Trustee
- Management Board
- Unpaid
- Hybrid: Denny/Bonnybridge area
- Closing 27th April 2026
- Advertised from 16th March 2026
Role
JOIN OUR BOARD: Become a Driving Force Trustee
Could YOU be the Driving Force for our community?
About The Driving Force
For20 years, The Driving Force has been a lifeline for cancer patients in Denny, Bonnybridge and Banknock. We provideFREE transportto vital treatment appointments for those who need it most.
Our Impact:
- 20 years of continuous community service
- Hundreds of cancer patients supported
- Thousands of journeys to life-saving appointments
- 100% volunteer-driven organisation
Every journey we provide is one more chance for someone to access the treatment that could save their life.Now we need more strategic leaders to help us drive our mission forward.
Why Become a Trustee?
Being a trustee isn't just about attending meetings – it's about making a real difference at a strategic level. You'll help shape the future of a charity that directly saves lives in your community.
What You'll Gain:
·Personal satisfaction of creating strategic community impact
·Development of governance and leadership skills
·Networking with other passionate community leaders
·Insight into charity sector operations and best practices
·The knowledge that your decisions help cancer patients access life-saving treatment
·Being part of something meaningful beyond your day job
What is a Trustee?
In simple terms:Trustees are the guardians of our charity – ensuring we stay true to our mission of helping cancer patients access treatment while managing our resources responsibly and planning for sustainable growth.
The legal bit:Trustees have overall control of a charity and are responsible for making sure it's doing what it was set up to do. They exercise their powers and duties with care, always acting in the charity's best interests, ensuring compliance with charity law and our governing document.
You'll be part of a supportive boardworking collaboratively to govern The Driving Force effectively.
Time Commitment
We respect that trustees are volunteers with busy lives. Here's what we ask:
Core Commitment:
- 5-6 board meetingsper year (approximately 1 1/2 hours each, scheduled in advance)
- Occasional email/phone consultations(1-2 hours per month)
- Annual strategic planning session(half day)
Total time: approximately 15-20 hours per year
Flexibility:We schedule meetings with trustees' availability in mind. If you can't make a meeting, we just ask for advance notice.
Additional Involvement (Optional):Some trustees choose to get involved in specific projects, sub-committees, or events – but this is entirely voluntary.
Application notes
Interested in joining our board? We'd love to hear from you!
Here's what happens next:
- Get in touch if you have any questions:Emailchair@bdthedrivingforce.org.ukto express your interest
- Application:If you'd like to proceed, we'll ask for a brief CV and covering letter no more than 2 pages outlining the contribution you could make and what you hope to gain
- Interview: MS Teams
- Appointment:Subject to board approval, you'll be formally appointed as a trustee
Could YOU be the Driving Force in your Community?
Every strategic decision you make as a trustee helps ensure cancer patients can access their life-saving treatment. Join us in making a difference.
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Trustee Board Members Wanted
Improving Lives is looking for new Trustees to join our Board.
We support people affected by disability, long-term conditions, and social isolation. We work with local communities to improve access to services, activities, and opportunities.
We want Trustees who care about fairness, inclusion, and strong community services.
About the role
Trustees help guide the charity and protect its future. You will:
• Help set the charity’s direction and priorities
• Oversee finances, governance, and risk
• Support and challenge senior staff
• Make sure we meet legal and regulatory duties
• Represent the values of the organisation
• Attend board meetings and occasional events
Meetings usually take place in Clydebank. Some remote attendance is possible.
Who we are looking for
We welcome applications from people with different backgrounds and experiences.
We are especially interested in people with skills in:
• Finance or accounting
• Law or governance
• HR or people management
• Fundraising or grants
• Marketing or digital
• Community work or social care
• Lived experience of disability
No previous board experience is required. Induction and ongoing support are provided.
Time commitment
• At least 1 meeting every 4 to 6 weeks
• Occasional extra meetings or events
• Preparation time before meetings
This role is voluntary. Reasonable expenses are covered.
What you will gain
• Experience in charity governance
• Training and development
• A chance to influence local services
• The opportunity to make a difference
• A supportive and committed board team
Top job! Director of Operations and Impact (South of Scotland)
- Full time
- £92,000
- Hybrid: Glasgow, Airdrie, Irvine or Dumbarton
- Closing 29th March 2026
Do you bring a strong track record of strategic leadership in health and social care, coupled with an unwavering commitment to person centred support? If so, this could be the opportunity that shapes the next chapter of your career.
We are looking for an exceptional, forward thinking leader to join us as Director of Operations and Impact (south) on a full time, permanent basis. This is a key role within our Executive Leadership Team, offering the opportunity to shape operational excellence, strengthen organisational impact and influence the future of social care across Scotland.
