Become a young trustee at Sound Connections!
Sound Connections, the organisation that hosts Wired4Music, is seeking to appoint two members of Wired4Music (age 18-25) as trustees.
What is a trustee?
“Trustees have overall control of a charity and are responsible for making sure it’s doing what it was set up to do. Trustees are the people who lead the charity and decide how it is run. Being a trustee means making decisions that will impact on people’s lives. Depending on what the charity does, you will be making a difference to your local community or to society as a whole. Trustees use their skills and experience to support their charities, helping them achieve their aims. Trustees also often learn new skills during their time on the board.” Taken from Government guidance – https://www.gov.uk/guidance/charity-trustee-whats-involved
As a trustee you have legal responsibility for the charity’s management and administration. More information can be found via the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-essential-trustee-what-yo...
Legally you must be age 18 or over in order to be a trustee.
As Sound Connections is also a Company Limited by Guarantee, trustees automatically become a Company Director.
What is Sound Connections?
Sound Connections is a music education charity with a mission to develop, enable and empower young Londoners through music. It works in partnership with other organisations to strengthen and fill gaps in music provision so that all children and young people have access to music opportunities. Sound Connections hosts Wired4Music, the network for musically-minded Londoners age 16-25.
In addition to hosting Wired4Music, Sound Connections brings together organisations and practitioners working across four key music specialisms: Challenging Circumstances, Early Years, Youth Voice and Sector & Workforce Development.
Interested and want to find out more?
To read the role specification, read: Sound Connections Wired4Music Trustee role specification 2019-20, which can be found on our website here.
Date Activity Wednesday 19 June 2019 Application deadline Monday 24 June – Tuesday 25 June 2019 Interviews conducted and two Wired4Music trustees selected Tuesday 9 July 2019 Two selected trustees will observe trustee meeting (buddy assigned in advance). Wired4Music trustees confirm they want to commit to being a trustee for one year. End of July Paperwork completed with Charity Commission and Companies House. Tuesday 8 October 2019 Meeting 1 as trustee January 2020 (date to be confirmed) Meeting 2 as trustee April 2020 (date to be confirmed) Meeting 3 as trustee July 2020 (date to be confirmed) Meeting 4 as trustee July-August 2020 Time as trustee comes to an end. Support and signposting provided to other relevant opportunities/progression routes.