Trustee

Who we are

the Red Shed Project has a beautiful, dementia friendly garden on a quiet and peaceful site in Stevenage. Our horticultural specialists, supported by a team of volunteers, provide a wide range of garden based activities and experiences for people living with dementia and their carers. Our aim is to improve physical and mental wellbeing, alleviate loneliness and reduce isolation.

We run several Garden Clubs throughout the week, enabling our participants to enjoy the well acknowledged benefits of gardening in a relaxed and safe environment. We network and work with a wide range of other organisations and by doing this, we are involved more broadly in the development of services for this group of people.

Our garden is well established, well supported by the community and valued by our participants, who also have a say as stakeholders in the development of the services we offer them.

Trustee Role

We are seeking enthusiastic trustees who will bring a range of skills to our current team and get involved at an exciting stage of the development and expansion of our services.

Our trustees meet approximately every six weeks with the CEO in attendance. We support the CEO in the project’s strategic development and have a range of duties including - but not exclusively – monitoring our financial position and ensuring compliance with our governing document and the law.

Additionally, trustees may get involved in the practical running of the project. Some volunteer at Garden Clubs or in maintaining the site; some represent The Red Shed Project at outside events or attend events we organise for our participants and the wider community; others contribute to task based working groups and bring their professional skills and expertise to the smooth running and development of our services.

What we offer you

If you joined our Board you would become a valued member of a positive, enthusiastic team and have the opportunity to be a part of a project that makes a huge difference to the lives of the growing numbers of people impacted by dementia. We would offer the opportunity for training and you would have the support of members of the Board. 

Our future development and your role in it

We are now at a stage when we are ready to expand and develop our services on a second site, responding to the needs of people living with dementia and their carers in a wider area of the County. If you are excited by the prospect of being involved in this and have skills or experience that would help us move forward, please do get In touch. We are particularly interested in hearing from people with HR, finance or business strategy experience and from anybody with an interest in chairing our Board. But this is not an exclusive list – if you feel that your experience makes you an ideal candidate, we would be delighted to hear from you.