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- Advertised from 22nd April 2025
Role
The Oversight Board for the promise is looking for new members. The Board reports to the care community and Parliament on Scotland’s progress to keep the promise. You might be an academic, involved in scrutiny and inspection or connected to an umbrella body. You will be joining a group over half of whom have lived experience of Scotland’s ‘care system’. The Board particularly welcomes application from people from diverse backgrounds: your voice needs to be heard.
The Promise Scotland provide secretariat to The Oversight Board.
Application notes
A recruitment pack is available for download below.
Closing date 5 May.
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Want to be part of a bold, creative, and forward-thinking charity? Become a Carr Gomm Trustee!
Carr Gomm is a leading Scottish social care and community development charity.
We provide support to over 4,500 people each week to enable them to live safe, full and purposeful lives. Our work is grounded in person-centred support and enabling people to live their best possible lives.
We are currently looking for energetic and passionate people to join our Board of Trustees (also known as Directors) and help us achieve our aims.
Trustees help steer Carr Gomm’s strategy and ensure we stay true to our purpose. As a Trustee you will oversee our assets and reputation, and make sure decisions always put the people we support first. Trustees focus on the bigger picture-shaping direction, staying true to our mission and aims. For more information visit: reachvolunteering.org.uk/guide/become-trustee
There are no specific qualifications or prior board experience needed – we value your skills and lived experiences more. We are looking for people who share our values of respect, interdependence, choice, control, openness & honesty and kindness & compassion. However, if you have professional experience in law, accountancy, marketing or IT this would be a great addition to the range of skills our board currently has.
We want to build a diverse board and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds – particularly those from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities.
There is a commitment required from you as our board meets at least 6 times a year (with the option of online attendance), but in return we provide induction, ongoing training and the opportunity to develop your skills and a chance to explore and diversify your area of interest.
We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible. If you have any access needs or require information in a different format, we’re happy to accommodate. Just let us know how we can support you to take part.
Interested? Then contact us at info@carrgomm.org to arrange an initial, informal chat.
The Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland is recruiting new members to the RCGP Scottish Patient Forum.
From feeding into policy consultations, to assisting with the development of College communications and campaigns, members of the RCGP Scottish Patient Forum play a key role in helping to shape the work of the College in Scotland.
This is a voluntary role for a term of up to three years.
You do not need experience of being on a committee or advisory group.
The Royal College of General Practitioners is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
RCGP Scottish Patient Forum
The Patient Forum operates as a virtual advisory group. There will be up to 3 online meetings per year. Members are also invited to respond and input into consultations and other College policy activities by email when required.
RCGP Scotland
The Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland (RCGP Scotland) is the professional membership organisation for general practitioners in Scotland. We represent approximately 5,000 members in Scotland and our purpose is to encourage, foster and maintain the highest possible standards in general medical practice.
Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as Head of Fundraising you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Hospital to Home services form a nationwide network of local support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.
This is more than a leadership role — it's your chance to shape the future of Income Generation at Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland. As Head of Fundraising, you’ll play a pivotal role in translating our bold strategy into action, driving growth through insight-led decision-making, creativity, and innovation. Reporting to the Director of Income Generation, you’ll guide a talented team to deliver inspiring supporter experiences, and forge impactful relationships that align with our “No Life Half Lived” strategy.
We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment and brings a deep understanding of marketing, data, technology, and supporter-centric fundraising. You’ll champion a culture of creativity and accountability, ensuring our supporter journeys are personalised, our processes are optimised, and our risks are well managed. With oversight of budget, health and safety, and compliance, you’ll be a strategic thinker, a motivational leader, and a brilliant collaborator – able to influence at all levels internally and externally. If you’re passionate about using technology and insight to unlock income growth and maximise impact, this is your opportunity to lead something truly meaningful.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.
About Us
Zero Tolerance is a Scottish charity working to end men’s violence against women and girls (VAWG) by promoting gender equality and challenging attitudes which normalise violence and abuse. We are a values-led organisation and seek to improve the way we integrate feminism, equality, and diversity into our work. We are looking for new Trustees to diversify the skills and experience of our current Board.
Zero Tolerance has a commitment to diversity and challenging all forms of inequality alongside gender inequality. We are open to as many different voices as there are experiences, and to all genders, and particularly welcome applications from Minority Ethnic, LGBT+, disabled, migrant, and other backgrounds currently underrepresented within the women’s sector.
We achieve change in the following ways:
1. Raise public and political awareness of the root cause of VAWG (gender inequality) and call for action.
2. Challenge and support key institutions to embed primary prevention of VAWG in their work.
3. Advance and share the evidence base on preventing VAWG.
Please see our Strategic plan zerotolerance.org.uk/about
What you’ll do
Our Trustees commit to attending quarterly Board meetings (which are held virtually), sub-committee meetings, and up to two in-person training and development days annually.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for volunteers who:
• Are committed to and share an understanding of our vision, values, aims and positions
• Understand that violence against women and girls is caused by, and is a result of, a lack of equality between men and women
• Can think creatively and embrace change
We want Zero Tolerance to be a place where feminist leadership happens at all levels and are committed to welcoming Board members from all backgrounds. We are particularly interested in applications from volunteers who have skills and experience in the following areas:
• Experience of working with or an understanding of the Violence Against Women and Girls sector
• Experience of implementing equality, diversity and inclusion practices and/or representing marginalised people
What do we offer?
• The chance to use your experience to shape our work to end violence against women and girls in Scotland
• Induction and training on how to be a charity trustee plus a board ‘buddy’
• As far as possible, we will offer practical support to carry out the role, depending on individual needs, for example equipment, travel expenses or help to cover caring responsibilities
• Training on our strategic priority areas, including our feminist leadership theme
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