Trustee Volunteer Roles

 VOLUNTEER ROLE BRANCH  SECRETARY

 RSPCA Darlington & District Branch  are looking for a Volunteer to become the Branch  Secretary to run the Branch alongside our committee of Trustees.

Are you who we are looking for?

Do you have the  management and organisational expertise which you could use to help our good cause?

Are you an enthusiastic, dedicated person who is passionate about animal welfare?

Overview of the Branch Secretary opportunity

If you have all of the above  then you could become  our principal communications trustee in the role of Branch Secretary, and help us to maintain our branch affairs and support us in improving animal welfare in our area and the work of our local Inspectors as they focus on animals who suffer from abuse, cruelty and neglect. Through your excellent administration and communication skills, you would need to be able to have oversight of our finances, fundraising events and face book page. You would also need to coordinate our work in providing education to small groups in the community when requested,  oversee the distribution of food to local animal food banks, support the  employment of our staff in the cat hub .

Primary responsibilities of the Branch Secretary

Through your excellent administration and communication skills, you would need to be able to have oversight of our finances, fundraising events and face book page. You would also need to coordinate our work in providing education to small groups in the community when requested,  oversee the distribution of food to local animal food banks, support the  employment of our staff in the cat hub.

• You will also  act as the primary contact point for all branch communications with the National Society, the branch committee and the branch membership
• You will arrange branch meetings ensure accurate minutes are taken and distributed in accordance with branch rules
• You will ensure all branch committee decisions are implemented and actions completed
• You will  work with the membership secretary  to arrange the branch AGM including the compilation and distribution of the annual report, nominations and agenda in line with strict timetable laid down in the branch rules.
• You will ensure  the timely dissemination of the contents of all correspondence and literature received by the branch, ensuring availability to all committee members and reply to all branch correspondence when necessary.
• Be responsible for the ordering and distribution of  RSPCA stationery, leaflets, posters and other fundraising and promotional material when required.
• You will liaise  with the Branch Partnership Manager (BPM) and group Chief Inspector and notify them of all Branch meetings.
• Be aware of the outcome of Regional Board meetings and support regional activities.
• Actively promote and advertise the Society in an ongoing programme to recruit new branch Trustees and Volunteers and welcome new members as and when needed.
•  In conjunction with your fellow trustees, ensure proper management and control of all activities and decisions relating to any premises held or staff employed by the branch.
• Manage Branch, Trustees and Volunteer activities.
• You will advise the BPM of all changes to Branch facilities, services and contact details
• In the absence of a Membership Secretary resume responsibility of the Branch Membership list
• Submit recommendations for National Society Awards to the BPM, in accordance with the wishes of the committee
• You will need to complete an RSPCA application form and we will require 2 references

 As a minimum, all trustees would normally be expected to attend  four - six weekly committee meetings which last about 2 hours, however the commitment may vary depending upon need.

As a Branch Secretary you would also be required to become a Branch Trustee and a Member of the RSPCA National Society. 

How to find out more about being a Branch Trustee

There is information on the RSPCA website about Branch Trustees and we have an online session about becoming a Branch Trustee, which should hopefully give you more of an idea of what the 

RSPCA Branch Trustee role will involve.

What we can offer you as a volunteer Branch Secretary

• We will provide you with training and mentorship from the outgoing Branch Secretary.
• Ongoing support is also provided by regional and national RSPCA staff in addition to any additional training provided by the relevant branch.
• The platform to utilise your skills and experience to oversee the charity and make decisions that have a direct impact on local animal welfare.
• The opportunity to gain new skills and develop existing ones, whilst making a real difference to the lives of animals.
• A way to expand your professional and personal network through working with like-minded people.
• Support from your peers who will help you get the job done!

Practical considerations

• Please also note that to become a Trustee, you will need to be aged 18 or over and a member of our branch for three months before you are eligible to be elected.
• Membership fees are for a Single adult. £24 (Per Year) 18 years old or over.
• Trustees are elected for a 12-month term each year.
• Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed.
• Trustees must sign a Trustee Declaration of Willingness to Act to clarify that they are not disqualified from being a trustee and read the Charity Commission’s guidelines for individuals on who cannot be a trustee or senior manager of a charity.
•  References will also be required.

