Framework, the charity helping homeless people across the East Midlands, is inviting people who want to make a difference to join its board of trustees.
The charity is seeking board members with financial skills to help the charity navigate a challenging landscape in the years ahead.
Each year Framework supports around 18,000 people with housing, health, employment or support and care needs across Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Sheffield.
Framework, which is both a registered charity and registered social landlord, provides more than 1,300 units of supported accommodation. Its work includes helping rough sleepers, providing emergency accommodation, move-on units and community-based support. It is active in developing new, purpose-built accommodation.
Suzanne Williamson, Framework’s Director of Finance, Governance and Risk, said: “We are keen to attract applicants who share our values and ethos and are committed to helping make a difference to the life chances of some of society’s most vulnerable individuals.
“We are particularly keen to hear from people with expertise in Finance, Commercial and Risk and who possess a finance or accounting qualification.
“By joining our Board of Trustees you will be working alongside our Senior Leadership Team to navigate an external environment that is challenging and continually changing: we have to think carefully about how to create efficiency without compromising on quality.”
These voluntary roles require a commitment to attend eight board meetings each year plus the annual conference. Meetings are held at Framework’s central office in Nottingham but applications are welcomed from across all the geographical areas the charity operates.
Framework has recently welcomed two new board members – Tom Jackson, Director of Operations at YMCA Heart of England, and Jane Bethea, Director of Public Health at North Northamptonshire Council and an Honorary Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of Nottingham.
Tom explained why he wanted to join the Framework board, saying: “It is an organisation that I am very familiar with, having worked in housing-related services across the Midlands for the past 16 years and having lived in Nottingham over this period.
“I have been able to see firsthand the challenges that many people face and the fantastic impact that organisations like Framework can have on a person’s prospects in life.
“The opportunity to join the board and be part of an organisation that is truly committed to tackling homelessness and helping people to reach their potential is something that I felt would be an incredibly fulfilling and rewarding experience.”
Interested candidates can find more information at www.frameworkha.org/about-us/careers/ and are invited to apply online before 5 May 2025. Interviews will be held on 21 May.
