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Chair of Trustees

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Charity: The School & Family Works

Location: Twickenham/Richmond

Role Type: Board

Work Type: Flexible

Salary: Voluntary unpaid role with expenses paid

Closing Date: 17 March 2025

Do you believe passionately in the importance of helping disadvantaged children succeed in school?

Like us, you probably recognise that children cannot succeed alone. They need the support of both their family and their school to thrive.

The School and Family Works develop family-focused therapeutic interventions which bring all three together and are proven to work. As Chair, you would play a pivotal role in driving this mission forward.

About The School & Family Works

Our vision is to create communities of change across London that transform the lives of children facing adversity. We journey together with school and community partners, children and their families. We know that lasting change for children will only be achieved when both the family and the school can integrate insights and change.

The current environment in both the not for profit and educational environments has a huge impact on our funding and fundraising requirements. As our current Chair steps down, this leaves us with a mix of opportunities and challenges. We recognise that the funding landscape is changing in both sectors, and to support our ambition to expand into new geographical areas we will need to increase and diversify our income streams. There is an incredible opportunity here to develop a proven approach that works so well with children and their families and explore its wider potential.

About you

Knowledge of securing funding from corporates and/or high net worth individuals and/or Trusts and Foundations
Experience and success in continually improving governance and developing Board performance
First-hand experience of the charity sector, whether as a trustee or in a professional context.
You may not have direct experience of working within a charity like The School & Family Works, but you will have an understanding and passion for our children and young people and share our ambition.

Eastside People is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and works with our clients to ensure that we recruit inclusively, seeking to address the underrepresentation of some groups of people in leadership teams. We warmly welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

If you would like a call to discuss the role in more detail, please contact John ([email protected], 07522 163938) to arrange a convenient time. Having a call of this kind will not influence the success of your application.

Please download and read the Candidate Pack before making your application.

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