Become a Trustee
Are you ready for the next step in your volunteering journey? Or perhaps you already have experience of being a trustee and you are looking for a new challenge?
Charities provide services and activities that make a huge positive difference in all areas of our society. Achieving this requires the hard work, dedication and commitment of thousands of charity trustees who give their time and energy to Scotland’s charities.…..but who are charity trustees?
They are sometimes called a committee, a board, panel Directors or something less formal. The Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 states that charity trustees have legal duties and responsibilities.
Charity trustees are the people who control and manage a charity. They are responsible for complying with the law.
There is no minimum age for charity trustees stated in the 2005 Act; however, it is expected that charity trustees are over the age of 16. If any charity trustees are under the age of 16, it would be best to get professional advice to determine if this is suitable, and if there are any legal implications.
All charity trustees have legal duties and responsibilities under the 2005 Act. A duty is something that you must do, and all the duties must be met. These duties are separated out into general duties that set out a broad framework that all charity trustees must work within, and specific duties detailed in the 2005 Act.
For more information about these duties, guidance is available on the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) website.
>You can access the guidance here
SVE provide regular workshops covering Trustees Duties and Responsibilities as well as other training specific to Governance. Contact Leestevenson@sventerprise.org.uk to find out more.
