Charity for Action on Spiritual Abuse Request

Charity for Action on Spiritual Abuse Request

Organisation Description

We are the Charity for Action on Spiritual Abuse.
We are here to make sure that everyone who experiences harm in a spiritual setting receives high-quality support, from organisations that are well equipped to deliver that support.
We deliver this in three ways:

Supporting survivors through trauma-informed and individual support sessions

Delivering Training. We offer a number of training courses to help faith organisations,
statutory and non-faith voluntary organisations, equipping them to recognise and respond appropriately to spiritual abuse. Faith Organisation training courses focus on what it means to build healthy faith cultures where spiritual abuse is prevented, recognised, and responded to appropriately.
Driving Forward Research and Practice Development. We are committed to seeing research into spiritual abuse develop further. We are committed to research informing practice through knowledge exchange and realistic practice development that is influenced by lived experience.

What are they looking for?

We are looking for Trustees willing to bring energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the Trustee role, and who will broaden the diversity of thinking on our board. You do not need previous governance experience – we will provide a full induction and training. As a small charity going through a period of organisational growth it is helpful for trustees to take responsibility for one or more strategic portfolios such as finance, strategic planning, policy, process and guidance oversight, complaints and safeguarding. The role description and can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/t/wGz9tJvlEI3Orxyp Time commitment Trustees would be expected to give between 1 and 2 days per month or 12 to 24 days a year. There is flexibility of when this time is given. This time commitment would consist of a minimum of: Attending 4 Board meetings annually. Currently meetings are held remotely on a quarterly basis. (4 days a year – 0.5 days preparation per meeting and 0.5 days meeting time) Attending our annual strategy day at a central location in the UK (2 days per year – 1 day preparation and 1 day attendance) Taking responsibility for a strategic portfolio (if time/ capacity available) Attending relevant training (1 day per year)