Volunteer Trustee for refugee/migrant charity

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a new trustee with experience of working in fundraising to join our experienced and committed board. We are particularly interested in trustees who have lived experience of migration, either from claiming asylum in the UK or navigating the immigration system. You will join our main trustee board and one of our committees depending on your expertise. LRMN exists to empower refugees and other migrants and to bring about systemic change to remove the challenges they face. Our services include providing specialist legal advice on immigration, housing and welfare benefits. We support women who survived trauma and we offer them 1:1 counselling and therapeutic activities. In addition, we support people who are struggling to access healthcare services. We advocate and campaign against the hostile environment. We also provide hardship funds and food parcels to destitute refugees and migrants. As a trustee you will be expected to attend a quarterly board meeting, join a sub-committee which also meets quarterly and offer support relevant to your expertise. We have three sub-committees: Organisation Development; Finance, Risk and Compliance; and Fundraising and Marketing. Meetings normally take place in the evening from 6pm and last about 2 hours. The sub-committee meetings are online and the full board meetings are a mix of online and in-person meetings. You will need to be able to attend face to face meetings in London.

What are we looking for?

You will have: - at least 3 years of working in a professional capacity involving work in fundraising - an understanding of charity governance - an interest in the refugee and/or migration sector Desirable: - lived experience migration.

What difference will you make?

You will help shape the direction of the organisation, ensure that we are well governed and support senior staff to ensure LRMN is a great place to work.