Trustee Opportunities

Looking for a Trustee Role?

And who wouldn’t! Being a trustee is a great way to share and develop your skills, support a cause you care about and make a real difference.

If you are looking for roles, you can register your skills, areas of interest and any preferred causes to access trustee vacancies by creating an account with us. Take a look at the many trustee opportunities listed on this site. Charities and community groups across North Yorkshire are looking for people who can contribute skills, knowledge and a fresh approach.

If you have no previous experience of volunteering or trustee roles but would like to find out what’s involved, please email or call us on 01904 704177.

	Organisation Name	Organisation Address	Contact Details	Opportunity Location
Help with 1st Castleberg(Settle)Scout Group	1st Castleberg (Settle) Scout Group	The Drill Hall,, Settle, BD24 9ET	caroleogilvie@btinternet.com / 01729823847	Craven	Looking for volunteers to help with all aspects of Scouting in Settle. Includes help with fundraising, from writing funding applications to coming up with ideas and putting them into action. Volunteers are also needed to become part of the team running each Section ( beavers, Cubs, Scouts) - volunteers do not need to come every week or go into...
Treasurer for Scout Group	1st Easingwold (Forest of Galtres) Scout Group	c/o Blackthorn House, YORK, YO61 1NW	sscotter.101192@gmail.com / 07840 966041	Hambleton	Good management of accounts for a Scout Group is essential to ensure opportunity and effectiveness for the Group and to relieve leaders of the administration . The treasurer forms part of the Group Executive Committee ensuring funds are accounted for and scrutinised annually
Secretary for Scout Group	1st Easingwold (Forest of Galtres) Scout Group	c/o Blackthorn House, YORK, YO61 1NW	sscotter.101192@gmail.com / 07840 966041	Hambleton	Want to make a difference for your community? Scout executive committees are looking for secretaries to support their executive committee . The executive committees consist trustees who support the leaders of the group in fulfilling their role including fundraising, maintenance of premises and equipment etc. They meet quarterly and have a team...
Library Trustees	Bedale Community Library	Bedale Hall, Bedale, DL8 1AB		Hambleton	We are looking for Trustees to join our team in 2020. The library has been volunteer-run since 2017 and is an important community hub for the town. A team of about 35 volunteers help with library shifts and events. Trustee meetings are held monthly (about ten per year), usually on a Wednesday afternoon (but that is not set in stone!)
Leadership Mentors	Community First Yorkshire	Unit A, York, YO23 3FS	info@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk / 01904 704177	Across North Yorkshire, Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby	Community First Yorkshire and the North Yorkshire VCSE Leadership Hub. We are looking for experienced and skilled leaders from the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector to provide mentoring to new and emerging leaders. We offer mentoring training from the University of York to ensure both mentors and mentees get the most of the...
Secretary and Committee member	Filey Library Action Group	c/o Filey Library, Filey, YO14 9AE	tablets.flag@gmail.com / 01609 536608	Scarborough	FLAG - Filey Library Action Group recruits volunteers to work with full-time NYCC staff at Filey Library. There are up to approximately 25 volunteers who help in the library during opening hours. The FLAG committee is a small and dedicated group who recruit new volunteers, administer rotas, help organise events and many other things. We would...
School governor	Gillamoor CE Primary School	Main St, Gillamoor, YO62 7HX	headteacher@gillamoor.n-yorks.sch.uk / 01751 431683	Ryedale	Join our governing body to help support the exciting developments planned for our lovely rural school.
Home-Start Richmondshire Trustee	Home-Start Richmondshire	Office 4, Ips innovate, Chartermark Way,, Catterick Garrison, DL9 4QJ	anna@homestartrichmondshire.org.uk / 01748850079	Richmondshire	Home-Start Richmondshire supports families with young children across Richmondshire & The Dales through individual one-to-one volunteer led home-visiting support. We work with families who require support for a number of different reasons such as isolation, mental or physical health, financial worries or illness. We work with families to...
Independent Co-opted Member	North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel	c/o Legal and Democratic Services, Northallerton, DL7 8AD	nypcp@northyorks.gov.uk / 01609 532750	Across North Yorkshire	The North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel is seeking two individuals with the necessary skills, enthusiasm and commitment to join as independent co-opted members of the Panel and to bring a fresh, external perspective to its work. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the governance and accountability arrangements for policing...
Beaver, Cub or Scout leader	Northallerton & Leven Scouts	c/o 1 Fife Road, Darlington, DL3 7SY	oliver_goss@yahoo.com / 07974800534	Hambleton	Stokesley Scout Group are looking for volunteers to join their Beaver, Cub and Scout leader teams. Are you the volunteer we are looking for? You don't need to be Bear Grylls (though he'd be most welcome!), what we are looking for is someone with an enthusiasm for working with young people and is looking to share their skills and an...
