Are you looking to broaden your experience, learn new skills and share your abilities with a wider community?

ACE IT Scotland is a successful and growing Edinburgh-based charity. We provide free coaching and support to people over 50 to help them access everything the digital world can offer.

Working out of our city centre office, we have a small team of employees and a larger bank of volunteers who provide most of our services. These include community services, such as one-to-one coaching, group sessions, information services, and activity groups within local care homes. Demand for our services continues to grow. The recent events have reinforced just how important digital technology is for the health, wellbeing and connectivity of older people.

We have plans and resources in place to move ahead with our strategy of delivering our core services, seeking to help more people in more areas, and exploring more transformational opportunities longer-term.

We're now looking for new trustees to join our Board. The current Board of six trustees meets four to five times a year, normally in person. In between the formal Board meetings, trustees will serve on one or more of six sub-committees which take a more detailed view of the operation. Extensive use is made of remote meetings and online collaboration tools.

We would be particularly keen to hear from potential trustees who have experience of working with older people, the third sector or health and social services. As an organisation we value diversity and we warmly welcome applications from people with protected characteristics.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• embrace our vision for all older people to be connected and reach their full digital potential
• help us to ensure that ACE IT Scotland complies with its Constitution, OSCR regulations and any other relevant legislation
• assist ACE IT Scotland to pursue its goals as laid out in our Strategy 2026
• support the development of ACE IT Scotland future operating models and future strategic plan revisions
• offer guidance, constructive challenge and insight to staff and trustees in relation to change proposals
• be aware of current issues that may impact the organisation

At SCSN, we are the strategic voice for Community Safety in Scotland. If you have a keen interest interest in Community Safety, how would you feel about joining our board of directors to make a difference? We are recruiting now...

If you are looking to join our board there are opportunities to support you with the following:

1. Leadership development: You will learn complex thinking skills and become a better decision maker.

2. Personal growth: You can contribute your expertise and experience to a cause you are passionate about.

3. Networking: Board membership helps broadens your contacts.

4. Professional endorsement: Being selected for a board position raises your professional profile.

You can have a look at our Director's Profile below.

We are currently recruiting for a new member of the Edinburgh Remakery Board of Trustees who specialises in marketing and communications.

The Edinburgh Remakery is an award-winning environmental social enterprise committed to diverting waste from landfill, building a stronger community, and promoting a culture of repair and reuse. Since 2012, we repair, refurbish and recycle what others send to landfill, and we pass these repair skills onto others within the Edinburgh community through our community inclusion and events programme.

We are at the forefront of championing the circular economy in Edinburgh, and beyond, through our IT refurbishment programme. This scheme diverts e-waste from landfill, while providing free or more affordable devices to the community and supporting organisations, universities and local authorities to reach their sustainability goals.

It is an exciting time to join Edinburgh Remakery, we are a small team with big ambitions comprised of a CEO, staff, Board and volunteers. We are passionate about creating positive change and this is reflected in the awards we regularly receive for excellence in sustainable development, leadership and business at a local and national level.

Our Vision is to create a culture of sustainable, waste-free living, and protect our planet for future generations.

Our Mission is to reduce waste by providing repair and reuse services and training to communities and businesses.

More information about our values can be viewed here.

What are we looking for?

Are you an enthusiastic storyteller who can weave the threads of our sustainability journey into engaging stories that encourage people to take action? We are looking for someone who can bring to life the characters involved in our work to stop e-waste from going to landfill, reduce digital poverty, help the movement to Net Zero targets and unite the community.

The Edinburgh Remakery is seeking a Board member who can help us thrive by raising our profile and enhancing our funding, partnership and community engagement opportunities. We are looking for a person with an eagerness for supporting the circular economy and sustainable business, that is underpinned with experience and knowledge of marketing and communications.

We normally meet once every two months for a Board meeting, these can be online via Teams or in-person at our office in Edinburgh, 13A Newkirkgate, EH6 6AD. There may be special projects and activities to contribute your skills to, as well as normal issues for discussion at board meetings. Initially, there will be some additional time required to feed into the development of a strategic marketing plan. We then anticipate a commitment of around 4 hours a month including meeting commitments, and an annual fun away day for Board and staff.

The Edinburgh Remakery always welcomes applications from people with a wide range of experiences, skills and zest for sustainability. We are also committed to being flexible to accommodate the best applicants from all walks of life.

Why should you consider this?

You would be joining a strong and effective Board of a resilient organisation that makes a difference to the circular economy and community in a real and tangible way. Our Board provides direction and leadership, and you can make a real impact on helping people reduce their waste and help with the climate emergency.

As well as serving the Edinburgh Remakery, you would also gain valuable experience and networks in the wider sustainability sector, with opportunities to add new skills to your personal and professional development.

As normal for charities, this is a voluntary (i.e. unpaid) position, but we can reimburse reasonable expenses and provide training and fun away-days for all Board members.

About Us

Coigach Community Development Company Ltd is a company incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 and a Charity registered in Scotland. Its articles of association are available here.

Set up in 2010 following a meeting hosted by Coigach Community Council, CCDC has a mandate to build affordable housing and has two trading subsidiaries to raise the capital to achieve this.

Coigach Community C.I.C owns and operates a 500kW refurbished Vestas V47 turbine that began production in 2017 and is anticipated to continue production until 2037.

CCDC Trading Ltd owns a share of the Ben Mor Hydroscheme. Both companies donate their profits to the Charity as gift aid. The full corporate structure is available here.

The Charity invests the gift aid into projects such as the current development of 10 affordable homes at the Achagarry site, due to complete in 2026 and the management of the 8000 acre Badentarbet crofting estate.

This year, CCDC has been consulting Coigach residents regarding their investment priorities beyond housing development and has aligned its work into three strategic objectives:

1. Land and Sea
2. Working Life
3. Health and Wellbeing

The operational team of 3 full time equivalent employees (7 individuals) carries out the work within these objectives to achieve the vision that Coigach will be a thriving community where the school roll is rising and we are building a more diverse, more sustainable economy.

The ops team supports the Board of Directors through its six working groups including a Finance group which is led by the Finance Director.

The company uses Quickbooks to maintain its accounting records and these are managed on a day to day basis by the Finance Officer

As a group, Coigach Community Development Company, Coigach C.I.C and Coigach Trading have a turnover of over £500k per annum. This means that accounts are audited annually. CCDC group Directors are all volunteers who take their responsibilities seriously, making a big difference to the community.

Although all Directors carry equal financial responsibility, the Finance Director supports decision making through the production of management accounts and working with the auditors. The Finance Director is in turn supported by the Finance Officer who carries out bank reconciliations.