Join our Unit Management Team

What is a Trustee?

A trustee is a senior volunteer role and as such is recognised by professionals as a position of authority and standing. As a unit trustee, you would be a 'guardian of purpose', working with other trustees and senior volunteers to ensure that all decisions put the needs of young people first. You would be a part of safeguarding the charity's assets – both physical assets, including property, and intangible ones, such as its reputation. Which is why a particular skill set such as yours is highly desirable.

Benefits to you

Although you don’t get paid for being a trustee, there are benefits that can be garnered from volunteering as a trustee.

Contribute to your local community

·      Support the development of young people

·      Expand learning and training opportunities

·      Expand facilities and programmes

·      Increase volunteering opportunities

·      Increase opportunity for social mobility

·      Attract funding

·      Lower crime in your area

Raise your profile in the local community

·      Network with local government members

·      Liaise with local business networks

·      Communication with local schools and education establishments/ schemes

Develop skills in new areas

·      Access to training and development

·      Volunteer with like-minded people

·      Gain recognised qualifications in leadership, management and social action

·      Gain strategic experience

·      Build your CV

Team Working

·      Empower yourself with a new sense of purpose/prospect

·      Strengthen your communication and negotiating skills

·      Volunteering with people from diverse professional backgrounds

Trustee Time Commitment

The time commitment of a trustee varies from role to role. As a minimum, all trustees are expected attend between six and ten unit management meetings per year, meeting on a weekday evening. This can be remote attendance and most other work, emails, correspondence, reports etc. can be completed at home on a casual basis. The average time per week committed to the role of a trustee is 5 hours per week.

Trustee Roles

At our unit we are recruiting for the following roles:

·      Chair

·      Vice Chair

·      Treasurer

·      Administrator