About the RSPCA

Founded in 1824 we have been saving animals for 200 years and are proud to be the oldest animal welfare charity around. It has always been our vision to live in a world where all animals are respected and treated with compassion, so our volunteers and employees work tirelessly to ensure that all animals can live free from pain and suffering.

Through our numerous campaigns, we seek to raise standards of care and awareness of issues, affecting animals today.  We rely heavily on our volunteers and Trustees who play a significant role in enabling us to carry out this important welfare work every day!

The RSPCA Darlington & District Branch

The RSPCA Darlington & District Branch is one of the branches of RSPCA but we are also a separately registered charity looking after animals in our local area. Much of the animal welfare work of RSPCA is carried out through local branches, which are run by volunteers and trustees who have the support of the Nation Society of the RSPCA.

The main activities of our branch are on our Facebook page RSPCA Darlington & District Branch and on our website.

What we are looking for in a Volunteer

Above all, we are looking for someone who is committed to the RSPCA’s charitable objectives and shares our passion for animal welfare and the work the Branch carries out.

Specific skills such as finance, fundraising, project management, business experience, awareness of employment and charity legislation can be useful.

You will need to be able to work with people and have good interpersonal skills.  You do not need to be an expert, although commitment, common sense and the ability to be objective are vital.

Our voluntary roles are subject to an informal interview and trial period. We will ask you to provide contact details for two referees, and dependent on the position, you may need to sign an agreement and undergo specific training before starting the role. 

We’ll look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you.

The Trans Legal Clinic is is the first trans-led specialist gender identity legal practice in the UK. At its core, the Trans Legal Clinic is a human rights practice because Trans+ rights are human rights and without the influence of trans+ and non-binary people many of the human rights which are enjoyed by our cisgendered counterparts would cease to exist as we know them today. The mission of the Trans Legal Clinic is simple; we provide free and accessible legal help to transgender and non-binary people in need. Our overarching vision is a society where all people have access to the legal resources required for gender self-determination and where gender diversity is not just accepted but embraced, with trans+ people equipped with the necessary legal tools to navigate the world in their affirmed gender.

The Governance Administrator plays a crucial role in supporting the smooth operation of trustee meetings, managing confidential documentation, and ensuring compliance with governance and regulatory standards. This position includes taking minutes during meetings, coordinating with board members, and handling administrative tasks related to data and compliance. As a Secretary to the Board of Trustees, the Governance Administrator must maintain high levels of confidentiality and organisational control while contributing to learning opportunities in governance and data management.

Key Responsibilities:
- Minute Taking & Meeting Management:
 Take detailed and accurate minutes at trustee meetings, ensuring key points, decisions, and actions are recorded clearly and promptly distributed to relevant stakeholders.
  Prepare agendas and support the scheduling and logistical arrangements for trustee and governance meetings.

- Secretary to the Board of Trustees:
  Serve as the primary administrative point of contact for the Board of Trustees. Coordinate communication between trustees, management, and other relevant parties.
  Ensure all board documentation, reports, and meeting materials are prepared and available in a timely manner.

- Data & Compliance Support: 
  Assist with the maintenance of governance-related data, ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and internal policies.
  Contribute to our development related to data handling and compliance practices.
  Maintain records of meetings, decisions, and related governance activities according to established policies and standards.

- Confidentiality & Governance Control:
  Uphold the highest standards of confidentiality regarding all matters discussed within trustee meetings and governance discussions.
  Refrain from disclosing sensitive information to other caseworkers, management, or any external parties.

- Responding to Queries:
  Manage and respond to inquiries from our COO, providing assistance or directing them as needed. Ensure clear and professional communication at all times.

Skills & Qualifications:
- Strong organisational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with attention to detail, particularly in minute-taking and report preparation.
- Knowledge of governance practices, data protection, and compliance procedures is desirable.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information responsibly.
- A proactive and self-motivated individual with a keen interest in learning about governance, data, and compliance.

