Trustee Vacancies

Support our charity by becoming a Trustee.

Trustees


We're looking for new Trustees!

  • Maybe you live or work in our local communities in the Stoke on Trent area.
  • Maybe you have experience of social care, housing or homelessness challenges.
  • Or maybe you care about the future of The Gingerbread Centre and want to see it thrive.

If you would welcome a new challenge as a Trustee, we’d welcome having some new colleagues on our
Board – people with different ideas and fresh perspectives.

Being part of our Board, you'd be able to gain experience of being part of a Board and influence the decision-making, and we would gain a new voice with different strengths, knowledge and experience.

The Gingerbread Centre provides much-needed accommodation and support for families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

We are also looking to attract motivated people to join our Board of Trustees who feel they can offer their skills, knowledge and experience to support us on our journey.  We are particularly interested in people with experience in HR, Law or and Social Services. We are also in need of a Charity/Company Secretary.

Gingerbread is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.  We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views.

Why not have a look around our website and find out more about what we do.  More information about the trustee roles we have available can be found in the Trustee Role Descriptions.

It’s exciting times at Gingerbread.

The Board are reviewing the 5-year Strategy. We have a new CEO with a vison for service development, charity growth, staff development and wellbeing. We have a fabulous support team committed and driven by the needs of the parents and children at both our sites. We are setting our sights on developing new services, attracting new and diverse funding streams and additional supported accommodation properties. At the same time, we are refocusing on increasing our voluntary income in conjunction with rejuvenating our marketing, communications and PR to professionals and public.

If you like what you see, email your CV and a complete Equal Opportunities form over to us at:
admin_assistant@gingerbreadcentre.co.uk or post it to us, marked for the attention of Michaela Byatt.

What else do you need to know?

  • This is an unpaid role, however we pay out-of-pocket expenses.
  • Our Board meetings are currently held every three months on a weekday evening - at the moment these are happening online.
  • Papers are sent out in advance, so you’d need to allow time to read them so that you could participate fully at the meetings.
  • Before becoming a Trustee, you would need to confirm your eligibility by completing an Eligibility Form.
Chair Role Description
Treasurer Role Description
Charity/Company Secretary Role Description
Vice Chair Role Description
Trustee Role Description

Email your CV

Equal Opportunities Form

Eligibility Form

You never know, you could end up agreeing with our Chair, Ele Morrissey, who says;
“I decided to volunteer as a Trustee to support Gingerbread as the Charity does fantastic work locally supporting vulnerable families, to be able to influence the growth and sustainability of the Charity is hugely rewarding.”