The Network of Wellbeing (NOW) is looking for two new Trustees. We want to use this opportunity to strengthen and diversify our Trustee Board. Do you think you could be one of our new Trustees, guiding and supporting the NOW team (below)? If so, we’d love to hear from you. The role is unpaid but immensely rewarding.
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The Network of Wellbeing’s vision is of people and the planet thriving together. Our mission is to connect, support and inspire action for the wellbeing of people and the planet. We would love to bring on board two new Trustees who care passionately about the wellbeing of people and the planet to support our work at an exciting time in our development.
Trustees play an essential role in any charity and the Network of Wellbeing is no exception. Trustees are the supreme governing body in a charity. They determine its aims, its strategy and oversee all its operations. They are responsible in law for ensuring that it delivers its charitable objects.
Trustees also bring vital skills and experience to the charity’s management. We have reviewed the expertise and roles played by our existing Trustees – and found that they have strengths in business development, charity governance, positive psychology and environmental sustainability, to name but a few. They use their knowledge – and their wisdom – to guide the staff and inform key strategic decisions – and our existing Trustees gain a deep sense of joy and fulfilment from the role they play.
Michelle Preston was appointed to the NOW’s Board of Trustees in April 2020 and became Chair of Trustees in July 2022. She says ““I was honoured to become a Trustee of NOW in 2020 after already being involved with them for several years. I can honestly say that I’ve never met a nicer, more authentic and more committed group of individuals in my 25 years in the voluntary sector. The charity has gone from strength to strength and is so well respected, and rightly so. I’m excited to see who will join our wonderful Board of Trustees to help support NOW in its mission and vision to help create a world where wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do”.
We are now looking for two new Trustees to complement and strengthen our existing Board. We are especially keen to find:
- someone to be our Company Secretary:
- someone to advise and guide our marketing, including on social media.
We would like at least one of these to have a detailed knowledge of Totnes and South Devon, where we are based.
Trustees have the opportunity to use their skills and experience to help others and to further a cause they are passionate about – something wellbeing experts argue is key to living a meaningful life.
The commitment is three two-hour meetings per year – meetings which are now held online. We also like our Trustees to come and see us annually (in Devon) in person at least once.
We are committed to diversity, fairness and inclusion – and to building wellbeing together for everyone. We’re therefore keen to diversify our existing Trustee group to ensure it more broadly reflects the diversity of people in the UK. With that in mind, we’d welcome applications from people from a range of different backgrounds and experiences.
Could you be a Trustee of the Network of Wellbeing? If you are interested, please see here for the role profile and details on how to apply.
All applications will be considered by a panel of Trustees with advice from the Director