Become a Trustee

Are you looking to work in a creative environment, and make a difference to your local community?
Have you thought about becoming a trustee?

Reflecting the growth of this small, successful charity, Gladrags Community Costume Resource are looking to recruit up to three additional Trustees. You would be joining a small team of part-time staff and 40 trained volunteers, on whom we depend to maintain our collection of 8000 pre-loved costumes and artefacts.

What are Gladrags' vision and mission?

Our Vision: To provide the widest access to quality, repurposed costumes, in an inherently sustainable way. 

Our Community: Youth and community projects; schools, colleges and higher education; amateur and fringe theatre, film and arts;
charities and not-for-profits; museums and heritage. 

Our Mission: Arts, Education, Wellbeing & Community 

• To provide quality costume hire, at a subsidised rate for our community, and the wider arts sector

• To enable transformative experiences that educate, entertain and serve our community

• To repair, repurpose, or re-home our pre-loved collection, reducing textile waste

• To inspire learning through a range of tactile and authentic resources

• To support a diverse range of arts and wellbeing projects within, and for, our community: 
  - Inclusive services and projects that reach people experiencing isolation and disadvantage
  - Fostering connection through creativity, learning, dress-up, and participation. 

What does it mean to be a Gladrags trustee?

Your impact as a trustee will enable us to develop key areas, share expertise, help us reflect and move forward. Trustees meet 4 to 6 times a year, and work with our Director and management team to set the strategic direction of the organisation, monitor budgets, govern operations.  

Expertise in the following areas are of particular interest: income generation, property, business or marketing; policy and governance; the arts industry; the voluntary sector. Because we acknowledge the value of life-experience alongside professional skills, we are equally keen to hear about other knowledge and skills that you feel you could contribute.

Trustees give their time on a voluntary basis, as required by charity law and we are looking for people who are able to be proactive and commit time in between meetings to share expertise and give advice (equivalent to half a day a month). We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values equality for volunteers and workers alike. and work hard to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work.

If our mission and purpose resonate with you, join us in shaping the next chapter of the Gladrags journey.