Trustee Recruitment Pack

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1 Trustee Recruitment Pack Last updated on 16 April 2018

2 Message from the Chair Thank you for your interest in Cardiff Women s Aid. For over 40 years, Cardiff Women s Aid has been working with and for women and children in Cardiff. We are committed to promoting equality between women and men in our city, through providing 24/7 crisis support for those at risk of violence, as well as a range of support and development services both from our one stop shop Women s Centre and out in the community. As part of this vital work, Cardiff Women s Aid requires a committed and enthusiastic Board of Trustees, and we are currently recruiting for some new Trustees to join our existing team. This document will provide you with some more information about our organisation, the role of the Trustee as part of it, as well as introducing the current Board. If you would like any more information, please see our website ( or contact Harriet Horn (harriet.horn@cardiffwomensaid.org.uk). We very much look forward to hearing from you. Paul Bevan Who we are: Our Aims, Values and Services... 1 Our Aims: Support, Empower, Raise awareness and Prevent... 1 Our Values: Human Rights and Equality, Respect and Self-help... 2 Being a CWA Trustee... 2 Meet our Trustees... 3 Becoming a CWA Trustee... 6

3 Who we are: Our Aims, Values and Services Message from the Chief Executive Officer I am proud to be the Chief Executive of Cardiff Women s Aid, giving me the opportunity to work on issues of violence and abuse within our society, and to ensure that services meet the needs of the women and children who are affected. Cardiff Women's Aid provides crisis accommodation and specialist support to women and children at risk of domestic abuse. A central part of our work is ensuring the provision of 24/7 support for women and children at risk of violence. Beyond this, we offer a range of age-appropriate preventive services, and undertake extensive work with other agencies throughout the city to identify and support those at risk of violence. We have a number of refuges in Cardiff, as well as a central hub the Women s Centre where women and children can access a range of support services. My commitment to social justice, fairness and equality has driven my work and activism choices, and I firmly believe that we can change the world through our personal action. It is this commitment that also underpins the work of our Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees plays a vital role in Cardiff Women s Aid and I am pleased to work alongside such a strong and dedicated team. Morgan Fackrell Our Aims: Support, Empower, Raise awareness and Prevent Crisis support We aim to meet the needs of women and children suffering and at risk of abuse, through the provision of refuge and specialised support services. Empower We aim to provide women with the information and support they need to make informed decisions about their own lives. Raise awareness We aim to highlight the reality of abuse against women and children. Prevent We aim to end violence against women and children. 1

4 Our Values: Human Rights and Equality, Respect and Self-help Human rights and equality We believe in equality between women and men, and that everybody has the right to live free from violence and abuse. We promote equality in all our work. Respect We treat all individuals with dignity and without judgement. Self-help We believe in the capacity of individuals to make their own decisions. Being a CWA Trustee The Trustees play a crucial role in informing the strategic direction of Cardiff Women s Aid, ensuring the organisation is governed correctly, providing financial scrutiny and oversight, and scrutinising the activity of the organisation as well as the operational decisions taken by the CEO. The Trustees undertake this work either as part of a full Board or within one of two Sub-Groups (Finance and Risk; and Human Resources and Governance). All work is undertaken on a voluntary basis, as valued members of the wider Cardiff Women s Aid team. All Trustees are responsible for Cardiff Women s Aid. However, they are acknowledged to be working as part of a team. Trustees are expected to show levels of skill, care and competence appropriate to their actual knowledge and experience. As such, individual Trustees are entitled and expected to draw upon the skills and expertise of other members of the Board, and to seek external information and guidance where appropriate. Being a Trustee requires a commitment of time to prepare for and attend Full Board meetings as well as Sub-Group meetings and the Annual General Meeting. Full Board meetings are held once every quarter, from 6pm-8.30pm. All Trustees are required to participate in at least one Sub- Group. These meetings are also held once every quarter, from 6pm-7.30pm. Trustees are also encouraged to pay occasional visits to the refuges and the Women s Centre, as well as attend the annual Staff Away-day, the AGM and the Board s annual strategic planning day 2

