Trustee

Please note that this vacancy is not part of Surrey County Council, we are advertising this on behalf of a partnership organisation.

About the Organisation

Action For Carers Surrey provides support, advice and information to unpaid carers of all ages across Surrey. The charity’s main source of funding is Surrey County Council. In addition, we are financially supported by business organisations, sports clubs and individual donations. Every year, we help tens of thousands of Surrey’s carers get the help they need. Information on the help we provide and the difference we make can be found on our website.

About the Role

Trusteeships are unpaid voluntary roles. Each trustee is a non-executive board director of Action for Carers Surrey. Board meetings are held quarterly and the trustees are joined by the CEO, COO, Finance Manager and other members of the leadership staff team. As a trustee, you will be collectively responsible for setting the charity’s strategy in line with its vision and for ensuring proper governance. Our board works in partnership with the CEO and senior leadership team as they deliver this strategy. Following the retirement of a trustee with extensive knowledge and experience of Surrey County Council’s political, social and healthcare landscape, we are particularly keen to appoint a trustee with comparable senior level expertise.

Most likely, this will have been obtained in an environment such as:

• Adult or children’s social care
• Hospital or NHS Trust leadership
• Community or primary care services
• Integrated Care Systems / partnerships
• Public health, safeguarding, or system-wide service design

It may have been gained whilst in employment or in an elected role, either within the public or voluntary/charity sector. Potentially you may have gained this knowledge and understanding as a carer and user of these services.

It is important that our trustee board is diverse in terms of professional backgrounds, skills and experiences and is also representative of communities that we serve. We welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability.

Additional Information

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people and vulnerable adults. As part of this commitment we complete safer recruitment checks including enhanced child workforce DBS checks.

For an informal conversation with our chair, please contact: recruit@actionforcarers.org.uk, or if you are ready to apply, please send your CV, along with a short outline (max one side of A4) describing why you are interested in joining our board, to the same address.

For more information please see our website.

The close date for this advert is 13.04.2026.