Volunteer Trustees | Fresh Futures

Use your skills to help shape brighter futures for children, young people, and families across Kirklees.

What difference will you make?

By joining Fresh Futures as a Trustee or committee member, you’ll help guide our strategy, strengthen governance, and ensure we continue improving lives across Kirklees. Your skills and perspective will support vital services in education, employability, health & wellbeing, and relationships - helping thousands of children, young people, and families thrive.

What are we looking for?

We are looking to fill vacancies on our Trustee board and on our Finance and Governors sub committees. Members of these committees do not necessarily have to also be Trustees. We are looking for people willing to bring energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the role, and who will broaden the diversity of thinking on our board. We are particularly interested in recruiting new Trustees/members who have experience in any of the following Health and safety Charity finance Marketing & PR Charity fundraising The commercial sector Knowledge of Kirklees Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults Independent education We strive to be more representative of the diversity of the communities we serve. Applications from first time Trustees/Governors are welcome, you do not have to have previous experience of being on a board. Training and induction are provided.

What will you be doing?

Our trustees play an important role in making sure that the charity is run in the interests of the children, young people and families we support. They strategically oversee the management and administration of the organisation. Trustees also ensure the charity has a clear strategy and that our work and goals are in line with our vision. Just as importantly, they support and challenge the executive team to enable the charity to grow and thrive, and through this, achieve our mission.