Could you become a trustee? Citizens Advice Test Valley recruiting

Citizens Advice Test Valley’s (CATV) board brings together people with varied skills, backgrounds and life experiences. We have vacancies and want new trustees from across the community.

Trustees are independent volunteers who govern a charity. It is a serious commitment, but it can be highly rewarding.

As a trustee, you will share legal responsibility for running the charity and work with the board and senior managers to make a difference. The role is unpaid, but we cover travel expenses.

You do not need previous trustee experience. We provide the training and support you need and welcome people with varied skills and backgrounds.

We want an inclusive board that reflects a wide range of experiences and voices. Whatever your background, we want to hear from you.

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Join our board to develop your skills, widen your network and make a bigger difference. You will:

· Work with committed people from all walks of life and build connections that support your personal and professional development

· Use your skills and experience to create positive change in Test Valley

· Advance our charitable aims while advocating for and empowering our clients.

As a trustee, you will commit time to:

· Two office visits to observe our work

· Four in-person board meetings, lasting around two hours each

· Serving on a subcommittee that meets twice a year

· Attending our annual general meeting in October

Questions? Please email co@testvalleycab.org.uk.

Whatever the issue, we can help you find a way forward

We offer Test Valley residents free, independent, confidential and impartial advice on benefits, work, debt, money, energy, relationships, housing, rights, discrimination, tax, healthcare, education and more.

Check the Citizens Advice website for advice 24 hours a day: www.citizensadvice.org.uk

Email us through our website 24 hours a day: www.testvalleycab.org.uk/email-advice-form

Call us free from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday: 0808 812 6681

Visit us at:

9:30-12, Monday to Thursday: First Floor, Chantry House, Chantry Way, Andover, SP10 1LZ

9:30-12, Monday to Friday: Former Magistrates’ Court, Church Street, Romsey, SO51 8AQ

Advisers are also available at Andover and Romsey foodbanks during opening hours, and at Whitchurch Town Hall on Tuesdays from 9:30am to 12:30pm.

In the year to March 2023, Citizens Advice Test Valley helped 4,290 people with 11,419 issues and secured almost £350,000 through unclaimed benefits and debt write-offs.

By Ange Moon