Rehabit UK
Trustee with lead for fundraising - Volunteer
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About the Role
We are looking for a trustee to join our board who has professional experience in fundraising and, ideally, close relationships with philanthropic organisations.
What Difference Will You Make?
For a small charity like Rehabit, sustainable funding directly affects how many people we can support and how confidently we can plan our services. Income can be uneven and a relatively modest funding gap can quickly affect counselling capacity, referrals, and our ability to develop services.
Having a trustee with fundraising expertise would strengthen our ability to anticipate those pressures, diversify our income, and make better-informed decisions about where to invest fundraising effort. It would also give the CEO experienced support in an area that is increasingly important to the charity’s sustainability and future development.
As Rehabit grows, the role would help ensure that growth is properly funded rather than simply placing additional pressure on a small organisation. It would strengthen our resilience, improve our ability to plan ahead, and ultimately help protect and develop the free counselling and peer support we provide to people who might otherwise struggle to access the help they need.
What Are We Looking For?
We are looking for someone with professional experience in fundraising, income generation, philanthropy, corporate partnerships, trusts, and foundations, or a closely related field. The ideal person will understand how small charities build sustainable income and how to balance short-term funding opportunities with longer-term financial resilience.
They do not need to have worked in a charity trustee role before, although previous governance, senior fundraising, business development, or strategic leadership experience would be helpful. What matters most is that they can bring sound judgement, practical fundraising insight, and a realistic understanding of what funders and donors are looking for.
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The trustee should be able to think strategically rather than simply operationally. This is not intended to be a day-to-day bid-writing role. Instead, the person should be able to help the board ask the right questions about funding priorities, income diversification, risk, sustainability, and where limited fundraising time is best spent.
We are looking for someone who is commercially aware but strongly aligned with charitable purpose. They should be able to assess opportunities objectively, challenge assumptions where necessary, and help ensure Rehabit does not pursue funding that would pull the charity away from its core purpose.
Useful experience would include securing grants, developing relationships with trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships, major donors, individual giving, philanthropy, or other forms of charitable income. Experience of fundraising for a small charity, health or social care organisation, or an organisation supporting people with complex needs would be welcome, but is not essential.
The person should be comfortable working as part of a small board, contributing constructively, listening to others, and supporting the CEO without blurring the distinction between governance and operational responsibility. An ability to build relationships and, where appropriate, use professional networks to identify opportunities or open doors would also be valuable.
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They should have a strong commitment to Rehabit’s purpose and understand that fundraising is ultimately about sustaining and developing the support we provide to people who may otherwise struggle to access it. They should be able to combine ambition with realism and help us grow in a way that is properly funded and sustainable.
Above all, we are looking for someone with integrity, good judgement, strategic thinking, strong relationship-building skills, and the confidence to bring their fundraising perspective into board-level decision-making.
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What Will You Be Doing?
The trustee would take a lead role on fundraising at board level, helping Rehabit develop a more strategic and sustainable approach to income generation. They would provide advice, challenge, and practical insight on fundraising priorities, opportunities, and risks, while helping the board maintain a clear understanding of the charity’s funding position and pipeline.
They would act as a sounding board for the CEO, bringing experience of what funders are looking for and helping strengthen our case for support, significant bids, and approaches to potential funders. They would also help us think more broadly about diversifying income, including trusts and foundations, individual giving, corporate support, and unrestricted funding, and use their networks to open doors where appropriate.
This would remain a governance role rather than responsibility for day-to-day fundraising. The aim is to bring greater fundraising experience and focus into board thinking while supporting, rather than duplicating, the work of the CEO.
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