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TRUSTEE - HOPE INTO ACTION READING

Hope into Action Reading is looking for new trustees to join its small but dynamic and supportive board. HiAR partners with local churches to provide housing for those who find themselves without a home, and then works with tenants to empower them to move on to more independent living. We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteer trustees, ready to work closely with fellow board members, ensuring the charity continues to fulfil its mission, and able to help support our staff and volunteers. (Training will be available.) 

Key responsibilities include:

• Helping to set the goals and strategic direction of HiAR (a franchise of the national charity Hope into Action)

• Ensuring compliance with charity law and regulations; helping develop policies

• Assisting with fundraising and grant applications

• Helping maintain financial accountability and viability

• Performance monitoring

• Promoting and publicising HiAR

Useful skills:

• IT skills

• Fundraising experience

• Property and asset management 

• Legal governance

• People skills

• Flexibility

• Strategic thinking

• Enthusiasm to learn

• Housing knowledge

Trustees are expected to attend four in‑person board meetings each year, plus a summer away day and a Christmas get‑together. There is regular email communication and occasional additional meetings, sometimes online.

Job Details

• Job Location Type: Home Based

• Location: Reading

• Category: Trustee

• Hours: Flexible

• Contact Email: mary.langshaw@hia.org.uk