Manchester Care and Repair seeks new volunteer board members

Could you make a contribution to this local charity?
Do you have a background in business development, HR, marketing or fundraising?
Would you get satisfaction from helping to direct a local charity?

Manchester Care and Repair provides award-winning quality services to help older people and people living with a disability to live safely at home. Through a dedicated team of staff and volunteers they provide a handyperson service which delivers small repairs, minor adaptations and falls prevention measures, a technical support service to facilitate home repairs and adaptations and a caseworker service providing assistance with welfare benefit claims. Manchester Care and Repair works with two local authorities and three CCGs in Greater Manchester and actively fund-raise to support their vital work. Manchester Care and Repair works in a fast-changing policy environment and have challenging future plans. For more information, visit: www.careandrepair-manchester.org.uk

Your skills
Manchester Care and Repair are aiming to broaden the networks and experience of the Board as they continue to develop their links with local authority/health commissioners, and strengthen their expertise in business development, HR, marketing and fundraising. Manchester Care and Repair also wish to reflect the diversity of their service users in the Board, and currently have under-representation from BME backgrounds at Board level.

What’s involved?
You will contribute to the main Board meeting (4 times a year held early evening) and if your specialism is finance you may be required to attend finance committee meetings also held 4 times per year early evenings.  In return Manchester Care and Repair offer conferences, training, out of pocket expenses and the opportunity to develop your skills and experience with an active Board.

Interested?
A Board member application pack can be downloaded from: www.careandrepair-manchester.org.uk, or contact 0161 872 5500, or email: [email protected].

For further information, contact Janette Linacre, Executive Director on 0161 872 5500.

The deadline for applications is: 22 June 2018.  Interviews to be held week commencing 1 July 2018.