Wythenshawe Foodbank
Wythenshawe Foodbank Trustees - Volunteer
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Wythenshawe Foodbank is seeking several new trustees
Wythenshawe Foodbank is seeking several new trustees to strengthen our board, shape our strategy and help us respond to rising local need. We welcome applicants with skills in finance, fundraising, HR, governance or communications, alongside valuable community or lived experience.
What difference will you make?
By joining our board, you’ll increase its capacity, strengthen our decision-making and help ensure responsibilities don’t fall on too few people. Your contribution will help us plan more confidently, manage risks effectively and make the best use of our limited funds, food and volunteer time.
You’ll also help us build stronger partnerships, communicate our impact and identify new opportunities for funding and support. Ultimately, your involvement will help Wythenshawe Foodbank remain stable, responsive and sustainable, allowing our staff and volunteers to continue providing compassionate support to local people facing financial hardship and food crisis.
What are we looking for?
We’re looking for several new trustees who care about Wythenshawe and want to help us provide effective, dignified support to people experiencing financial hardship.
The most important qualities are sound judgement, honesty, compassion and a willingness to contribute actively. You should be comfortable working collaboratively, asking constructive questions and making decisions in the best interests of the charity and the people it supports.
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As we’re recruiting multiple trustees, we don’t expect every applicant to have all the experience listed below. We’re particularly interested in hearing from people with knowledge or experience in one or more of these areas:
- Finance, accounting or financial planning
- Fundraising, grant applications or income generation
- Human resources and people management
- Charity governance, legal matters or risk management
- Marketing, communications or social media
- Community engagement and partnership development
- Operations, facilities or service delivery
- Safeguarding or supporting vulnerable people
We also strongly welcome applicants with lived experience of poverty, financial hardship, the benefits system, insecure housing or using foodbanks and other community support services. Your perspective could help ensure our decisions remain grounded in the realities facing the people we support.
Previous trustee or board experience isn’t essential. What matters most is that you share our values, can commit sufficient time to the role and are willing to learn about the responsibilities of being a charity trustee.
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What will you be doing?
Our current board is a small, hands-on group of volunteer trustees who work closely with the foodbank’s staff and volunteers. We’re looking to expand the board to strengthen its resilience, share responsibilities more evenly and bring fresh perspectives to our decision-making.
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This is an important period for Wythenshawe Foodbank. Demand for emergency food remains high, the cost of purchasing essential items has increased and donations can fluctuate considerably. We’re also settling into a new operational base, strengthening our management arrangements and considering how the foodbank can remain effective and financially sustainable over the longer term.
New trustees will help the board make important decisions about our future priorities, finances, premises, services and relationships with the wider community. They’ll review operational and financial information, contribute actively at board meetings and help ensure agreed actions are followed through.
Each new trustee will also be encouraged to take greater ownership of an agreed area or project, depending on their experience and interests. This could include supporting fundraising activity, improving communications, reviewing policies, developing community partnerships or helping strengthen our internal systems and governance. Trustees may also represent the foodbank at occasional meetings or community events.
This is an opportunity to join the board at a point when thoughtful decisions and practical support can make a real difference. Our goal is to build a stronger, more sustainable foodbank that can continue responding compassionately to local need while working with partners to address the wider causes of food poverty.
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