Trustees

The Lipman-Miliband Trust continues to play a vital role as one of the very few charities able to respond to the needs of those engaged in socialist education. We encourage new work within this broad field, taking into consideration new areas of cultural and political work in institutions of learning but also in community organisations and among NGOs.

Having benefited from a significant increase in resources in recent years, we are seeking several active and committed Trustees to join with us and our part-time Co-ordinator to expand our outreach, fundraising and grant-giving activities.

To become involved in LMT, you will share our values and participate actively in our affairs. This will require you to attend each of our four Trustee meetings a year. Although we are based in different locations around the country and most of our work is conducted online, we aim to meet in-person at least twice a year. The experience of Trustees suggests that overall, involvement in Trustee business accounts for between 6 and 10 hours of our time each month.

You will also be asked to join at least one of our Working Groups, undertake tasks and projects needed for the good management and operation of the Trust, review and approve documents and proposals as required, and take part in decisions about grant giving awards. Grant giving is one of the most rewarding things we do. We love seeing the difference our investment and support can make to socialist education.

We are particularly seeking applications for the position of Trustee Treasurer who will work with the Trust Co-ordinator, external advisors and accountants, to ensure our finances are properly administered. Our finances are vitally important to us in ensuring that we continue our charitable activities and socialist educational work. Experience or understanding of financial management and accounting would be helpful. We will be happy to support appropriate training.

The Trust is seeking to increase the diversity of its Trustees.

There will be an online drop-in session for anyone who might be interested in becoming a Trustee on Friday 29th November between 11-12 noon.  You will be able to ask us about what we do and how we work and ask any questions.

Roles available

• Trustee Treasurer
•  Trustee x 3

Time commitment

• 6 – 10 hours per month
• 3 board meetings per year

Deadlines

Online drop-in sessions: 

• Tue 19th November, 11.30am - 12.30pm
  Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82657986248
• Tue 26th Nov, 4.00 - 4.30pm 
  Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87097715290