Board Opportunities

Stramash Outdoor Nurseries is recognised as Scotland’s largest provider of immersive early years childcare, delivering the magic of nature-based education through strong relationships and enriching outdoor environments. We are seeking new board members committed to our ethos and ready to strengthen our governance.

What We Are Looking For:

Successful candidates must align deeply with the Stramash ethos and possess proven governance experience.

Essential Governance Focus:
Trust/Charity/Corporate Governance: Significant experience in organisational governance, strategy, and compliance.

Highly Desirable Experience (Though Not Essential):We value diverse skills and encourage applications from all backgrounds. However, we especially welcome professional expertise in:

Understanding of the Outdoor/Childcare Sector: Experience in children's education or outdoor learning.
Human Resources (HR)
Marketing & Communications
Financial and or Legal Skills
Commitment to Diversity
We actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds to ensure a broad range of perspectives contribute to our governance.

If you would like any more information please contact Josh or Cameron. Josh@Stramash.org.uk / Cameron@Stramash.org.uk

Youth Highland supports a large network of community led youth organisations across the Highlands.

As and Area Association of Youth Scotland, we currently support nearly 10% of the national netowkr of community based youth clubs.

We currently have about 60 member clubs who run more than 150 regular youth groups and work with more than 6000 children and young people. Our member clubs have more than 600 staff and volunteers.

We are looking for individuals to join our Board of Directors.

Skills in youth work, education or training, governance, HR, fundraising would all be very useful on the Board.

Board members will be expected to attend between 6 and 8 Board meetings per year, usually online.

We would be happy to answer any questions and look forward to welcoming new people to be a part of our exciting organisation.

Get in touch with Clair Wallace, Chief officer for more information: clair.wallace@youthhighland.org.uk

Groam House Museum is an independent charitable museum holding nationally significant Pictish sculptured stones, the George Bain Collection, and local history material. The museum is entering an important period of development, including preparation for a feasibility study to explore future development, accessibility, and long-term sustainability.

We are seeking to recruit 2–3 new trustees to strengthen the board and help shape the museum’s next chapter. We are particularly interested in individuals with experience or strong interest in one or more of the following areas:

· Museum or heritage development

· Strategic planning or organisational change

· Capital projects, feasibility studies, or redevelopment

· Audiences, digital engagement, or marketing

· Fundraising, philanthropy, or income diversification

· Creative practice, design, or interpretation

· Tourism, visitor experience, or place-based development

Trustees are non-executive volunteers who contribute at a strategic level, supporting and working with the Museum Manager and acting as ambassadors for the museum.

Previous trustee experience is welcome but not essential. We are keen to hear from people who bring ideas, curiosity, and fresh perspectives.

Number of meetings per annum/time commitment:

Approximately 8 board meetings per year, with some additional involvement during key development phases.

Daytime or evening meetings:

Usually daytime meetings, but we are able to be flexible; some meetings are held online.

Ewen’s Room is a grassroots mental health and suicide prevention charity serving Lochaber and the West Highlands.

We are looking for 2–3 new Trustees to join our volunteer Board and help guide the charity’s strategic direction. Trustees meet quarterly (usually online) and spend around 4–6 hours per quarter reviewing reports and attending meetings.

If you have skills in finance, education, health, fundraising, governance, marketing, or community engagement, and want to make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including first-time trustees, who share our commitment to mental health and community-led care.

Visit www.ewensroom.com/trustees-wanted for a full role description and application form, or email info@ewensroom.com.

Join us as a Trustee and Treasurer

This is a great opportunity to make a difference to our wonderful woodlands and work with a really nice group of people.

What we're looking for:

• You don't have to be an accountant or an expert, we have a simple system and someone to mentor you
• If you do your own online banking that's all you need to know!

Time commitment:

• Less than an hour a week
• Quarterly board meetings (4 per year)

No experience required as full training will be provided. Questions? Get in touch, more details from dunaincommunitywoodland@gmail.com

Please contact us letting us know a little about yourself, why you would like to join us and what you could offer. We welcome all apllicants and our trustees are involved in all aspects of the community woodland, so whether you want to get your hands dirty, meet new people or work from home, we'd love to hear from you!

In addition we are looking for someone who can provide oversight to our accounts once a year. If you are an accountant or run your own business this would need just a couple of hours once a year.

