Chair of Trustees

Are you passionate about ‘The Creative Arts’? At Bloomin’ Arts, we see and hear the difference made when ensuring disabled adults have opportunities to be artists and leaders within visual art, drama, dance, and theatre. As a Trustee you will share a responsibility to oversee how our charity is managed and run. Ensuring what we do is always in our participant’s best interest.

As a visionary leader with a strong connection to or lived experience of disability? Are you committed to recognising ‘art and culture’s’ place in society. Do you have knowledge of the barrier's society places in the way of disabled artists? If so, we are looking for an inspirational Chair of Trustees to help us achieve our future objectives and impact our ability to empower the lives of disabled adults through the creative arts. As Chair, you will play a vital role in:

• ·        Supporting the development and growth of our charitable arts organisation.
• ·        Driving our commitment to disability provision and leadership within the arts.
• ·        Leading with empathy to tackle challenges and direct change where needed.
• ·        Leading governance and compliance in line with the charity commission.
• ·        Advocacy and support fundraising as an ambassador for the charity, leveraging your networks to advance the charity’s reach and influence.
• ·       Ensuring our values and disabled artists (participants) remain at the heart of everything we do.

We are seeking a candidate with:

• ·        Experience of charitable sector and/or arts and culture management.
• ·        A strong connection to or lived experience of disability.
• ·        Ability to lead and inspire other trustees and our staff.
• ·        Dedication to the role to ensure your contribution and leadership makes a positive difference.
• ·        Ability to be in person at Trustee Meetings, held at our venue in RH7. 

Why it’s an exciting time to join us:

• ·        This is a time of growth for us as a charity.
• ·        The challenges we face, we approach positively and openly.
• ·        We are constantly working to improve awareness and build our relationships to increase our reach and impact.
• ·        We love finding people who share our passion and vision and will stretch our viewpoints.
• ·        We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day.

 Length of term and time requirements:

Chair to join ideally for a 3 year term and opportunity for a further two.

Approximately 4-6 hours per month plus preparation and attendance for trustee meetings.

Renumeration:

Your services are always hugely appreciated, but services are offered on a voluntary basis and receive no renumeration except expenses reasonably incurred.