canals Trust is a volunteer-led charity made up of hundreds of people working together, sharing expertise and energy to save our heritage and improve our local environment for the benefit ...
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Summary
Are you interested in joining a high performing board of trustees and have knowledge and experience of the charity sector?Detailed description
The Cotswold Canals Trust have over 6,000 members and 350 volunteers focused on restoration of the 36 miles of the Cotswold Canals.
Currently undertaking the UK’s largest canal restoration, the Cotswold Canals Connected Project has just been awarded further funding by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
We are looking to broaden our Board of Trustees. If you are interested in joining a high performing board of trustees and have knowledge and experience in the charity sector, we would love to hear from you.
In particular, we are looking for skills and experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Property valuation and management
- Volunteer development
- Community engagement, young people and education
- Commercial and business development
- Human resources
If you can say ‘yes’ to any of the above, please get in touch for full details of this voluntary, non-executive role.
What's Involved
As a Trustee, you will be expected to attend Trust Council meetings – a late afternoon meeting every eight weeks for up to two hours – and two ‘strategy setting’ sessions each year. You will take an active interest in our volunteers and the work of the charity throughout the year.
We welcome applications from people aged 18 and over. Full support, training, and trustee development will be provided.
About The Cotswold Canal Trust
Since the 1970s, volunteers have undertaken restoration and maintenance of the Cotswold Canals. With work now started on Phase 1B and exciting projects planned for Phase 2, we need more volunteers than ever to help achieve our goal of preserving, maintaining and improving the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames & Severn Canal (i.e. the Cotswold Canals).
We have so many opportunities available from scrub bashing along the canal, dredging, operating a trip boat, sorting books at one of our bookshops to designing lock gates, the list is endless.
Cotswold Canals Trust Volunteers often speak of the new friendships, fun and sense of achievement they enjoy and we look forward to welcoming new volunteers to the team.