We are a small SCIO based on the west side of Inverness managing a 40 hectare site that includes woods, ponds, open grassland and part of the Great Glen Way. We have a keen group of weekly maintenance volunteers and we organise conservation days, nature walks and kids activities throughout the year. We have a small operating cost and around 50 members giving us a regular subscription income, alongside small donations and grants.

The Chair of the Clay Studio Board will provide strategic leadership for a community-rooted arts charity based in Merkinch - one of Scotland’s areas of highest deprivation, but also a place with a strong, resilient community determined to see the area flourish.  The Clay Studio plays a vital role in this landscape through accessible pottery facilities, youth programmes, and creative sessions for people with additional needs, offering a welcoming space where creativity supports confidence, wellbeing, and connection.

The Chair will guide the organisation through a period of governance strengthening and cultural renewal, working closely with fellow trustees to ensure robust, transparent governance in line with OSCR requirements. Responsibilities include convening and facilitating board meetings, supporting policy and financial oversight, and ensuring the Manager is well-supported through clear communication and healthy role boundaries.  The Chair will help shape a positive board culture grounded in collaboration, accountability, and care - ensuring the charity continues to be a safe, inclusive, and valued community resource.

This role is suited to someone passionate about community development, social impact, and the role of the arts in wellbeing. It offers an opportunity to meaningfully contribute to Merkinch’s ongoing regeneration while developing leadership experience within the third sector. Skills in governance, HR, community work, or organisational development are welcome but not essential; most important is a commitment to the Studio’s mission and a willingness to help steward it into its next chapter.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact the interim chair, Bonnie Forrest - mob: 07539020698, email: bonnie.forrest@theclaystudio.scot

Trustee/Teasurer - Responsible for the good governance of the charity - board member to join a team deicated to enhacing the llives of protected children and adults - Help to develop an independent facility for the provision of rididig for the disabled, learning through horses and sensory sessions . No prior knowldge or connection required, a PVG check will be required

A Treasurer familiar with spreadsheets - Excel etc - to monitor the group finances and prepare end of year accounts iin accordance with OSCR - assist with fundraising if possible.

Attend bi-monthly meetings - report on finances - meetings usually on zoom so distance not a problem.

Wheels in Nairnshire is a SCIO and provides flexible, affordable, door-to-door transport for residents of Nairnshire. We do this through the Nairnshire Dial a Bus and a car scheme using our own EV or volunteers' own cars. Having begun operations in 2021, demand has rapidly grown almost fourfold so we are about to enter a phase of growth, raising new grant funding and building our capacity with support from public sector organisations, including NHS Highland.

The trustees, including the Chair and Treasurer, support and guide the organisation. Some actively participate as volunteer drivers. We are keen to hear from anyone interested in taking this amazing service forward and in particular those with experience as treasurer or secretary and especially those with NHS management backgrounds.

Board members are committed to four meetings per year in person, though of course the Chair, Treasurer and Secretary have other responsibilities involving some additional time. Naturally, we can support those with limited access to personal transport to attend meetings.

Your journey with us starts with a chat with our chair, participation in a board meeting before you join, followed by a thorough introduction to the OSCR guidance on roles and responsibilities

Connecting Carers is a vibrant and growing charity committed to supporting unpaid Carers across Highland. Our mission is to support unpaid Carers in Highland throughout their caring journey. You can make a difference and contribute to this work.

Connecting Carers is seeking new Board Trustees. Board Trustees play a critical role in the future development and governance of the service. Working to the organisation’s values of respect, compassion, inclusion, promoting choice and opportunity we are seeking a diverse range of Trustees with a commitment to the work we do across Highland.

As a Board Member, you'll play a central role in guiding the strategic direction of Connecting Carers. You’ll be part of a dedicated team overseeing our mission to improve the lives of unpaid adult and young Carers across Highland — ensuring our services remain relevant, responsive, and resilient in a changing world.

Board members are not just governance figures — they are champions, advocates, and ambassadors. Whether you're an experienced Trustee or considering your first board role, this is a chance to make a genuine and lasting difference.

Impartiality, equality, fairness, passion, and commitment are essential qualities for our Board Trustees. We are particularly interested in applicants from less represented groups and those with knowledge and experience of the Third Sector, finance, funding, governance, health and social care, communications, business development, social enterprise, lived experience of being an unpaid Carer and strategy.

Board meetings can be attended in person which are usually in Inverness and/or remotely via Microsoft Teams/Zoom.

