Join our team
We currently have four trustee vacancies and are looking for new people to join our team. Our current team is made up of AAC users, parents of AAC users and speech and language therapists. We are particularly keen to attract someone who would be interested in becoming our Treasurer, as our current Treasurer will be stepping down at the AGM in November. Above all, the key quality we are looking for is enthusiasm to support those with communication difficulties.
Anyone over 18 can be a Trustee. 1Voice trustees work together to make sure AAC users and their families are at the heart of everything we do.
Our key activities throughout the year are:
• Planning and organising the annual residential weekend
• Running the role model programme
• Organising online events
• Keeping in touch with members via the website, newsletter and facebook page
• Contributing to key external events such as the Communication Matters Conference
What Commitment is involved?
• monthly online meeting on a weekday evening (roughly 1 hour)
• get a DBS check (paid for and administrated by 1Voice)
• complete a short online safeguarding training (paid for by 1Voice)
• stay in touch between meetings via our online messaging app
If you’re interested in joining us, or if you know somebody who you think would make a great trustee, drop us a line at 1voice-admin@1voice.info or message us on Facebook.
What is being a trustee like?
By Alison Douthwaite, Co-chair of Trustees
I remember feeling worried myself not very long ago about what might be involved. I had been to a couple of residentials with my daughter and was so happy to find something so tailored to AAC users. When I saw 1Voice needed a trustee, I wanted to help because I felt the charity was so unique and so valuable, but I didn’t really know if I would be able to do it, or whether it would be stressful to take on the commitment. It has actually been fun, rewarding and totally manageable. The group is welcoming, supportive and really open to new ideas and opportunities. The monthly meetings are scheduled at the end of each meeting, so you know well in advance, and are well-organised and relaxed. As there is a big team and most of them have been with 1Voice for a long time, there is lots of experience to draw on and lots of support as you settle into being a Trustee.