Chair and Trustees

Home-Start helps families with young children through their challenging times. We support families in the boroughs of Barnet, Brent and Harrow who are facing issues such as loneliness, isolation, financial difficulties, anxiety, post-natal depression, ill health, multiple births or disabilities. We help them grow in confidence, strengthen their relationships with their children and forge links with the local community., We are seeking a Chair and a number of new Trustees to join our Board, to offer strategic support and direction.

We are interested in individuals with experience of working in leadership roles, finance, communications or HR. In particular, we would like candidates with a good grasp of governance, financial management and compliance as they relate to charities, and the role of trustees in ensuring this.

We are keen to recruit from Brent and Harrow, where we have continued to grow our services in the past few years and continue to develop our visibility and reach.

We are very committed to developing a diverse board that is representative of the local families we work with and understand the complex challenges many of them face. This might include lived experience of parenting challenges, migration, being from a minoritised racial community, life on a low income, being LGBTQ+, neurodivergent or having a disability. We also welcome applications from those with experience of our work, as a supporter, a family or volunteer.

Previous experience of being a trustee is welcome but not necessary - we can provide a thorough induction and support for those wishing to gain their first trustee role.