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Closing date for applications: 26th January 2026 at 10.00am&nbsp;Join Yorkshire Dance as a trustee and help build a more equitable future for dance.This is a voluntary position as trustees are not&nbsp;paid for their time but will be reimbursed for&nbsp;expenses incurred to carry out board duties.&nbsp;As a trustee, you will be placed on the public register with Companies House as a director&nbsp;of the company and listed as a trustee of the&nbsp;charity with the Charities Commission.&nbsp;Board meetings are quarterly, virtual or hybrid&nbsp;in Leeds City Centre, with an in-person day&nbsp;session twice a year.&nbsp;Trustees are encouraged to join subgroups&nbsp;which meet every quarter.&nbsp;Trustees are appointed for an initial term of 3&nbsp;years. The maximum term for trustees is 6&nbsp;years. More details of responsibilities of Trustees&nbsp;can be found on the Charity Commission&nbsp;website.&nbsp;The Board's role is to ensure that&nbsp;Yorkshire Dance works towards its&nbsp; charitable aims.&nbsp;It is made up of a passionate group of&nbsp;people who care about what we do,&nbsp;our mission and values.Their shared experience brings&nbsp;knowledge, expertise and dynamism&nbsp;to managing the charity. The board work closely with Hannah&nbsp;(Creative Director) and Jo (Executive&nbsp;Director) to ensure that Yorkshire&nbsp;Dance delivers its mission and vision.&nbsp;They uphold the Company’s values&nbsp;and standards and ensure that its&nbsp;obligations to its stakeholders and&nbsp;others are understood and met. Trustee Responsibilities&nbsp;<ul><li>Work&nbsp;closely with our directors to ensure that Yorkshire Dance delivers its mission and vision. </li><li>Uphold the Company’s values and standards,&nbsp;ensuring&nbsp;that its obligations to its stakeholders and others are understood and met. </li><li>Attend quarterly board meetings&nbsp;(virtual or hybrid)&nbsp;in Leeds city centre.&nbsp; </li><li>Participate in biannual&nbsp;in-person day sessions with all board members and directors. </li><li>Contribute to quarterly trustee sub-groups.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>As well as needing experienced&nbsp;Trustees, we are also&nbsp;relaunching our two-year&nbsp;Onboarding Scheme. This is to&nbsp;give 2 people with no board&nbsp; experience, an opportunity to&nbsp;experience being a trustee.&nbsp;While the post-holders don’t&nbsp;have voting rights, they will get&nbsp;to join governance&nbsp;conversations, sit on&nbsp;subcommittees and attend&nbsp;meetings for 2 years to learn&nbsp;more about the role of trustees&nbsp;within an arts charity.&nbsp;We welcome applications from&nbsp;people who are currently&nbsp;under-represented at board&nbsp;level in the arts organisations of&nbsp;Leeds.&nbsp;Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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