Tom’s Trust is looking for three new trustees to join our Board, one each from the Oxfordshire, Liverpool and Newcastle areas, where our newest services are based. Our new trustees will work with our current Trustee Board of eight and our Senior Leadership Team to provide expertise and oversight of our ambitious strategy.
Although our office is based in Cambridge, where we were founded and where we provided our first service, we have grown from a regional to a national charity and want our Trustee Board to reflect that. We operate a hybrid meeting approach which supports this ambition to expand our Board.
Our Oxford team
What we need
Tom’s Trust is a growing and ambitious charity. Candidates must:-
• Be enthusiastic and knowledgeable about their region and its strengths and challenges;
• Be willing to support our Team with contacts and ideas as they work hard to get the public to understand our work in the area;
• Support fundraising efforts to find new support to allow our service to continue, contribute to the development of fundraising strategies, and assist in securing resources for our programs and initiatives;
• Understand and uphold charity governance principles and the role of charities;
• Be comfortable working with fellow Trustees and professional staff in a collaborative team, able to negotiate and discuss complex ideas in a respectful way to reach a majority decision;
• Have empathy for the need to help families whose child has been affected by a brain tumour.
Trustee roles are not paid, but trustees will be reimbursed for reasonable expenses, including travel expenses. Trustee meetings are currently on a Monday evening every two months and these are hybrid with trustees dialling in or attending in person.
Dr Sarah Verity, Newcastle, talks with a family at the sibling toolkit launch
Get in touch
If this role resonates with you, we would love to hear from you. Contact our CEO rebecca@tomstrust.org.uk for a no obligation chat.
Read more
Read an interview with one of our trustees here and get to know our team here.