Trustee

This exciting volunteer role involves setting strategic direction and ensuring the charity is compliant legally and financially while serving its beneficiaries effectively. Key responsibilities include providing governance oversight, challenging leadership decisions, managing risks, and ensuring people with visible differences remain central to all charitable activities.

Lived experience of visible difference is hugely valued.

Key information about the role

• Commitment: An initial term of three years.
• Board meetings: Attend four board meetings in London, one is also an AGM. Meetings can be attended in person or virtually.
• Additional opportunities: Subject to your personal availability, be prepared to join one of the charity’s standing committees or ad hoc committees.
• Closing date: Midnight Monday 27th April 2026 and shortlisting will be completed by 1st May 2026.
• Interviews: Week commencing 4th May 2026.
• This role is voluntary and unpaid. Expenses are paid in line with the charity’s policies

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Key responsibilities

• Agrees the strategic direction of the charity, in line with its governing responsibilities
• Ensures the charity acts within its stated charitable purposes
• Ensures the financial viability of the charity and that its resources are managed responsibly
• Provides constructive challenge, support and scrutiny to the CEO and Directors
• Ensures Changing Faces functions within the legal and financial requirements of a UK registered charity and strives for best practice, transparency and accountability
• Ensures effective governance structures are in place, regularly reviewed and adhered to
• Sets and reviews organisational risk appetite and policy – and assures sound risk management
• Uses specific skills and experience to help the Board of Trustees reach sound decisions
• Acts always in the best interests of the charity’s beneficiaries and ensures the voices and interests of people affected by visible differences are at the heart of all Changing Faces’ decisions and activities

We are looking for

• Experience of working as part of team, collaborative and supportive
• Some understanding of the social, political and economic environment in which the charity operates
• Understanding of the governance, and the legal and financial frameworks within which charities operate
• Understanding of the role of trustees and of the distinction between the executive and non-executive functions in a charity

About Changing Faces

Changing Faces is the UK’s leading charity for everyone who has a mark, scar or condition that makes them look different (a visible difference). Being different in a society where there is such pressure to look a certain way is extremely difficult.

People with visible differences are vulnerable to isolation, loneliness, social anxiety and low self-esteem. They face staring, unwanted attention and even bullying and hate crime. They experience lowered expectations in education, problems getting work and stereotyping in the media. This can have a devastating, and lasting, impact on their wellbeing. Adults often come to us, having never spoken to anyone about the psychological impact of their visible difference before.

Changing Faces provides unique practical, social and emotional support for people affected by visible difference; we challenge discrimination and campaign for a world that respects difference.

Changing Faces wants a future where everyone with a visible difference on their face or body has the confidence, support and opportunity to lead the lives they want.

How to apply

Applications will close at midnight on Monday 27th April 2026 and shortlisting will be completed by 1st May 2026. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to attend an interview with a small panel of Trustees during the week commencing 4th May 2026.

If interested in the role, please apply by sending us:

• Full CV (no more than three sides).
• A supporting statement, no more than two or three paragraphs that sets out why you think this role is the right opportunity for you and for Changing Faces.

Please send these to [email protected] with ‘Trustee application’ as the title of the email.