Desirable Experience:
- Previous experience in an administrative or governance-related role is advantageous.
- Familiarity with data management systems and compliance frameworks.

Working Conditions:
- The Governance Administrator will be expected to attend trustee meetings, which may be in-person or virtual, and will need to be available for administrative support as required.

Note:
This role requires a high level of trust, responsibility, and confidentiality, and any breach of confidentiality. It is perfect for anyone looking to gain some experience in data protection and compliance.

Our partner operates a drop-in centre five days a week, providing hot nutritious meals, food packages and wider support to homeless, lonely, vulnerable or financially struggling adults in Newbury.

With their current Treasurer stepping down after five years due to family commitments, they are seeking a replacement to oversee the charity’s finances, including its budgets, accounts and investments, as well as to monitor it's financial health.

The role involves preparing monthly financial reports and the annual accounts (currently on Excel) and managing the online bank accounts in accordance with the organisations financial processes. As a Trustee, the postholder will also be involved in setting the charity’s strategic direction.

The Board meets monthly, for no more than 2 hours, in-person in Newbury.

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For more Trustee and Treasurer roles please visit the AfID website.

What we’re looking for in an Honorary Treasurer

The Role at a Glance 

Title and team: Honorary Treasurer, Trustee Board 

Meetings: Quarterly Board and Finance Committee meetings 

Duration: 3-year term 

Location: Hybrid - mix of virtual and London-based meetings 

Type: Voluntary role (reasonable expenses covered) 

About you 

You will bring strategic financial expertise and an understanding of charity finance and governance. While knowledge of the healthcare sector would be brilliant, it is not essential. We’re looking for someone who brings fresh perspectives and innovative thinking to enable us to do our best work. 

Key Responsibilities

• Guide our financial strategy, ensuring sustainable growth and stability 

• Monitor financial health and risk management 

• Chair the Finance Committee, fostering collaborative and strategic discussions 

• Work closely with our Chief Executive on financial planning 

• Help shape our organisational direction, steering us towards impactful outcomes 

• Ensure our financial controls and compliance are robust and efficient. 

Why Join Us? 

By joining The Patients Association, you’ll be part of an organisation aimed at making a significant difference to patients' lives. You’ll work alongside a committed team of trustees and staff, sharing your expertise where it matters most. Be part of the positive change in the NHS and help us strengthen the partnership between patients and healthcare providers. 

Want to know more? Have an informal conversation with: 

Rachel Power (Chief Executive)

Julie Thallon (Chair) 

Ensure Barawak operates smoothly and meets its goals by overseeing our governance and performance reporting. As the lead, you'll organize important activities and track our progress, helping us stay aligned with our mission.

Introduction to the Governance, Secretariat & Performance Reporting Lead Role

Are you passionate about keeping things in order and making sure everyone's working together smoothly? As the lead of the Governance, Secretariat & Performance Reporting team, you'll be like the conductor of an orchestra, making sure every part of our charity hits the right notes at the right time. Your work helps us stay true to our mission, making sure we're doing things the right way and always getting better. You'll work closely with the folks who guide Barawak—our trustees and advisors—and you'll help our programme and verticals leaders shine by tracking how well their services are doing and giving them the information they need to make smart decisions.

Keep Us on Track: You'll be organising all the important meetings for our trustees and advisors, making agendas, and keeping actions and decisions logs, so we never miss a beat. You’ll make sure that everything we do follows our rules and the law.

Watch Our Progress: You'll keep an eye on our goals, collecting info on how many people we're helping, how our events are going, and how we're managing our money. Then you’ll put this all into monthly and annual reports that help us understand if we're on the right path. 

Help Us Improve: You'll present feedback from the people we serve and our team, gathered by the programme and vertical leads, to find ways we can do better. You're all about using what we learn to make sure Barawak keeps growing stronger and helping more people.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Governance and Compliance Oversight: Ensure that all activities within Barawak adhere to the highest standards of governance and compliance, as set by our trustees and in accordance with relevant regulations and laws. Develop and maintain a comprehensive set of policies and procedures that are the foundation of our operational excellence.

