Thank you to our Trustees who support us to create art with our communities, empower us to have important conversations across difference, and inspire us to centre radical care in all that we do! We are still accepting expressions of interest for a new Chair of the Board of Trustees - read more on our website (www.peopleunited.org.uk/jobs/were-recruiting-chair-of-the-board/) or email helen@peopleunited.org.uk with any questions. Picture taken at our March away day with our brilliant trustees and core staff. #TrusteesWeek 👏 🌟 (fb)

We’re Recruiting: Chair of the Board! People United (PU) is an award-winning arts charity. We are based in Canterbury and work in East Kent, making collaborative art where our communities are – anything from 1-1 encounters to large scale public art. Our creative practice centres radical care: a deep, transformative care practice that challenges and goes beyond conventional notions of care. Radical care advocates for a more holistic, intersectional and systemic approach to care, recognising the interconnectedness of social, political, economic and environmental issues. The role of our Trustees is to provide governance to the organisation, ensuring that we achieve our ambitions, and undertake best practice in all areas of our business activities. This includes operating within a care-centred practice as part of our organisational culture. We’re looking for: 🎨 Experience of being a trustee (you don’t need to have been a Chair before). 🎨 Ability to understand and contribute to financial reporting, supported by our current board and treasurer. 🎨 A good understanding of and interest in PU’s artistic practice, care-centred practice and our strategic purpose. 🎨 A strong personal commitment to social justice, championing equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging. 🎨 An inclusive leadership style, being able to inspire and support everyone to participate on an equal footing. 🎨 An ability to listen and engage effectively, being comfortable with challenge and debate, able to encourage that in others whilst fostering a collaborative and accountable board environment. 🎨 An appetite for change and for shaping the organisation through a period of transition and exploration. 🎨 An ability to champion PU’s work in person, through personal networks, both locally and nationally. 🎨 An ability to be responsive when advice, support or authorisation are needed. 🎨 A knowledge and understanding of, and networks within Kent. Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 1st November 2024 - more information on our website: https://peopleunited.org.uk/jobs/were-recruiting-chair-of-the-board/ Artwork featured: Home by Anna Ray (fb)