Trustees 

Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers, is here to make a difference to individual lives right now, and to improve the care system as a whole for future generations. We believe that young people who’ve experienced care should have the same chances as everyone else to live happy, fulfilled lives. We put young people at the heart of everything we do – helping them to be powerful agents of positive change in their own lives, in the care system and in society.

Due to recent and forthcoming planned retirements we are now seeking three new Trustees to join our diverse and dynamic Board of Trustees.

As a Trustee you will have the opportunity to shape the future of our charity and work with other Trustees and the staff team to help us deliver our mission of helping children in care and young care leavers to unleash their potential and to make the care system the best it can be.

This is an important and exciting time to join Become as we finalise our new five year strategy with lots of ambition for the coming years.

Our target is to have at least half of our Board members who are care-experienced.  We also actively seek to bring diversity of perspectives and experience, and welcome applications from younger people, those with disabilities, those from racially-marginalised backgrounds and LGBTQ+ communities. Gender balance is important to us so we particularly encourage women to apply.

We are particularly seeking Trustees who have experience in the areas of Human Resources (HR), Fundraising, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), and Legal.

Please see the role description for further details.

This is an unpaid role, but we provide expenses for travel and subsistence.

If you are interested, please send a CV and covering letter by 9.00am on Friday 8 November 2024 telling us why you’re applying and how you meet what we’re looking for to [email protected].

There will be a two stage interview process:

• Interview with young people (online) – Tuesday 19 November
• Interview with Trustees (and with the Chief Executive) – Thursday 28 November

The Board of Trustees interview will take place in person at 88 Old Street, London, EC1V 9HU.