2. Secretariat Functions: Act as the primary point of contact for trustees and advisors, managing communications, preparing meeting agendas, and ensuring the accurate recording of actions and decisions. Your meticulous attention to detail and planning will ensure the smooth running of board meetings and the timely dissemination of information.

3. Performance Reporting: Lead the development and implementation of a robust performance reporting framework. You will work closely on behalf of the trustees, with the advisors, programme and vertical leads to establish and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), providing insights and reports that drive strategic decisions and demonstrate our impact to stakeholders and the community we serve.

4. Cross-functional Coordination: Facilitate and report on the monthly programme reviews with the Board of Trustees, quarterly advisory meetings, and annual general meetings. Your role involves supporting the programme and verticals leads to synthesize information from the services and verticals to provide a cohesive picture of Barawak's progress and challenges.

5. Continuous Improvement: Champion the use of feedback mechanisms, including surveys and community input, to refine our programmes and initiatives. You will play a critical role in reviewing and adapting our strategies based on performance data, ensuring continuous improvement in our pursuit of excellence.

Person Specification:

• Skills: Strong organisational and leadership skills, excellent communication abilities, and adept at working in a collaborative environment. Eagar to learn new skills.

• Attributes: Deep understanding of the challenges faced by the Afro-Hebrew community in the UK. Commitment to Barawak's values of helping out, sticking together, and staying strong. Ability to work flexibly and respond to evolving community needs.

• Commitment: Passionate about making a tangible difference in the lives of individuals and families dealing with poverty. Innovative thinker with a focus on creating sustainable, long-term solutions.

Important: This advert is for a voluntary role, which is unpaid and not subject to reimbursement of expenses. Any agreement with the successful candidate is not intended to be a legally binding contract between us and may be cancelled at any time at the discretion of either party. By applying for the role, candidates agree that neither of us intend any employment relationship to be created either now or at any time in the future.

Our partner is a small family-centred charity, working tirelessly to help fulfil the cherished dreams and aspirations of children and young people with the muscle wasting disease, Muscular Dystrophy.

They are seeking a Treasurer who has financial management experience, as well as an understanding and passion for their work, great communication skills and a real desire to make a difference to the lives of their beneficiaries.

The Treasurer, who will also be a Trustee of the organisation, will lead in maintaining an overview of the charity’s financial affairs, ensuring its continued financial viability and that proper financial records and procedures are duly kept and reported on in a timely manner.

The time commitment required will be, on average, somewhere between 2-4 hours per week, with peaks and troughs of activity. The Board meets virtually for approximately 2 hours every other month.

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For more Trustee and Treasurer roles, please visit the AfID website.

SECRETARY ROLE  

Duties

 The secretary should:

• Receive agenda items from other trustees/staff
• Prepare agendas in consultation with the chair and Managing Director
• Circulate agendas and supporting papers in good time
• Managing the petty cash, co-signatory to bank account, making purchases as and when required
• Member of the board of directors
• Make arrangements for meetings:
  • Booking the room
  • Equipment
  • Refreshments
  • Facilities for those with special needs
• Check that a quorum is present
• Minute the meetings and circulating the draft minutes to all trustees
• Ensure that the minutes are signed by the chair once they have been approved
• Check that trustees and staff have carried out action agreed at a previous meeting
• Circulate agendas and minutes of the annual general meeting and any special or extraordinary general meetings
• Acts as a frontline coordinator to our workshop projects by taking calls from potential participants, sending out google forms, weekly reminders and arranging 1:1 online meetings on zoom.
• Sit on appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary panels as required

Secretary person specification

• Commitment to the organisation
• Willingness to devote the necessary time and effort
• Strategic vision
• Good, independent judgement
• Ability to think creatively
• Willingness to speak their mind
• Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship and, if applicable, being a Company Secretary
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team
• Nolan's seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership
• Organisational ability
• Knowledge or experience of business and committee procedures
• Minute-taking experience, if this is not being delegated to staff
  
  

What we can offer you:

• We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture.
• • Flexible/Agile Working, Hourly pay rate during the workshops on a Contract/ Self-Employed basis.