5 Meet our Trustees Paul Bevan - Chair Paul has worked in the housing, care and support sector for over 30 years. He is Assistant Head of Partnerships for Pobl, a third sector group of care, support and social housing organisations in south Wales and south west England. His role involves securing and developing services to support older people, people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, challenging behaviour and services to prevent homelessness. For 10 years he was a senior manager of Reach (a member of Pobl), which provides care and support services for people with learning disabilities, mental health issues and older people. He has worked for homelessness organisations in Newport and London in roles covering support work, resettlement, management, training, service development and research. This included working as the Welsh Government s Rough Sleeping Advisor. He is a member of Welsh Government s Homelessness Working Groups, is a Trustee of a charitable community café and a volunteer on a breakfast run providing food to people sleeping rough in Cardiff. Rachel Minto - Vice-Chair Dr Rachel Minto is a feminist academic, with a background in women s rights and gender equality, as well as governance. Currently, Rachel is working as a Researcher at the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University, where she is undertaking analysis into the UK s withdrawal from the EU (Brexit), with particular reference to UK devolved politics in general and Wales in particular. Rachel has always been keen to apply her academic expertise and research skills beyond academia. To this end, she has developed experience of policyfocused and strategy-focused research, and is actively involved in extensive knowledge exchange activity, including with Government, civil society stakeholders and the general public. She has worked at Welsh, UK and EU-levels. During her PhD, Rachel worked as an intern at the European Women s Lobby Secretariat in Brussels, where she was involved in advocacy work including in the areas of women s human rights. 3

6 Margherita Carucci Margherita is a Clinical Trial Manager at Cardiff University. She has worked previously in academic research in Humanities and Social Sciences, with a particular interest in the daily experience of ancient Roman women. She has volunteered in a number of charities across Italy, Finland, and UK for over 30 years: in a local parish, arranging recreational activities for groups of children aged 4 to 14; in a primary school as a teaching assistant for children with difficult social backgrounds; for the Tanzania book project which sends books collected from local secondary schools to schools in East Africa; for Kassandra, an international art centre which promotes interaction between Finnish people and immigrants, with a special focus on women, through artistic events. She has also been a Trustee member and Honorary Secretary of the Broxtowe Women s Project in Nottingham, which is a charity company member of the Women s Aid Federation of England supporting services for women experiencing or having experienced domestic abuse. Peggy Jackson - Treasurer Peggy Jackson is an Anglican priest, working as Archdeacon of Llandaff, for the Church in Wales. She is a member of the senior staff of the Diocese of Llandaff, with oversight responsibility for clergy and parishes in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as being a trustee of Llandaff Cathedral and parish priest of St Fagans. She was among the first women to be ordained as priests, over twenty years ago. Since then, she has been involved with groups and individual survivors of abuse, and has campaigned constantly in the churches to raise awareness of violence against women, and to combat gender discrimination. She is a trustee of MAECymru, a new organisation, working to help women realise their full potential at every level of church life, and to make churches into better places of healing and safety for all people. In an earlier life, she worked as a chartered accountant in London and Edinburgh, before changing direction to train for ministry. 4

7 Deborah Perkin Deborah is an award-winning documentary film maker with a passion for social justice. She has investigated paedophilia in the Catholic Church, racism in the British Army, abusive parenting, violent offenders and sharia law. In a long BBC career in London and Cardiff, she enjoyed strategy and policy roles: as BBC Wales Head of Development she spearheaded the increase in Welsh radio and television output UKwide. Alongside her professional life, she has always made time for public service, in school and university governance, and women s and children s charities and lobby groups. She is currently a Welsh Government appointed Member of the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. Sam Taylor Safeguarding Lead Sam is a qualified Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. Over the past few years, she has been providing Psychotherapy in different agency settings and in Private Practice in south Wales dealing with a wide range of emotional and psychological issues including specialist psychotherapy in trauma and sexual abuse. She currently is a volunteer psychotherapist at the NHS Traumatic Stress Service, which specializes in the Treatment of Chronic PTSD. She also had a career working in South Wales Police (SWP) and spent the majority of her 24-year career specialising in child abuse and family liaison. In 1998 she was seconded to the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the International Police Task Force involved in Human Rights Investigations. For the last seven years with SWP she was an Investigative trainer. She has also been involved in training other agencies including on the Local Safeguarding Children Board. She was a member of the National Working Party for Specialist Child Abuse Investigators Development Programme until

8 Becoming a CWA Trustee To begin the application process, please complete the Application Form and return to Harriet Horn (Harriet.Horn@cardiffwomensaid.org.uk). The next stages are as follows: Interview => Meet the Board => Board decision on appointment Please note, all Trustees are required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (police) Check. Contact point for application process: Ms Harriet Horn Address: Cardiff Women s Aid, 16 Moira Terrace, Cardiff CF24 0EJ Phone: harriet.horn@cardiffwomensaid.org.uk Cardiff Women's Aid is a Registered Charity (Number: ) and Company Limited by Guarantee (Number: ). Cardiff Women's Aid is affiliated to Welsh Women s Aid (WWA), an umbrella organisation for independent Women s Aid Groups throughout Wales. For more information, please see the WWA website: 6