Hours: Variable according to the needs of the service. On average, one 2 -3 hour meeting every quarter (3 months).

We look forward to hearing from you!

Inverness Samaritans is one of 19 Samaritans branches in Scotland, and 200 across the UK and Republic of Ireland. We work together with them to offer 24x7x365 emotional support to people in distress or despair, by phone, email and webchat. We also offer outreach and training services across the Highlands.

Samaritans was founded in 1953, and Inverness Samaritans in 1973.

We are constituted as a Scottish Incorporated Charitable Organisation (SCIO) registered charity no. SCO22205, and we are affiliated to the Samaritans national charity.

We are seeking two Trustees to join our Board.

More information, including a role description, is available from us at Inverness@samaritans.org and we would welcome an initial conversation about the role as part of your decision of whether to apply.

Thurso Community Development Trust are looking for an individual to join our Board in the role of Treasurer.

This is a strategic role overseeing the financial aspects of the organisation, ensuring that financial records are maintained and kept up to date , and reporting regularly to the Board

Thurso Community Development Trust is looking for someone to take over as Chair ofthe Board of Trustees.

Previous Board experience would be useful, but not essential, as long as you have the passion and cooitment to lead the teams of dedicated trustees, staff and volunteers who help lots of people in Thurso through their various projects.

You'll need to be enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to have aclesar oversightr of the work of the Development Trust. You would be expected to ensure that TCDT meets all its legal and regulatory

requirements. You would Chair monthly meetings of the Board and the AGM

We are looking for two new members to join our Board of Directors. We are looking for women with commitment, skills and passion to help IWA achieve its objectives and be part of vital work challenging and addressing domestic abuse.
We are specifically looking for individuals with skills & experience in finance management, accountancy or working with Third Sector organisations. Please email info@invernesswa.org for further information. 
Please note that due to the nature of IWA’s work, these opportunities are open to women only. These are unpaid, voluntary roles but appropriate expenses can be covered.

As a Board Member you are responsible for the strategic management of the running of the Puffin Hydrotherapy Pool and the supporting Charity Shop, working collaboratively with existing Board Members and the staff.

We are looking for Board members who feel passionate about maintaining and growing the hydrotherapy service for our communities and in particular,  we seek skills and experience in finance and retail. If you have been or are a current user of the pool and would like to be more involved, then now is the time to come forward. Board Members serve in a voluntary capacity.

You don’t need to have previous experience as a Board Member / Trustee to join our Board as we are a friendly organisation who offer training and support as required and on an ongoing basis.

The Highland Senior Citizens Network was formed in 1995 and provides a Collective Advocacy role on behalf of older people across the Highlands. Our motto is 'Nothing about us without us'. We have representation on NHS Highland and Highland Council committees and working  parties relevant to the services provided for older people. We employ two part-time Coordinators. 

 We produce well received bi-monthly News-sheets which have a wide distribution. We have a growing membership of over 350 individual members and 99 local groups members.  

We are always looking for potential trustees, from any background, who are motivated to improve and maintain the well being of older people in the Highlands.  

We run an annual conference each September at which our members from across the region have an opportunity to meet and engage with speakers on a wide variety of issues.

How to apply:

email hscn@hotmail.co.uk or phone 07716884989 or write to HSCN 8 Church Street Inverness IV1 1EA

Growing2gether is now an independent organisation and expanding the Trustee Board. If you see the amazing potential of young people, are touched by their vision, their wish to make a difference in the world, their longing to belong and, to feel that their life matters – this may be for you. If you are also touched by the inequity, the wide attainment gap and the mental health needs of many young people in Scotland today – then this may be for you.

We are looking to recruit more Board members to join the existing group of people that includes the Chair, Treasurer and Secretary.

To ensure we have the skills we need, we would welcome people with skills in:

· Education and working with young people

· Safeguarding

· Charity governance

· Financial management

· Actively support Fundraising (e.g., opening doors to contacts)

· HR

· Public relations and communications

We would particularly welcome people with lived experience of our mission and people who live in the Highland Council region, where our services are based. In the first instance, trustees will be appointed for 2 years, renewable up to a maximum of 10 years. After 2 years, 2 trustees will step down each year by a rolling process to encourage a balance of renewal and retention of expertise. New trustees will be appointed by the board after a transparent recruitment process. Once established, the board may choose to expand its numbers.