Why We Need New Trustees
Two of our founding Trustees when we registered as a CIO are reaching the end of their second terms in June 2024, as well as several Trustees stepping away at the end of their first terms due to changing personal circumstances. We are delighted that two other founding volunteer members have become Trustees which leaves us in a good position of retaining historical information and expertise combined with new Trustees and skills we wish to recruit.
Who We Need
We are looking for up to 3 new Trustees to join 4 other Trustees, making a Board of up to 7. Following a Spring 2024 skills audit, we have identified a need for the following skills and experience on our Board:
Strategic and change management
Finance
Marketing
Grant fundraising from Trusts & Foundations
Community fundraising
HR
Lived experience of prison environment
Our Journey So Far
Following Covid-19 restrictions stopping Sing Inside’s work entirely in prisons, we have rebuilt our relationships and our understanding of how the prison environment and need for our work has changed.
Until 2023, we were entirely volunteer-led. We then made the decision to instate a part-time Chief Executive role as a salaried post, to put the charity on a more sustainable and balanced footing. We then recruited a Programme Manager to oversee existing work with committees and visits. At the start of 2024, our first Chief Executive, one of the founding volunteer members of Sing Inside, stepped away and we recruited a new Chief Executive to help lead Sing Inside into its next stage of development. We are supported by a freelance bid writer and a variety of volunteers providing advice and guidance.
Contact
Trustees@singinside.org for an informal conversation before applying.
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