Foundation Trustee

About the role

B&Q Foundation - Trustee

Remote Opportunity- Voluntary

At the B&Q Foundation, we believe everyone needs a place to feel at home. So we're putting our efforts behind local charities who share our vision - helping to create better, safer places for the people in our communities who need them most.

We support hundreds of registered charities across the UK every year. Providing grants to a wide range of charities who are looking for funding to improve or develop spaces and homes that benefit their local communities.

Since launching in June 2020, we've donated over £6million in grants to over 1,000 charities across the UK. We are an independent registered charity (structured as a company limited by guarantee) governed by a board of trustees (who are also company directors) made up of B&Q directors/employees and independent representatives.

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What's the role?

The trustees are responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of the B&Q Foundation, developing the organisation's aims, objectives and goals in accordance with its governing document and legal and regulatory guidelines. The trustees are collectively responsible for the below listed responsibilities.

Key responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

The role of the Trustee will be:

• To ensure that the B&Q Foundation is carrying out its purposes for the public benefit
• To ensure that the B&Q Foundation always complies with its governing rules and all applicable law
• To act in the B&Q Foundation's best interests
• To manage the B&Q Foundation's resources responsibly
• To act with reasonable skill and care
• To maintain proper financial control and ensure that the B&Q Foundation applies its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objects
• To maintain and develop the organisation's strategy, overall policy, objectives, and evaluate performance against agreed targets
• To manage employment procedures and respect the roles of staff/volunteers
• To support the operational management of the organisation
• To draw up and monitor the implementation of internal policies and ensure they are regularly reviewed
• To ensure that risk assessments for all aspects of the organisation are carried out
• To safeguard the good name and values of B&Q Foundation
• To maintain effective performance of the board and ensure the efficient administration of the charity

Required skills & experience

What we need

• An understanding of and commitment to the mission of B&Q Foundation
• Charity experience, specifically in grant-making, service delivery, and/or housing and homelessness
• A willingness to meet the commitments
• Integrity
• Strategic vision
• Sound, independent judgement
• An ability to think creatively
• A willingness to speak your mind
• An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
• An ability to work effectively as a member of a team and to take decisions for the good of B&Q Foundation
• Experience and understanding of the charity sector and/or grant making is desired

Commitments

• Attending and preparing for quarterly trustee meetings online, yearly strategic meetings in person, and any additional meetings required
• Keep informed and take an active role in decision making
• Attend training sessions as required
• Be an ambassador for the B&Q Foundation
• Ensure the charity complies with all legal and regulatory requirements Trustees are expected to come prepared for trustee meetings, having read supporting documents. Trustees expected to contribute in meetings
• Occasionally approvals are requested by email, trustees are expected to respond and share their views.

Terms of appointment

Terms of office

• Trustees are appointed for a three year term of office, renewal for two further terms to a maximum of nine years.
• This is a voluntary position, but reasonable expenses are reimbursed.