Become a Trustee
A Trustee is a volunteer who is a Board member of the Orienteering Foundation. The Board is responsible for setting our strategy, monitoring (and where time permits, assisting) the progress of the Charity against its operational plan, and for ensuring we adopt good governance practices. Board members usually act as an Ambassador in their local Association.
Why become a Trustee?
The role is a great way to help the sport and gain experience of Charity and Trustee work. Whilst knowledge of charities and the framework they operate in would be useful, the Board is keen to diversify its approach and thinking. We would for example particularly welcome interest from women, younger or ethnic minority candidates. There is a formal induction process to bring new Trustees up to speed quickly.
What's involved in being a Trustee?
We work to make the Orienteering Foundation well organised, known and respected; to raise funds; and to use those funds to support deserving people and projects to develop orienteering.
Examples of specific projects that trustees have been involved in leading or steering have included:
- Club development
- Volunteer effort project
- Newcomer Retention
- Technology innovation
- Coaching Days
- Legacy Program
For any grant applications that come in, a Trustee is typically nominated to lead the assessment, gather further information, and present to the board.
Trustees are not currently expected to seek donations from current or potential donors (although everything they and Ambassadors can do to generally "spread the word" about the Orienteering Foundation helps).
Each year, the Board have four meetings, three as video conference calls and one as a face to face meeting. The Board is small which gives everyone a chance to contribute and our meetings are positive and always interesting. There is also usually discussion by email between meetings, making them more efficient and allowing Trustees to put forward ideas and opinions in their own time.
We encourage Trustees to be active in their own areas, taking on an Ambassadorial role for their Association to ensure people know what great work we are doing and gathering feedback to make sure our contributions stay relevant.
The standard term for Trustees is 3 years, with a review after each term, and Trustees typically remain for up to 3 terms.
Vacancies
We currently have enough Trustees for the efficient operation of the Orienteering Foundation, and we also have Trustees and / or Ambassadors covering all the home nations and English regions. However, good governance suggests Trustees should not remain in place for more than 3 terms without good reason, and thus we will be seeking trustees in future. Therefore we always welcome expressions of interest. To express interest, ask questions or discuss the role in more detail, please contact the Chair (see here).
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