District Secretary	Northallerton & Leven Scouts	c/o 1 Fife Road, Darlington, DL3 7SY	oliver_goss@yahoo.com / 07974800534	Hambleton	We're looking for a volunteer to join our team who support the Scout Groups in the north of Hambleton District, covering Bedale, Northallerton, Stokesley Great Ayton and the surrounding areas. The secretary of our district executive helps to keep us all organised, arranging meetings, keeping minutes and sharing their own experience and...
Trustee	Parents of Special Children (POSCH)	14A Market Place, Thirsk, YO7 1LB	poschinfo@gmail.com / 07562 239064	Hambleton, Richmondshire	We urgently need committed and skilled volunteers NOW to join us in becoming Trustees of our Board. We meet just six times each year (at the moment virtually) and we are currently at an exciting stage, as we take POSCH through a period of change to ensure its sustainability beyond Covid-19. As POSCH is run by just a small number of volunteers,...
POSCH Board of Trustee Chair Opportunity	Parents of Special Children (POSCH)	14A Market Place, Thirsk, YO7 1LB	poschinfo@gmail.com / 07562 239064	Hambleton, Richmondshire	POSCH is a very small charitable organisation of volunteers who support families who have children with any additional needs with or without a diagnosis. We run local parent support groups across Hambleton and Richmondshire and all our groups are parent and volunteer led. In fact, we are all volunteers. While we don’t employ anyone, we do work...
Trustee	Peter Pan Nursery	The Bungalow, Sherburn in Elmet, LS25 6DD	office@peterpannursery.co.uk / 01977681863	Across North Yorkshire	To help form part of the voluntary Management Committee, making decisions regarding the nursery with regards to policies, procedures, staffing, budgeting etc. The nursery is a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation). Our Trustees meet on an evening every 4-6 weeks. Opportunities to help at fundraising events.
Treasurer	SELFA	1 Belle Vue Square, Skipton, BD23 1FJ	admin@selfa.org.uk / 01756 706384	Craven	SELFA is a charity working with vulnerable children and young people in Skipton and Craven. We have a vacancy on our Board of Trustees for a Treasurer. Day to day financial administration is carried out by the Office Manager/Chief Officer, but the Treasurer has an important role in monitoring the financial standing of the charity. They oversee the...
Trustee Treasurer	Sight Support Ryedale	Norton Hive Library, Commercial Street, Norton, YO17 9ES	julie@sightsupportryedale.org / 01653 698860	Ryedale	We a small charity based in Ryedale. We offer support and friendship to those who are living, in Ryedale, with any degree of sight loss. We were established in 1980 and our services are highly valued by the community we serve as well as North Yorkshire County Council and Ryedale District Council. We are looking for someone to support our Chief...
Library Trustee	Tadcaster Community Library	Tadcaster Community Library, Tadcaster, LS24 9JG	tadcastercommunitylibrary@gmail.com / 01609 534525	Selby	The current group of trustees is looking to strengthen their number and encourage more involvement of members of the local community in working towards a strong and sustainable future for the library. Regular meetings of the trustees are held each month, and take place over Zoom during the Covid 19 Pandemic
Treasurer	Tockwith Village Hall	1 Marston Road, YORK, YO26 7PR	tockwithvillagehall@btconnect.com / 01423 358626	Harrogate	Tockwith Village Hall management Committee require a treasurer to join the board of trustees. We are a registered unincorporated charity operating under a deed of trust. Our annual turnover excluding grants is around £10,000 per year. Our operating income comes mainly from hall hire. Grant funding is applied for and managed by an appointed...
Administrator	Whitby in Bloom	c/o 159 Church Street, Whitby, YO224AS	steve.wib@hotmail.com / 07779631106	Scarborough	We are looking for helpers for a secretary and our treasurer has retired after many years. We are a very small charity
Youth Representatives - Yorkshire Dales National Park Management Plan Steering Group	Yorkshire Dales National Park	Yoredale, Bainbridge, North Yorkshire, DL8 3EL	/ 0300 456 0030	Across North Yorkshire	Are you aged between 16 and 30 and want to shape the Yorkshire Dales National Park for future generations? Would you like to have a platform on which to advocate for young people alongside the local bodies with the main responsibility for decision making partners? We have an exciting opportunity for 2 people to become Youth Representatives on the...
Up Skill Down Dale Volunteering Programme	Yorkshire Dales National Park	Yoredale, Bainbridge, North Yorkshire, DL8 3EL	/ 0300 456 0030	Across North Yorkshire	Up Skill, Down Dale is the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s new youth volunteering programme designed to support the next generation of green leaders in the Yorkshire Dales, all part of the Generation Green Project. This inclusive programme is open to all young people aged between 14 and 30. So whether you live in a big city or the middle...