Volunteer Trustee

**Vacancy title **Trustee (Volunteer)

**Closing date **9 am, 10th July 2023

**Who are we?**

St Peter & St James is a local hospice, set in 36 acres of beautiful countryside. It was founded in 1975. If you’d like to know more about how it all started, visit our website to read our history.

Nowadays, St Peter & St James Hospice has approximately 150 employees, 450 volunteers, and ten charity shops across Lewes, Haywards Heath, Uckfield, Lindfield, Burgess Hill, Brighton & Hove. Our vision is to provide a community where people live and die well according to what matters most to them, and that everyone affected by life-limiting illness has access to our expertise

Our friendly, professional and nurturing team of employees and volunteers work together to provide specialist hospice care for adults towards and at the end of life. We provide a range of services, supporting both the patient and their carers in the comfort of their home and at the hospice.

**What’s in it for you?**

By becoming a Trustee of a local charity, you will be part of a team that comes together in its mission to care for and positively impact its local community. Our Board of Trustees bring insight, business acumen, forward-thinking approaches, diversity and unique skills to St Peter & St James Hospice, to ensure its sustainability, governance and integration where it is needed the most.

Our Trustees share our values and vision and help shape, grow and develop the organisation, its people, services and outreach. They are self-motivated, approachable, friendly and excellent communicators and very much respected by the employees and volunteers at St Peter & St James Hospice. They put the needs of community members who use our services at the forefront of their decision-making and are passionate and enthusiastic ambassadors for the Trust.

**Job Type**: Volunteer

**Salary**: From £0.01 per year

**Benefits**:

- Free parking

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Lewes