Trustee

The Chair and the Board of Trustees of Bendrigg are looking for new Trustees to help take the organisation forwards. If you would like to use your skills and experience at board level to help us achieve our mission, we would very much like to hear from you.

We are looking for committed and motivated individuals who have a real interest in our work. Although not essential, people with the following skills and/or experience will be of particular interest:

• Finance and accounts management
• Construction, building surveying and/or architecture
• Experience in marketing and/or fundraising

We would particularly welcome applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates as these are currently underrepresented in this kind of role.

About Bendrigg Trust

We make adventure accessible, working together to overcome barriers and transform lives. 

Situated just outside Kendal, between the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District National Parks, Bendrigg's accessible centre is ideally positioned to enable people to participate in a wide range of challenging activities such as climbing, caving and canoeing. 

The spirit of adventure is incredible. A bona fide superpower that can fill any one of us with conviction and confidence, with new abilities and renewed agency. And it’s universal too – not the exclusive preserve of the advantaged and non-disabled. It’s for everyone, because we’re making sure it is. At Bendrigg, we have the setting and the scenery, the equipment and the expertise, the people and the passion. Together we have a limitless supply of adventure. With a limitless determination to improve people’s lives. 

Because we know that, whatever adventure means to each individual, it has the power to empower. To challenge and inspire, to tear down barriers and build up possibilities, to create real and lasting change. Above all, it has the power to change minds – within those individuals and across our whole society: changing the way people see their world, and changing the way the world sees them. 

At Bendrigg we create change, one adventure at a time. 

Expected Time Commitments

Trustees are asked to attend four trustee (Council) meetings per year, one of which includes the AGM.   Further support to the Trust and attendance to other committee meetings are encouraged, but it is recognised that these would be dependent on the individual’s personal circumstances and other commitments. 

Hybrid working - Meetings ideally take place ‘in person’ at the Bendrigg site (LA8 0NR) (minimum of two per year), however, online access can usually be made available if required. 

How to apply

Interested applicants should send a CV and cover letter/email to our Centre Director, Nick Liley via email. Nick would also be more than happy to answer any questions you might have.

Closing date for applications: Friday 27th September 2024 

We will shortlist applications and hope to meet with candidates in October. 

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.