Smart Works is a dynamic, high profile and fast-growing UK charity that dresses and coaches unemployed women for success at their job interview. We empower each woman by giving her the clothes and the confidence she needs to succeed.

After visiting Smart Works, 67% of clients secure a job within a month, gaining financial independence and transforming their lives.

The Smart Works service is delivered in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newcastle, Reading, Bristol and Leeds. Over the past ten years, Smart Works has helped over 50,000 women, and last year alone we reached 10,600 women. It is our mission that any woman who needs our service should be able to find her way to a Smart Works centre.

About the Role

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Smart Works Scotland (SWS) Board of Trustees as Trustee and Treasurer

Our Trustees support all aspects of our work, with the aim of providing strategic support, governance and assurance that enables us to continue to deliver our core service and increase the number of women we can support into work by dressing and coaching women for interview and job success.

As Treasurer, you will work with the Chair and Head of Smart Works Scotland to ensure the charity is well-run and effective, and with Smart Works Charity on key financial activities throughout the financial year.

The Treasurer has oversight of the financial strategy and management of Smart Works Scotland, monitoring the financial health of the charity and ensuring the wider Board are provided with the financial information they need to make well considered decisions. This includes producing monthly management accounts and monitoring monthly income with the Head of Scotland and the relevant staff members.

Join Our Board and Help Make a Difference at Revive MS Support

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of people affected by multiple sclerosis? At Revive MS Support, we provide physical, emotional, financial, and social support to those who need it most—and we’re looking for new Trustees to help us achieve our mission.

Our Board of Trustees plays a vital role in guiding the charity, ensuring we remain financially sustainable, provide effective governance, and continue delivering our essential services while safeguarding the reputation and values of Revive.

If you want to play a key role in helping Revive MS Support thrive, we’d love to hear from you!

About Revive MS Support

Revive MS Support is the only charity in the West of Scotland providing nationwide support for people who are affected by MS. The charity was set up in 1984 by people living with MS and their families, and helps people manage the physical, emotional, financial, and social impacts that come with a diagnosis of MS.

Services include an MS Specialist Nurse; MS Specialist Physiotherapy; Welfare & Benefit support; Speech and Language Therapy; Counselling; Aromatherapy & Reflexology; Advocacy, Podiatry; Exercise classes; extensive group provision including Fatigue Management, Memory Matters, and other self-management groups; Continence Nurse service; Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy; and support for carers, families and friends; an extensive social programme and a Café hub.

We’re passionate that Revive is about people, and not just about MS. We can’t change someone’s diagnosis, but we can meet them on their journey and help them take control of their condition, maximise their mental and physical health and well-being, and help them work towards their goals. No-one should have to manage MS alone, so we’re here to provide evidence-based support, expertly delivered, to mitigate the often-devastating impacts that come with a diagnosis of MS and, where possible, change the dynamic and outcomes of living with MS for those affected.

Why Join Us?

• No prior trustee experience required—we provide a full induction and support ongoing training.
• A voluntary role that has a life changing impact.
• We would particularly welcome applications from people with expertise in fundraising, digital, data management, marketing, finance, or business management, though these skills are not essential.
• The Board meets four times a year for approximately two hours on a weekday afternoon.

Trustee Responsibilities

As a Trustee, you will help develop Revive MS Support by:

• Developing and agreeing on a long-term strategy to achieve our charitable goals.
• Ensuring compliance with charity law, company law, and relevant regulations.
• Overseeing the financial stability of the organisation.
• Setting goals and evaluating performance against agreed targets.
• Upholding the reputation and values of Revive MS Support.
• Ensuring effective administration, including strong policies and procedures.
• Offering your skills, expertise, and insights to drive informed decision-making.

Person Specification

• A commitment to the aims of Revive MS Support.
• A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort.
• Ability to contribute to strategy development.
• Good, independent judgement.
• An ability to think creatively.
• An ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
• An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of being a charity trustee.

