Treasurer for Age Concern Twyford & District Do you have an interest in helping our charity that supports older people in our community? If you have a head for financial matters, you could add to and assist our trustees’ management of our finances. Initially set up in 1988, we are an independent local charity (Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. 11163722) that promotes and maintains independent living for older residents in and around our local community. We are not affiliated with any similar organisations, but work closely with other Wokingham Borough-based charities and support organisations. We provide a Day Centre with activities, lunches and optional take-home meals, activities including arts, singing and dancing, plus a range of support services including assistance with form-filling, handypersons and a listening ear to support families. In 2024/25, our income was £250k, a small rise on previous years, and our services and facilities remain well-used and very well-appreciated in our community. About us Charity Commission information about our organisation The Role We are a small and collaborative trustee team, working closely with the staff in the centre to provide a service to our local community. Our Board includes some people with experience and skills in the services we provide to older people or other professions, and we’d expect trustees to have empathy with our cause and our beneficiaries. Although we’d welcome your financial qualification, that’s not a requirement, as our finances aren’t complex. An understanding of how charity finance works would be beneficial of course, with the ability to communicate financial information clearly, especially to other trustees, being important. Support from our employees is always available, as they will be dealing with the day-to-day finances. You don’t necessarily need prior experience of charity trusteeship, as advice from local charity-support organisations is always available. Full induction to our organisation will be provided, plus specialist help as a new trustee, including access to external training. We are a charity not a commercial business, but we apply business principles to governing our organisation. We are looking for fresh expertise and experience from a variety of backgrounds to our charity. We want to expand the diversity of our Board and strongly welcome applications from people from less-represented groups. The focus of a trustee role is strategic, and trustees will not be expected to get involved in the organisation’s operations on a day-to-day basis; however, contact and liaison with other trustees and employees is expected. We ask for about five hours per month, which includes all meetings, discussions, etc., although that time commitment will rise at year-end and for our AGM. You will need access to digital communications, as some our charity’s business is run that way. What do you get as a volunteer trustee with our organisation?

An opportunity to influence and collectively-lead an organisation supporting our community
A chance to expand and implement your understanding of our work
A chance to augment your experience of charities
A boost to your career and CV, if needed
Satisfaction of helping an organisation that supports older people, thus giving something back to your community
Induction training from us; training, support and assistance from local charity-support & advice agencies; reimbursement of reasonable expenses, if needed

What do we get?

Your professional skills, knowledge, understanding or experience, to help a small charity that cannot afford those specialist services
Your abilities to influence plans for our charity’s future, especially in these times of cost-of-living crises
Enhancement to our overall governance and the Board of trustees; improvement in our charity governance and operational growth
Your participation in our collective decision-making, contributing to all areas of our charity work
Your enthusiasm

What do our beneficiaries get?

The ability to continue our support for older people in our community
A forward-looking and agile organisation, with a well-informed and well-managed Board of trustees

How to apply This appointment is being assisted for us by involve Community Services, a charity-support organisation, who can supply you with a detailed Role Description and Skills Specification, and offer advice about trusteeship, even assist your application. Contact intrusted@involve.community Trustee appointments are subject to satisfactory references, to completion of an online Safeguarding course and an Enhanced DBS check. To apply, please send your expression of interest and your CV or similar to our trustees via info@ageconcerntwyford.org.uk

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