This is an exciting time to lead Age UK Stockport’s Board. To be the Chair of Age UK Stockport is to be an active volunteer in our community. But it’s not the easiest volunteering role! It can be challenging, but it will be rewarding.
Our Board has recently been refreshed after the recruitment of three new trustees who, alongside our established trustees, complete the Board membership.
Our current Chair will be standing down later this year having served the maximum term for the role. We are looking for a dedicated, creative person, with a range of appropriate professional and life experiences to become our next Chair. They will have the interest and commitment to lead and drive forward the development of Age UK Stockport in line with our core values – to be Connected, Confident and Creative.
The successful candidate would join the Board as trustee and Chair Designate and then be elected Chair at the AGM in the autumn of 2026.
The Chair leads the Board, ensuring that it governs the charity effectively. You will support the Board to work together well and will manage and support the Chief Executive. The Chair is also an ambassador for the charity.
Main responsibilities of the Chair
- Provide strategic leadership to the charity and the Board, ensuring effective governance and accountability
- Work in partnership with trustees, the Chief Executive and staff / volunteer team to achieve Age UK Stockport’s mission, vision and objectives
- Plan and chair the Board meetings and the AGM working with others to achieve this
- Act as a spokesperson and figurehead for Age UK Stockport
- Ensure Board meetings are properly run and recorded
- Represent Age UK Stockport externally, helping, with others, to build partnerships with funders, local / regional authorities, and community organisations
- With others, ensure the charity remains financially sustainable and operationally strong, delivering excellence for people in later life
- Recognise and make best use of trustees’ skills and experience
- Line manage the Chief Executive on behalf of the trustees
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Our trustees and non-executive directors play a vital role in making sure that the group achieves its core purpose. They oversee the overall management and administration of the charity. They also ensure that there is a clear strategy and that our work and goals are in line with our vision.
Just as importantly, they support and challenge the CEO and executive team in the exercise of their delegated authority and affairs, to enable Thrive Social Housing and Emerging Futures CIC to grow and thrive, and through this, achieve our mission.
The Board operates under the leadership and guidance of the chair and works in partnership with the chief executive officer and the executive team.
Board members are expected to always act in the best interests of the organisation and its stakeholders, and to use their background knowledge and skills to work with the chair and other board members to ensure that the Board, supported by its committees, carries out its responsibilities effectively and lead from the top in demonstrating our culture, values and behaviours.
Board members have a collective responsibility. This means that trustees always act as a group and not as individuals.
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Emerging Futures works across the country with people affected by homelessness, drug and alcohol problems and physical and mental health needs.
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