As Director of Operations and Impact (South), you will hold full accountability for operational performance, service quality and contract delivery across the South of Scotland.
This is a hybrid working role, with an expectation of regular, meaningful engagement across our offices and services. You will therefore ideally be located within reasonable reach of one of our key hubs in Glasgow, Airdrie, Dumbarton or Irvine.
This is an exciting time to join Cornerstone as we deliver our new strategic plan, Improving Lives Together, built around the following organisational priorities:
The Foundation – Digital innovation: empowering everything we do
- Pillar 1 – Voices of the people we support at the heart of all decisions
- Pillar 2 – People: leadership, workforce and culture
- Pillar 3 – Financial sustainability: building for the future
- Pillar 4 – Partnership working: collaboration for greater impact
- The Roof – Quality: evidence based improvement
Purpose of the role
As a key member of our Executive Leadership Team, you will provide strategic, values driven leadership that strengthens Cornerstone’s culture, performance and long term sustainability. You will champion our mission, guide the delivery of our strategic plan and inspire teams across the South of Scotland to deliver exceptional, person centred care.
Central to your success will be the ability to build trusted partnerships, model courageous and authentic leadership, and drive high impact, evidence led improvement.
A detailed overview of responsibilities can be found in the role profile on our website.
What you will bring
- A proven track record of strategic leadership within an organisation of comparable scale and complexity
- Deep insight into the social care landscape, including commissioning, market dynamics and sector wide trends
- A thorough understanding of regulatory frameworks and the wider policy context for social care in Scotland
- Demonstrated success in developing leaders, building organisational capability and nurturing high performing, psychologically safe teams
- Strong financial and commercial acumen, with experience overseeing substantial budgets
- Confidence in championing digital tools to enhance collaboration, insight and operational excellence
If you believe you have the vision, expertise and drive to excel in this role, we would be delighted to hear from you.
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We are a dynamic and forward-thinking charitable organisation rooted in North Lanarkshire, supporting children and adults with disabilities and additional support needs. We are looking for committee members to assist us in delivering our services – check us out at:
No experience is required, as we are looking for individuals with life experience. However, experience of Social Services (as a service user), or skills in finance or social media, would also be welcomed.
The position is unpaid, but expenses are covered.
As part of our Board, you will help shape how the charity moves forward and be involved in delivering our services. As a Trustee, you will have a real opportunity to offer your unique skillset to help shape the progression of our work, while contributing your input and experience to the community.
Induction and training are provided, and we welcome applicants who have had no previous experience of being a Board member, but who would like to benefit from the experience.
Team Leader - Riccarton
- Part time
- £32,391 pro-rata
- On site: Mercury House, Riccarton Hub, Research Avenue North, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP
- Closing 23rd March 2026
If you’re looking for the next step on your career in social care, you’ve just discovered it.
About Riccarton (Day Services) Hub
At Capability Scotland Riccarton Hub, we provide specialist daytime support and occasional 24-hour short break respite services, for adults with physical, learning and complex disabilities, promoting independence, inclusion, and wellbeing through personalised care and enriching activities.
We provide fun and meaningful activities for our customers to get involved in during the day. We pride ourselves in enhancing outcomes and life experiences and in our Hub, we focus on health and well-being as well as creating smiles. We're focused on making our customers' time at Riccarton all about them and offer tailored and bespoke support plans.
About the Role
We are looking to recruit a Team Leader who will work alongside a small group of team leaders to support our Service Manager in managing our team. As an experienced social care practitioner, you will ensure that our people continue to receive exceptional, person-centred support we provide by being responsible for:
- Rota management
- Staff management, supervision, recruitment, and development
- Managing customer activities
- Health and Safety
- Compiling and checking Care and Support plans for customers
- Management of medicines procedures
- Financial management for customers (dependent on service)
- Liaising with families, health and care professionals and social workers
- Sleepovers & on-call support (dependent on service – if appropriate additional payments are provided)
Hours – 18.5 hours per week. Predominantly Monday-Friday between 8.30am & 5.30pm (we are open to discuss doing hours over 2/3 days) & with occasional on-call cover required in our respite service, therefore a flexible approach to working is required.
Experience/qualifications/key skills required
Experience of working in a similar role and environment is desirable as is a willingness to take on any personal development opportunities. You should have a care related SVQ Level 4, or the willingness to gain this qualification in a given timescale. You should have good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.
Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:
- Competitive salary - £16,195.46 pa (£16.79 per hour).
- We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
- 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
- Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
- Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
- Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
- Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- 24/7 employee assistance programme.
- Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts
We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.
Want to be part of this? Apply now.
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