• Employee Assistance Program to support employees both professionally and personally.

About Together Now: 

At Together Now, we believe every family deserves to live together. Our mission is to reunite refugee families who have been separated due to conflict, persecution, or other hardships. We rely on public donations and volunteer support to provide vital services, including covering travel and documentation costs that make family reunions possible. 

Purpose of the Role: 

As Bookkeeping Volunteer you'll play a key role in helping the charity to keep accurate financial records, including reporting to grant funders. Working closely with the Director, your contributions will directly support the charity’s vital work. 

Main Responsibilities: 

Bookkeeping records: 

• You'll use quickbooks to keep bookkeeping records, ensuring transactions are categorised correctly and allocated to the correct funder (weekly) 

• You'll report any missing receipts to make sure we have the information needed to report to funders and keep accurate records. 

• You'll create payroll journals on quickbooks using information from our payroll provider. You'll reconcile the payroll accounts (monthly) to ensure the correct amount is paid to HMRC, pension provider etc.

• You'll reconcile bank accounts to statements and report any problems (monthly)

Grant funding: 

• You'll use classes on quickbooks to keep track of different grants and make sure we are following the funders spending requirements.

• You'll liaise with the director to make sure that spending is allocated to the correct funder

• You'll report on grant funds to the director and casework manager (weekly), including how much is available to spend on casework for clients.

• You'll support the bid writer and director with financial information for funding bids

• You'll support the bid writer and director with information from quickbooks for end-of-grant reporting to funders. 

Reporting  

• You'll attend regular meetings with the director to highlight and go through any finance queries

• You'll provide financial reports for board meetings, and to support with end of year accounts   

• You'll support with claiming gift aid from HMRC

Person Specification: 

Skills and Attributes: 

• Attention to detail: Able to keep accurate records with good attention to detail. 

• Computer skills: Able to use MS Office, Sharepoint, email, and bookkeeping software confidently.

• Numerical skills: Confident working with numbers and doing calculations

• Honesty and discretion: Honest and discreet when working with confidential financial information. 

• Understanding of accounting and financial operations: Understanding of bookkeeping practices and requirements. 

• Communication skills: Ability to liaise with other staff, volunteers and trustees, confidence to advise on decisions and promote best practice.

• Self-Motivation: Capable of managing your workload independently and taking initiative on new ideas. 

• Passion for the Cause: A genuine interest in helping Together Now reunite refugee families. Lived experience of seeking asylum or family reunion would be beneficial.

Experience: 

• Previous bookkeeping experience is highly beneficial, particularly if related to charities with grant funding. 

• Experience with quickbooks bookkeeping software is desirable but not essential. 

Benefits to the Volunteer: 

• You'll gain experience in bookkeeping using quickbooks and in financial reporting 

• We can offer flexibility to contribute around your own schedule. 

• You'll be part of a passionate, dedicated team committed to reuniting refugee families. 

• You'll have the opportunity to develop valuable skills in bookkeeping and financial reporting. 

We are looking for an enthusatic Administrator to join our small team who is passoniate about supporting children and young people with disabilities.

The purpose of the role is to provide admin support to the F6IT CEO and team. 

This role will play a key part in achieving our vision where diabled children and young adults along with their families can together enjoy a rewarding life which is fun, beneficial and above all fulfilling. 

Exciting Fundraising Opportunity.

We are looking for an enthusastic Fundraiser to join our small and ambitious team who is passoniate about supporting children and young people with disabilities.  The purpose of the role is to increase our income streams with the initial focus on Grant Applications. This role will play a key part in achieving our Vision where disabled children and young adults along with their families can together enjoy a rewarding life, which is fun,beneficial and above all fulfilling.

