With a passion for helping children and skills to support fundraising this could be for you. Our long view keeps poor Filipino scavenger kids in education until graduation. Help lift kids out of poverty
The Trustees have identified the need to increase the profile of the charity and to update and increase our fundraising in these four key areas.
We have a trustee vacancy due to a retirement and if your skills could help develop and support our fundraising ambitions we would love to hear from you.
The new trustee will join a Board open to innovation and change. As well as contributing to the board the new trustee will be a member of our fundraising group. This will be an opportunity to satisfy your passion to help disadvantaged children.
Our three services for children in Manila are
Mango Tree House: a residential children’s home where 25 children who have nowhere safe to live are loved and nurtured in this family environment to enable them to make the most of their education.. Where possible, children are re-integrated into safe family environments and supported through an enhanced Grapevine scheme.
Children of the Dump have met over 90% of the cost of these services We have operated for over 40 years and every year young people have left our care to take up a career and lift both themselves and their families out of poverty.
Experience in areas such as:
is very relevant and success in other areas may also equip you for the role. After an initial induction your role will evolve from general trustee to take a lead in areas suited to your skills and interests. Previous experience of a charity and the trustee role while desirable is not essential. Support and training will be available. A knowledge of Filipino culture or a willingness to learn of it is desirable.
As well as relevant skills and experience you will bring the time, enthusiasm and energy to fully participate in the charity. We are a very small team and you will soon know us all.
We are aware of our lack of diversity and are actively seeking to remedy this. We have a heritage of christian faith but actively welcome those of all faith and none.
As a trustee you will soon understand the details of how our funds are used . As a small charity every fundraising event and donation has an impact and your efforts will directly help maintain and increase the number of children we help. We only have one part time employee so Trustees and volunteers play major roles and your ideas can have a massive impact. You will not face the bureaucracy associated with larger organisations. Through the regular reports from the social workers teachers and carers who deliver our services in Manila you will become familiar with our success stories and become able to communicate them to others.
Through the regular reports from the team in Manila you will be involved in the stories of our successes and able to communicate that to others.
Please apply through Reach in the first instance providing a covering letter of why you are interested in this role and how your life experience fits you for it. An informal Zoom chat with the Chair of Trustees is then available before interview.
