The search is on for two new trustees for Rowntree Park

The Friends of Rowntree Park are recruiting trustees – if you are passionate about your park, nature and community – they need you!

They are looking for two new trustees who are passionate about nature and about community, and who have the time and energy to contribute to their work.

The Friends became a charity in 2019.

In recent years, we have greatly increased membership and volunteer numbers, as well as the range and breadth of activities. 

The Friends help maintain and improve specific areas of the park with gardening groups, and they run a range of community events and projects, as well as educational programmes.

Most of the work is voluntary but they have a paid part-time Charity Manager whose work includes managing the membership and volunteers, communication, event organisation, social media etc, and two other part-time workers (admin and gardening).

They are looking for two new trustees to join our existing team of seven.

They seek people with a strong commitment to the organisation’s aims and values, who are collaborative in approach and who, in due course, may be interested in leadership roles (such as chair/deputy chair).

Applications from individuals with experience in the following areas are particularly welcomed; financial and legal aspects of charity work, fundraising, marketing and PR – but this list is certainly not exclusive.

Personal knowledge of the park and the Friends is also helpful.

The role of trustees is voluntary and unpaid. Trustees serve three-year terms (with a maximum of three terms consecutively).

For more information see this link on their website