Trustee Vacancies – Torbay
The Coalition of Disabled People South Devon, now known as Disability Support Torbay, supports people with physical, sensory and learning disabilities, mental health and long-term health conditions, and carers. The Charity’s registered office and service hub is next to the Town Hall car park in Torquay but supports people in any part of South Devon.
We are a small but important charity whose services are delivered by one full-time and three part-time staff and a highly valued group of volunteers. Our aim is to use our knowledge and experience to make a difference to the people we support, working together to encourage independence, empowerment and respect.
Our main service is supporting people with disabilities and/or long-term health/mental health conditions to complete benefit applications and gather their evidence. We also support appeals with an almost 100% success rate. Client feedback is very positive with 91% feeling less worried after our intervention and an average score of 4.24 from a possible 5 star rating. We also offer help with housing issues, help with other applications eg Blue Badge, a free counselling service and information on local and national provision for individuals.
Currently our core funding comes from the National Lotteries Reaching Communities Fund and we have funding until the end of June 2026. We are working hard to ensure future sustainability beyond this. We have a small Board of long serving, loyal Trustees. We now need to recruit additional enthusiasm, knowledge and expertise to drive the organisation towards sustainability from 1 July 2026. Ideally, we are seeking people who live in the Torbay area and can offer experience and expertise in the areas of financial management, marketing and communications and strategic leadership.
Do take a moment to download our information pack and contact Jackie Dawkins of Shine Charity Recruitment (jackie@shinecharityrecruitment.co.uk) who is supporting our search for new Trustees.
CHAIR OF TRUSTEES – CITIZENS ADVICE EAST DEVON
The aim of the Citizens Advice movement is to give people the knowledge and confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. The dedicated team of 70 staff and volunteers at Citizens Advice East Devon provide free, confidential and impartial advice to the 140,000 residents of East Devon.
The Charity is currently seeking a new Chair to lead the Board and support the CEO, the staff and volunteer team to continue to deliver their essential and important work. They will be navigating the challenges of possible Local Government restructuring, sustaining funding and meeting an increased need for their services. You would be joining a professional and experienced group of Trustees who are committed to ensuring they can make a difference to as many people as possible.
We are looking for an experienced Trustee who can demonstrate effective chairing skills and can represent the Charity with professionalism and integrity.
You will be passionate about social justice and our work, share our values, and lead by example. You will be able to support the trustee board and Leadership Team with financial management, income generation, and supporting workforce development, while promoting the continued growth of an inclusive team culture and developing a trusted community service.
We recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusion and challenge discrimination. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
Please take a moment to read our Information Pack for further information about Citizens Advice East Devon, what the role will entail and how to apply.
TRUSTEE VACANCIES – Nr Exeter
Stallcombe Community is a residential care service located near to the village of Woodbury, near Exeter, set within 55 acres of beautiful East Devon Countryside. We also have a day service within the grounds of Bicton College, called Bramley Barn. Both services support adults with learning disability and autism and enable service users to participate in farming, gardening and horticulture activities on site as well as a variety of additional activities in the local community.
Stallcombe House is a registered charity (registered charity number 238377) and is registered with the Care Quality Commission and regulated under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
Stallcombe Community promotes a green ethos, is striving to become carbon neutral, and improve local biodiversity by generating electricity from its solar array and selling spare KW’s back to The National Grid, getting heat and hot water from our onsite bio-mass boilers and from a ground source heat pump. The onsite reed bed processes wastewater and it uses bore hole water for gardening. There is also a tree planting scheme and sustainable hedgerow management in place.
Stallcombe Community is now looking for a number of new trustees to join its small board at an exciting time for the Charity, as it looks to diversify its service, improve its facilities, and strengthen its commitment to ecology and sustainability, fostering greater links with its local community whilst securing its financial future.
We are particularly keen to hear from individuals with expertise in legal, financial, building, or land management fields. As a trustee with this expertise, you will have the opportunity to guide our strategic decisions, contribute to sustainable development initiatives, and ensure the continued excellence of our services. Board meetings are held quarterly on a Thursday morning. But ultimately good Trustees are people who share the same passion and work together to achieve the same goals.
You can make a real difference to Stallcombe Community! By giving a few days a year of your time you can help lead Stallcombe Community on the next phase of its journey, to provide excellent person centred care in an ecologically and financially sustainable way.
If you would like to find out more please take a look at our Trustee Recruitment Pack, we are working with Jackie Dawkins of Shine Charity Recruitment who is supporting our search for new Trustees.
