We're a CIC set up to represent micro-providers, and serve those in need in the local community in and around frome.
Micro-providing provides person based care, not task based care. It means we build ...
Advisory Board Member
Practical details
Volunteering • Organisation role
Contact person
Martin Castle
Provided
#117715
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5 Advisory Board Members bringing individual expertise in: Finance, Governance, Social Care, Marketing and Communications, Lived Experience Of Care
We are looking for five advisory board members, each bringing a different perspective or area of expertise. We would love all five to be local to Frome and the surrounding area - people who understand this community because they live in it.
Finance
→ Experience in financial management, accounting or budgeting
→ Able to help us build financial systems that are simple, transparent and sustainable
→ Comfortable with charity or CIC finance, or willing to learn
→ Someone who makes numbers feel accessible, not intimidating
Governance
→ Experience in organisational governance, compliance or legal frameworks
→ Understanding of CIC, charity or company law - or transferable experience
→ Able to help us build governance structures that are robust but not bureaucratic
→ Someone who keeps us honest without making it feel like paperwork
Social Care
→ Experience in adult social care - commissioning, policy, practice or leadership
→ Understanding of how the Somerset health and care system works
→ Able to help us connect with the right people and speak the right language with commissioners
→ Someone who understands what micro-providers do and why it matters
Marketing & Communications
→ Experience in marketing, PR, communications or digital presence
→ Able to help us build a public profile that reflects who we really are
→ Understanding of how to reach families, professionals and commissioners
→ Someone who can help us tell our story in a way that lands
Lived Experience of Care
→ You, or someone you love, has drawn on care and support services
→ You know what it feels like from the inside - what works, what doesn't, and what dignity in care actually looks like
→ Willing to bring your story and perspective into the room, and to be heard as the expert you are
→ Someone who keeps us honest about whether what we're building actually works for the people
The commitment we are looking for would involve a light touch - meetings, occasional advice, opening doors etc.
Term
Initial commitment of 12 months, reviewed together
Who you'd work with
The Frome Cares CIC board of directors and our administrator.
Interested?
We would love to have an informal conversation before anyone commits to anything. Please get in touch and tell us a little about yourself - who you are, what you do, and why Frome Cares interests you.
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About Frome Cares CIC
We're a CIC set up to represent micro-providers, and serve those in need in the local community in and around frome.
Micro-providing provides person based care, not task based care. It means we build relationships and communities to better support the people that need help.
The micro-providers have been here for around 9 years, and Frome Cares is there to put them, and a lower cost, more effective way of providing care on the map