RecoveryAyr is a grassroots, lived experience led charity, established in 2014, who support individuals and families affected by alcohol or drugs in South Ayrshire. We provide recreational and social activities which are inclusive and accessible, along with training and volunteering activities which support individual and whole family recovery from alcohol or drug use. We have over 100 members, 8 employees and over 40 volunteers. Our activities and developments are driven by our members, participants, volunteers, and staff. We have recently opened our own community venue in the heart of Ayr. Our ambitious project aims to bring together the wider community to create a family friendly venue, which offers social activities and events and is affordable for those on a low income.

Role

We are looking to strengthen our Board and are seeking to recruit a Trustee with experience of generating income through both grant fundraising and fundraising activities. The successful person will bring a strong understanding of fundraising regulation and governance, along with demonstratable experience in the fiend. You will play a lead role in supporting the charities fundraising strategy, ensuring that income generation is ethical, sustainable and aligned with our organisations values and goals. You may also be asked to represent the charity at external events, utilising networks to open new funding opportunities.

Time commitment

Our Trustees are encouraged to have an active role in our charity, beyond providing strategic direction at meetings. Our Board meets a 4 – 6 times per year, virtually or in person, and in addition holds two development workshops, including one with our staff team and / or members. Additional meetings are arranged to discuss grant applications or other matters as required. Trustee posts are not renumerated, but reasonable travel and other related expenses can be reimbursed.

As a Trustee of FASS, you will play a vital role in shaping the future of our organisation and ensuring we continue to provide critical services to those in need. Trustees are responsible for the strategic direction, governance, and financial sustainability of the charity. In this role, you’ll work with fellow trustees and the Chief Executive Officer to ensure that FASS is delivering its mission effectively and in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

This is a meaningful opportunity to make a lasting difference in people’s lives by supporting an essential service in Fife.

What we’re looking for

We want to recruit Trustees who will contribute their energy, enthusiasm and expertise. Prior experience as a Trustee is not necessary. We want a balanced Board of Trustees with a range of skills and experience. This could include experience of project management, fundraising, business planning, governance, working with people, marketing, communication, finance, digital and IT skills, and impact assessment.

Join Us as Chair of our Board – Make a Lasting Impact

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for making a difference?

We are seeking an exceptional individual to become the Chair of the Board of Who Cares? Scotland, a mission-driven organisation dedicated to ensuring a lifetime of equality, respect and love for all Care Experienced people.

As Chair, you will guide our strategic direction, support and challenge the senior management team, and ensure effective governance as we continue to deepen our impact. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of a charity at a pivotal stage, working alongside a committed and skilled Board and leadership team. At Who Cares? Scotland, we are deeply committed to placing the voice of Care Experienced people at the centre of everything we do. In line with this commitment, this role is open exclusively to candidates with care experience*

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven leadership experience, specifically at charity trustee or non-exec director level
• Strategic thinker with strong governance and oversight skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Passion for improving outcomes for Care Experienced people
• A collaborative, inclusive approach to chairing meetings and building consensus

Why Join Us?

• Lead a dynamic, passionate Board and support a dedicated team Influence real, measurable change in people’s lives
• Bring your voice and values to an organisation that listens
• Expand your leadership portfolio in a meaningful, values-driven environment

Are you someone who loves helping brilliant ideas grow?

Do you have a passion for tackling loneliness and isolation in over 60s?

Or maybe you have expertise in areas like HR, law, fundraising, enterprise or innovation?

Fancy supporting a small charity with a big heart, boatloads of experience and almost ten years of experience transforming lives in Edinburgh?

JOIN OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES!

Vintage Vibes is a multi-award-winning charity (SCIO SC054011) tackling loneliness and isolation in over 60s across Edinburgh. Since 2015, we’ve created hundreds of lasting friendships between older people (our VIPs) and volunteers of all ages, transforming lives and communities in every postcode.

This year, we’ve stepped into an exciting new phase: becoming an independent charity after almost a decade of impact within a charitable partnership been LifeCare and Space @ Broomhouse Hub.

We're proud of our roots and full of ambition for our future. We're looking for new volunteer trustees to help us build strong foundations and dream big. Could you join our team?