New Horizons are looking for a new Treasurer to join their dedicated and friendly Board of Trustees.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a finance professional to join a committed and experienced team. We are a small charity which makes a meaningful contribution to the community.

Being a trustee is also a chance for you to give something back to your community, by using your skills and experience, you will be contributing to the strategic management of the charity, so we can continue providing activities which promote good mental health, whilst challenging the stigma around mental health issues and helping improve our services for the benefit of the residents of Cwm Taf Morgannwg.

Role Summary

Your role is paramount for the sustainability of our charity. You will support our charity’s financial management and thus help us make well informed decisions and plan accordingly, so we can effectively tackle the different challenges we face as a small organisation.

The Treasurer will help trustees to carry out their financial responsibilities and this involves working with the Director and Chair to -

• present financial reports to the board in a format that helps the board understand the charity’s financial position
• advise the board on how to carry out its financial responsibilities
• work with professional advisors including the accountant
• work with the Director, Chair and accountant to oversee the preparation and scrutiny of annual accounts
• work with the Director to help prepare budgets and financial reports.

Who are we looking for?

• Demonstrated financial/commercial awareness and knowledge
• Good communication and leadership skills
• Proven ability to communicate and explain financial information to members of the Board and other stakeholders
• Analytical and evaluation skills, demonstrating good judgement
• Competent use of IT skills
• Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
• Strong interest in mental health issues
• Senior strategic management and leadership experience

Desirable:

• Dedicated to the organisation’s cause and objectives and willing to act as the charity’s ambassador to external bodies, charities and companies.
• An understanding of the UK charity sector, relevant legislations and statutory requirements.

Time commitment

Up to 5 hours a month. The Board meet every other month.The Treasurer would ideally step in as Chair of the Funding & Business Planning sub group which also meets bimonthly.

Help shape the future of patient care 

We're looking for a Treasurer to join our dedicated Trustee Board at The Patients Association. If you're keen to make a real difference to healthcare while putting your financial expertise to good use, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us 

The Patients Association is a leading campaigning charity that champions patient and public concerns across the health and social care sector. We work in partnership with patients, carers and a diverse range of organisations, including the NHS and other charities, to ensure the patient voice is heard and their needs are met. Through our helpline and online resources, we provide vital information to thousands of people each year about the health and social care system.

The Role at a Glance

Title and team: Honorary Treasurer, Trustee Board

Meetings: Quarterly Board and Finance Committee meetings

Duration: 3-year term

Location: Hybrid - mix of virtual and London-based meetings

Type: Voluntary role (reasonable expenses covered)

About you

You will bring strategic financial expertise and an understanding of charity finance and governance. While knowledge of the healthcare sector would be brilliant, it is not essential. We’re looking for someone who brings fresh perspectives and innovative thinking to enable us to do our best work.

 Key Responsibilities

• Guide our financial strategy, ensuring sustainable growth and stability
• Monitor financial health and risk management
• Chair the Finance Committee, fostering collaborative and strategic discussions
• Work closely with our Chief Executive on financial planning
• Help shape our organisational direction, steering us towards impactful outcomes
• Ensure our financial controls and compliance are robust and efficient.

Why Join Us?

By joining The Patients Association, you’ll be part of an organisation aimed at making a significant difference to patients' lives. You’ll work alongside a committed team of trustees and staff, sharing your expertise where it matters most. Be part of the positive change in the NHS and help us strengthen the partnership between patients and healthcare providers.

Get in Touch 

Interested in joining us? Send us your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two pages.

This role is advertised as part of TPP's Free Giving Back Services. This volunteer advertisement copy has been supplied to TPP and applicants apply direct to the organisation. Please contact the organisation directly if you have any questions about this volunteer role.

We Are REMIX!

We are hoping to make a positive impact on the lives of young people in London that's transformative, giving young people the tools and skills to be responsible, resilient, motivated, engaged, entrepreneurial, critical thinkers and self reliant that will remix young peoples way of thinking that EMPOWERS, INSPIRES and TRANSFORMS their lives.

