{"id":3042,"date":"2014-02-07T13:45:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T13:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?page_id=3042"},"modified":"2014-03-21T10:22:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T10:22:15","slug":"young-trustees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/big-issues\/governance-trusteeship\/young-trustees\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><strong>Aged 18-25 &amp; interested in making a difference?<\/strong><\/h6>\n<blockquote class=\"shortcode quote\">Across the UK, less than 0.5% of charity Trustees are under 25.<\/blockquote>\n<p>But if you are lucky enough to be in that age bracket, then you&#8217;ll know that you could bring a unique perspective to so many charities given the chance.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are interested in Trusteeship (or serving on a committee), then do take a look for local opportunities here.<\/p>\n<p>But we know it can be a challenge, and at VANEL we are looking for ways to both <strong>encourage<\/strong> younger people into governance roles (on boards or committees), and to <strong>support<\/strong> them before and during the experience.<\/p>\n<p>If you think this means you, then please do get in touch with us.<\/p>\n<p>At <strong>VANEL<\/strong>, our young development team &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/projects\/enfuse-2\/\"><strong>enfuse<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; are always interested in supporting younger people &#8211; and helping with Trustee roles is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>At VANEL,<strong> Karl Elliott <\/strong>is coordinating Trustee support initiatives, and <a href=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/big-issues\/governance-trusteeship\/governance-contacts\/\">you can contact him here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some relevant information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/voluntary-sector-network\/2013\/nov\/06\/why-charities-need-young-trustees\" target=\"_blank\">A Guardian article about young Trustees<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.do-it.org.uk\/articles\/types-of-volunteering\/personal-development\/young-trustees\/\" target=\"_blank\">Do-It example of why being a Trustee is a good idea<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/trusteesweek.blogspot.co.uk\/p\/young-trustees.html\" target=\"_blank\">Some stats and thoughts for this years Trustee Week<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustees-unlimited.co.uk\/index.php\/press-media\/94-young-charity-trustees-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\">A Trustees Unlimited article<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoungTrustees\" target=\"_blank\">YoungCharityTrustees on Twitter here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/big-issues\/governance-trusteeship\/\">Back to our Governance section<\/a><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3042\" data-postid=\"3042\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3042 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aged 18-25 &amp; interested in making a difference? But if you are lucky enough to be in that age bracket, then you&#8217;ll know that you could bring a unique perspective to so many charities given the chance. So if you are interested in Trusteeship (or serving on a committee), then do take a look for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":92,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3cThd-N4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3042"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3042"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3208,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3042\/revisions\/3208"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}