What does a trustee do?

As a trustee, you'll help us make good decisions, keep our work aligned with our values, and support the organisation to grow with care. At Vintage Vibes, that means:

• Strategy – Thinking big and thinking forward - You will support the team in consulting on, developing and delivering our 2026-2031 Strategy to carry out our mission.
• Governance – Offering your skills and experience to collaborate as a board to ensure the charity is compliant with our governance and charity law requirements.
• Risk – You will be the critical friend that helps the charity to assess, understand and embrace health risk within the operations and planning of the organisation.
• Approach - Bringing a positive, down-to-earth, fair approach to conversations and building relationships based on trust, transparency and collaboration.

Our Board of Trustees has two Sub Groups:

• Governance and Good Practice Group
• Finance, Fundraising and Future Group

We're looking for amazing people to join us who are excited by opportunity, who’ve helped projects or organisations thrive sustainably, and who believe that connection, kindness and creativity are just as important as structure, systems and spreadsheets.

In the next 18 months, we’ll be focusing on:

1. Building strong foundations — From reviewing policies to increasing our visibility and embedding good governance as a new independent charity
2. Developing a bold new strategy — We’ll be consulting with our community and designing our 2026–2031 Strategy and Plan
3. Growing our income — We're ambitious about finding the right partners and opportunities to help us thrive long term

If you have experience in areas like income generation, fundraising, HR, enterprise, legal structures, or managing organisational change — we’d also love to hear from you.

What’s it like to be on our board?

Our meetings are structured and focused, but we keep things human.

We value honesty, warmth, and good humour. You'll find a collaborative space where you can share ideas, learn, and contribute without pressure to be perfect.

Whether you’re a seasoned trustee or have never been on a board before, we’ll support you with a full induction, training, and a 6-month buddy system with an existing trustee to help you settle in and grow your confidence.

We welcome trustees of all backgrounds and identities, and especially encourage people who haven’t seen themselves in this type of role before. If you're values-led, excited by growth, and keen to contribute, we’ll support you every step of the way.

Time commitment:

4-6 meetings a year plus 2 days of volunteering per year across 1 x Away Day, 1 x 0.5 Day Event and 1 x 0.5 Day Getting to Know the Community Activity per year. Outside of this you will be required to respond to semi regular emails, and join a bimonthly online call for one Sub Group. We work hard to ensure that our trustees time is used efficiently and respectfully.

Find out more about our work:

Website | Linkedin | Facebook | X | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube

We will also shortly be recruiting for a Chair of our Board of Trustees – you can find out more on Good Moves and our Social Media.

Here’s what one of our current trustees says:

“I have enjoyed enormously watching this creative, thoughtful and energetic organisation grow and develop. It is now ready to be independent and we welcome that. This is one of the most important ways to tackle isolation and loneliness in older people and something that brings such joy can only go from strength to strength.” Helen

Govan HELP has exciting development plans for the future, and we are looking to recruit new Treasurer to our Board, strengthening governance to help lead the organisation through the next phase of our development.

About Govan HELP

Govan Home and Education Link Project (Govan HELP) is a local Family Support charity based in the heart of the community in the Govan area of Glasgow. Our services aim to support children and families from the local area to overcome problems, build resilience and confidence, and achieve overall improvements in the quality of family life.

We offer five different services at Govan HELP: Family Support, Play Therapy, Adult Counselling, Training and Volunteering, and The Govan Pantry, providing a range of practical and therapeutic supports to children and families from the Govan area of the city (G51). We have close links with schools, social work and health colleagues in the local area and work collaboratively with organisations to achieve stronger outcomes for children and families. In addition, we work with a wide range of third sector partner agencies to build a more holistic package of support for families, tailored to their individual needs.