We will do this by dedicated hard work, providing programmes that unlock young peoples potential, nurture essential life skills and personal development, build character development, help young people make better decisions about their lives, challenges and the situations they face, build their confidence and self esteem as well as their belief in themselves and encourage team building and team work, including through mentoring with positive inspirational role models that will guide and support them on their journey to self improvement.

WE NEED YOU!

We are on the look out for a volunteer with passion and dedication who can committ to a few hours per month that will really help us change young peoples lives. We need a VOLUNTEER to fill the vacant role of TREASURER. 

In this role you will;​

• Oversee Financial Records: Ensure that accurate and up-to-date financial records are maintained.

• Budgeting: Lead on the preparation of the annual budget and monitor actual performance against budget.

• Financial Reporting: Provide regular financial reports to the board, including income and expenditure statements, balance sheets, and cash flow forecasts.

• Ensure Compliance: Ensure that the charity complies with all financial regulations and reporting requirements.

• Audit and Review: Oversee the annual audit or independent examination of the charity's accounts.

• Policies and Procedures: Develop and implement financial policies and procedures to ensure proper financial management and control.

• Financial Strategy: Contribute to the development of the charity's financial strategy and ensure that the charity has the resources to achieve its goals.

• Investment Management: Oversee the charity's investments and ensure that they are managed in line with the charity's investment policy.

• Advise the Board: Provide financial advice and guidance to the board of trustees.

• Training and Development: Ensure that trustees are aware of their financial responsibilities and provide training if necessary.

• Sub-Committees: Chair or participate in finance-related sub-committees, if applicable.

• Fundraising: Support fundraising efforts and ensure that funds are used effectively and in line with donor intentions.

• Risk Management: Identify and manage financial risks to the charity.

• Collaboration: Work closely with other trustees, staff, and volunteers to achieve the charity's objectives.

JOIN OUR TEAM!

REMIX

This role presents an opportunity to liaise with businesses and organisations in your local community to find and arrange suitable reading venues for your group. Reading venues are typically in local libraries, churches and other businesses and organisations that can provide places where there is at least one other person in the building, whilst also providing an element of confidentiality, they are never classroom settings.

What you will be doing

● Ensuring there are sufficient suitable venues for reading pairs, in line with the Venue and Lone Worker Policy.

● Managing the relationship between the venues and the group and source new venues as the group grows.

● Finding organisations and businesses willing to offer a room or suitable space on their premises for your reading pairs to use at certain times of the week when it is not in use.

● Ensuring that the premises are suitable for Read Easy by using the Venue Checklist.

● Reporting on the venues arranged to the Management Team to gain their approval.

● Confirming the arrangements in writing with the venue provider.© Read Easy UK 2 June 2023

● Keeping an up-to-date record of venues and regularly review venue arrangements.

● Supporting the Team in finding and booking other venues for Read Easy events.

● Attending Management Team meetings, typically every six to eight weeks.

The skills you will need

● Experience of networking or the confidence to contact local organisations to explain how each venue can support local people to improve their reading.

● Ability to develop strong working relationships with local venue providers.

● Good communication and people skills, with a commitment to maintaining confidentiality.

● Reasonable confidence in using IT.

● The ability to use initiative and work independently.

● A willingness to abide by Read Easy policies and procedures.

● An open attitude that encourages two-way communication and willingness to ask for and offer support to the Team.

● A non-judgemental attitude and respect for others, with a commitment to equality and diversity, so that you can make everyone feel valued and included.

● Energy and enthusiasm with an average of one hour a week to commit to the role.

What is in it for you?

● Develop networking skills

● Meet and work collaboratively with new people

● Be active and engaged, adding value to your local community.

Interested?

If you think you can offer the time, skills and experience that we are looking for and would be interested in taking up this role, please contact the person who sent you this role description.

Please note: All Read Easy volunteer roles are subject to Safer Recruitment procedures which include verification of identity and two references, and eligibility for Management Team roles in line with Charity Commission regulations for trustees.

Please see the ‘Introduction to Read Easy for potential Management Team volunteers’ to find out more about the structure and responsibilities of the Management Team.