Trustee Youth Arts Charity Volunteer

Overview

Zest, a youth arts charity & limited company, is seeking three new Trustees with experience in finance, risk, governance, fundraising or advocacy to help us deliver our ambitious 2026 - 2030 business plan. We are based in Lincolnshire but work nationally.

Our Trustees play a critical role in helping the organisation stay ambitious, grounded, and genuinely accountable to young people.

As we grow, we’re particularly keen to hear from people who can bring strategic thinking and challenge around:

• finance & business
• fundraising, philanthropy & income diversification
• risk, governance or advocacy

What matters most isn’t whether you’ve been a Trustee before – it’s how you think, how you listen, and whether you care about doing this work with integrity.

• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • Advocacy
  • Finance & Business
  • Fundraising & Philanthropy
  • Risk & Governance
• Experience of acting as a confident advocate for an organisation or project.
• Have good, independent judgement so as not to compromise the proper management of the organisation and/or adversely affect the reputation of the organisation.
• Be able to think creatively and collaboratively with a good sense of humour.
• Confident and effective decision maker.
• Be able to work effectively as a member of a team.
• Be open-minded when seeking solutions.
• Have a strategic vision and contribute to the organisation’s continued success.
• Have a strong understanding of confidentiality and be able to implement it.
• Preparedness to offer personal and professional skills and experience to support the work of the staff when required.
• Willingness to devote the necessary time to the duties of a trustee.
• Understanding of & commitment to Equality & Diversity.

Zest Theatre is registered as both a company limited by guarantee (Company No. ) and a registered charity (Charity Reg. No. 1144299). Board members are therefore Directors of the Company and Trustees of the Charity.

The Board is responsible for the charity, ensuring that programming, strategic, and operational decisions are in line with the organisation's objectives and are operated within the legal requirements.

The Board of Trustees meets virtually quarterly, plus one in-person Board Away day each year – usually in Lincoln. Trustees may be invited to join a sub-committee, contribute to working groups or bring individual expertise to specific time-limited projects. We encourage applications from across the country. You don’t need to be based in Lincoln, and you don’t need to have been a Trustee before.