Volunteer Trustee

Would you like to use your expertise and skills to help Tamworth Boxing in Tamworth fulfil their vision to support young people become the best they can be regardless of income, gender, religion, or National Origin. 

Tamworth Boxing are looking for new Trustees with a diverse set of skills, experience and backgrounds of Boxing or other competitive combat sport to join our team of Trustees. This is an excellent opportunity to apply your expertise and skills that will benefit the local community and the charity.

We are particularly interested to hear from candidates with relevant skills and experience in the following areas

A connection with boxing or other combat sport.

IT and social media to develop greater communication and interaction between members and volunteers.

Policies and procedures to ensure the organisation is compliant and follows the governance set out by the trustees.                                                      

To develop the management structure.

Role of the Trustee

The ultimate responsibility of the Board is to ensure that Tamworth Boxing works towards its objectives in an effective, fair and legal manner.

Trustee duties will include:

Regular attendance at board meetings, taking place in person and on-line (approximately 6 per year for full board meetings plus any committees that you may need to sit on)

Ensure Tamworth Boxing complies with charity law requirements and its governing documents

Oversight of:

The strategic direction of the charity

The financial planning, investment and expenditure

Compliance and governance of the charity

Ensure that employees have the opportunity to develop as individuals.

Act with integrity and avoid conflicts of interest.

Develop the standing of Tamworth Boxing Nationally.

Why become a Trustee?

· Apply your skills and expertise in a way that will benefit your local community and charity

· Play a key role in the strategic development and growth of the charity

· Learn more about the management of a charity and the strategic decisions to be made

· Enhance your network with people from a variety of backgrounds & continue to develop your own career

About Tamworth Boxing

Was formed in 1969 and as continued to have an impact on the lives of young people.  We employee 12 full time staff, support 15 volunteers that have weekly contact with the club and a further 20 that support Tamworth Boxing for events. We have 3 pillars within the organisation that integrate with each other.

Tamworth Boxing

Competitive Boxing remains at the centre of the organisation and is always put first. producing boxers that have reached the National stages of Championships consistently for over 20 years.   Tamworth Boxing prides itself on leading the way in new developments. We were the First Boxing Club to deliver ASDAN Qualifications using boxing as the medium. We then went on to share this information and training Nationally with other boxing clubs. We also deliver funded programmes to young people using the sport of Boxing to engage and provided the opportunity for personal development. 

CornerPost Gym

We pride ourselves on our “Gym” – The CornerPost Gym, which boosts 3 boxing rings, 12 moving punch bags, large open floor space 6 classrooms, weights room, and changing rooms. The gym is constantly used by England Boxing as a preparation camp for international teams. The Gym is also used for coach education 2023/24 the CornerPost Gym was used to deliver 253 Safeguarding Qualification, 111 Level 1 coaches, 42 Level 2 Coaches 28 Level 3 Coaches and 52 First Aid certificates for both England Boxing and The British Boxing Board of Control.  

Education

We were the first Alternative Education Centre for Primary aged Children in Staffordshire. The aim is to reduce permanent exclusions for children aged from 4 to 11 years from mainstream education. The project as now been running for 12 years and constantly pushes forward with new and inventive ideas. CornerPost Education was the first Centre in Staffordshire where all Staff are restorative trained. We are used by Staffordshire as a beacon of good practice and constantly endeavour to improve our working practices to remain at the forefront of Alternative Education in Staffordshire.

The DiSE programme moved to The CornerPost Education Centre in 2021. Since the move the programme as continued to grow in Student number attending the 2-year course, the number of Qualifications gained by students, and DiSE students competing at National Level with their own clubs. Our aim is to continuously develop DiSE Midlands to seen as the lead centre but also ensure that the students that attend gain the qualifications but also have positive experiences that will have an impact on their lives.