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Bromley, BR1 1RY
Mainly at the office
Travel limit? Trustee to be based within the London Borough of Bromley

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-3 hours / week Monthly trustee meetings (approximately 2 hours) plus time to prepare, review papers. Additional time to support strategic projects desirable.
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Our mission is to provide support and positive intervention to empower anyone facing homelessness principally in the London Borough of Bromley to fulfil their desire for a safe and secure home and live a fulfilled life.

What will you be doing?

Bromley Homeless charity was created following the merger of two local charities, Bromley Homeless Shelter and LATCH (Bromley Churches Housing Action). The merger completed formally in April 2021.

The covid pandemic presented some significant challenges for Bromley Homeless and the people we help and support. The government's Everyone In initiative was a positive catalyst to ending rough sleeping for good. However, the subsequent cost of living crisis and continued housing shortage has meant our charity is busier than ever supporting our clients to stay off the streets.

We are now seeing a significant increase in numbers turning to us for help, support and guidance either individuals who are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless, increasingly due to financial and mental health impacts.

As a charity we need to continue to adapt, grow and ensure financial and operational sustainability to support the growing number of individuals in need in our Borough and to do that we need a full and strong, multi skilled board to lead the charity through the uncertainty, challenges ahead and to capitalise on the opportunities available to achieve our mission.

The Board are now seeking an additional trustee to compliment and bring fresh perspective and challenge as well as a passion and desire to support the vital work of the charity in the community.

Time commitment

You will be required to attend regular board meetings. These are currently held on weekday evenings, once every other month and last approximately 2 hours. We have 2 sub communities that meet the alternate month (fundraising and transformation) , we ask that trustees join one of these committees in addition to the board.

In advance of trustee meetings time will be needed to read any papers or prepare papers for any matters you agreed to lead on.

We have a small staff team and as such we need our trustees to additionally provide some operational support. Such as line managing staff, attending monthly team meeting, drafting policies, safeguarding, fundraising, volunteer management/recruitment etc.

Trustees come from all walks of life, from professionals to people with personal skills and lived experience and as a charity we benefit from a diverse mix of trustees, employees and volunteers.

We are looking for someone who can complement the skills mix of the current trustees and have noted below some of the attributes necessary for the role. We have also noted from our review of the existing board skills mix some of the skills/experiences that may be desirable in a new trustee to compliment the existing board skills. This however is not a definitive list and we urge anyone interested in the role to get in touch to discuss and find out more.

Necessary

• Understanding of the requirements of a trustee (first-time trustees are welcome and previous governance experience is not a requirement)


• Passion for the work of Bromley Homelessness


• Ability to allocate necessary time commitment to the role


• Willingness to listen to others views but not be afraid to challenge and share your own views for the benefit of the charity


Experience

• Lived experience of homelessness


• Housing or homeless support/advice


• Legal or property


• Volunteer management


• Change management


• Fundraising


• HR
  
  What difference will you make?


We are a small charity that punches well above its weight in terms of impact.

We are now seeing a significant increase in numbers turning to us for help, support and guidance either individuals who are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless and we are looking at how we expand and evolve our services.

As a charity we need to continue to adapt, grow and ensure financial and operational sustainability to support the growing number of individuals in need in our Borough and to do that we need a full and strong, multi skilled board to lead the charity through the uncertainty, challenges ahead and to capitalise on the opportunities available to achieve our vision and mission.

As part of our board you will have the opportunity to support and shape our work and strategic direction, as well as help us to achieve our vision of a community where everyone has access to a decent home and no one feels their only option is to sleep rough.