Volunteer Finance Trustee

What will you be doing?

The Let’s Play Project is a highly regarded and professionally run charity in Banbury, Oxfordshire, that provides play and leisure opportunities to disabled young people between the ages of 5 and 25. Let's Play Project was started in 2001 by a few parents to give their children with special needs an access to the mainstream play and leisure opportunities with support. Since then, it has grown into a charity commissioned by Oxfordshire County Council and regulated by Ofsted and the Charities commission, supporting over 100 families in North Oxfordshire. Let's Play is run by a talented and committed core staff of 5, supported by a large and diverse team of play workers and a board of Trustees. Young people are at the heart of everything we do. We provide an after school and holiday club, a youth group and young adults daytime group. These all give vital play, learning and friendship opportunities for young people with learning and physical difficulties who cannot access mainstream extra-curricular activities. Let’s Play project is proud of its’ well established, dedicated, highly skilled and inclusive board of Trustees, who all find their roles incredibly interesting, positive and fulfilling. Our current Finance Trustee has been in his role for 6 years and it is time for a succession. At Let’s Play, we play to each other’s strengths, and everyone has a lot of transferable skills that are incredibly useful in this setting. Come and meet us, let us share our vision and aspirations - and we guarantee there will be plenty of fun and challenges but equally you will feel how your input makes a difference in the lives of our young people and their families. Let’s Play employs a finance assistant, reporting to the Charity Manager, who is responsible for finance tasks. Trustees meet 4 times a year as a Board and undertake a broad range of projects (big and small) in the interim. You will also be chairing a Finance subcommittee that meets to regularly to focus on details of the charity finances.  Relevant skills and experience include:

Financial Planning, Budgeting, and accounting qualification Expertise in Finance and relevant regulations Experience working with non-profit organizations or government entities is a plus, but not necessary Personal Integrity Excellent written and verbal communication skills Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Commitment and ability to work and effectively as a member of a team.

What are we looking for?

If you have experience in running a business or non-profit organisation, knowledge and skills in the area of Accounting and Finance as well as the time and commitment to be part of our pretty incredible team and service, you will be able to add plenty of value. We play to each others' strengths and everyone has a lot of transferable skills that are incredibly useful in this setting. Come and meet us, let us share our vision and aspirations - and we guarantee there will be plenty of fun and challenges but equally you will feel how your input makes a difference in the lives of our young people and their families.

What difference will you make?

Having you on Board will allow us to provide and sustain opportunities to grow as an organisation - to expand our services to more families and age groups, so more young people are included and are having fun, allowed to chill and express, have a place where they feel safe and can form friendships.