Trustee

Trustee

Trustee/Governor
J97977
At a glance

Skills

  • Marketing strategy
  • Digital and IT strategy
  • Financial management
  • Business development / Sales
  • Governance
  • Project / programme management
  • Volunteer management
  • Health and safety
  • Teaching / Education
  • Training

Where

Matlock, DE4 3ED
Mainly at home

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-3 hours / week
We hold around eight Board meetings per year, each for a duration of two hours.

Help improve the lives and environment of people living on the Hurst Farm Estate in Matlock

What will you be doing?

Hurst Farm Regeneration Limited, trading as Hurst Farm Wild Works, is a charitable community benefit society established in 2022.

We want to improve the lives and environment of people living on the Hurst Farm Estate in Matlock, Derbyshire.  

We are working closely with Derbyshire Dales District Council on the delivery of the £1.2m National Lottery Heritage Fund funded Hurst Farm Heritage Trail project which is expected to run until the end of 2026.  The project aims to improve the existing footpaths around the Hurst Farm Woodland, connecting four heritage sites.

We are being mentored by The Green Estate Community Interest Company, who are using their 25-year experience of building successful national social enterprises on the Manor Estate in Sheffield.

We now need to recruit additional trustees to strengthen the Society’s existing Board which is responsible for areas such as governance, strategic planning, financial oversight, risk management and delivery of the organisation's mission and values.

Your experience may have been gained in the private, public and/or charitable sectors.

You do not need previous experience as a trustee.

All trustee roles are voluntary positions.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for people who can offer knowledge, skills or experience in any of the following areas:

  • Chairing an organisation
  • Financial and budget management
  • Woodland management and horticulture
  • Running a forest school
  • Applying for grant funding
  • Management of volunteers
  • Health and safety
  • Marketing, communications and social media
  • IT systems
  • Social housing
  • Local residents to act as a representative of the Hurst Farm community

What difference will you make?

Local residents are working with us to achieve our mission through a range of practical outdoor activities including woodland management, a community garden, dry-stone walling and bee-keeping.  

Our volunteer programmes help to improve skills and wellbeing for local people.  

Our aim is to create financial sustainability through the delivery of viable social enterprises on Hurst Farm, which are owned and operated by local people.

Before you apply

How to Apply

Please send a message via the Reach platform confirming why you would like to become a Trustee; and what you would bring to the role.  Please also include an up-to-date CV if you have one.

Alternatively, please get in touch if you would like to discuss these opportunities before deciding whether to apply.

Causes
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Gardens and parks
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Local / community
  • Organisation type: 
    Society, cooperative or credit union

    We help the residents of the Hurst Farm estate in Matlock, Derbyshire.

    During extensive community consultation, people from Hurst Farm have told us that what matters to them is that their...