We know that the kinds of issues our families face can be wide ranging and include things like physical and mental health conditions, drug and alcohol addiction, housing and debt issues, domestic abuse, and trauma. These issues are further compounded by the impacts of poverty and deprivation which is widespread in the communities of Greater Govan. Our services aim to

alleviate many of the symptoms of poverty and deprivation, and we take a holistic approach to resolving the issues that families are struggling to cope with to ensure we can support families to achieve positive social, economic, and educational outcomes. Our services are often a lifeline for families who are facing complex and difficult circumstances and aim to respond to needs within the local community by developing local solutions that are aligned closely with needs.

More information on our services is available at govanhelp.org

Why become Treasurer at Govan HELP?

Trustees have an important role at Govan HELP. They share responsibility for governing us as a charity, setting our strategic aims and directing how we’re run on a day-to-day basis. Trustees’ activities also include vetting and administering funding applications and representing the organisation at events. The ultimate goal of Trustees is to ensure that everything we do maximises the benefit for our service users — that is, families in Govan.

As Treasurer, you will be the financial steward for Govan HELP, ensuring that our organisation’s financial resources are managed with integrity and transparency. Working closely with the Chief Executive Officer and the Chair, you will provide guidance all aspects of business management and finance matters, and help steer our organisation toward sustainable growth. This is both a leadership and support role that requires strategic thinking, diligence, and a strong commitment to community values.

We are a registered charity, so all Trustees must ensure we comply with current charity laws and guidelines as set out by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR). You may find it helpful to look at OSCR’s guidance for charity trustees.

Are you eligible?

We aim to have a Board that is representative of our diverse stakeholder base and anyone can apply who believes they have the skills and experience. For the Treasurer role specifically we welcome candidates with skills and experience in:

• Senior Financial Management roles
• Charity Finance
• Accountancy
• Financial Planning
• Capital funding/ project management

While we welcome applications from all parts of society, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from candidates from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, and those local to the Govan area.

Bumblebees are in crisis. Could you help us in leading the fight to secure their future? We are looking for a Trustee with experience in Science & Conservation to join our Board.

The Trust is a UK wide science-led charity, concerned with halting and reversing the decline in bumblebees. We are governed by a Board of ten Trustees who work well together, and with the executive team with a spirit of openness and trust. We recruit individuals skilled in their field and passionate about nature, species conservation and bumblebees! We’re very proud of our inclusive culture at the Trust and we welcome applications from those who are new to trusteeship as well as those with previous experience. We want to hear how your lived experience will give us a better representation of the diverse audiences we seek to inspire to take action for bumblebees.

If you have a background in any of the following areas: bumblebee research, entomology, ecology, practical application of evidence for conservation, policy advocacy, data management and/or conservation-related education and training for citizen science projects, and an average of a day a month to take on this rewarding role please download the recruitment pack from our website for more information and details of how to apply.

Blue Triangle’s core mission is to empower people to thrive, by delivering solutions in communities which focus on the needs of each individual. Our approach is trauma-informed, person-centred and wellbeing focused, and aims to ensure that in Scotland, everyone is able to access support whenever, and for however long, they need it.

The Board has overall responsibility for governance and strategic direction of Blue Triangle, and we are seeking individuals who have a real desire and interest in helping deliver our ambitious aims and objectives. We are currently looking for individuals with demonstrable experience in the social sector, in particular Housing and Social Care. Additional expertise in development, with financial and commercial experience, would be very beneficial.

As a voluntary position, it will not be paid but travel and other expenses for attendance at meetings are reimbursed in line with our policy.

Blue Triangle is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SUCCESS

The University Court, which is the University’s governing body, is looking to appoint a number of new independent (Lay) members to start from October 2025.

In appointing to vacancies we are looking to rebalance and, in some areas, enhance the Court in terms of membership skills and experience; and in terms of member diversity, to better reflect the communities the university serves.

We recognise the value that diversity of perspectives and lived experiences brings to Court, and therefore would welcome and encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, and to preserve gender balance on the Court in accordance with the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018, we would welcome and encourage applications from women.

We are particularly interested to hear from individuals who can bring expertise and/or experience in the following areas: Health and Health Policy (specifically within higher education); Higher Education (at a senior or policy level); Law; Food and Drink (with entrepreneurial / policy and innovation experience) and Human Resources.