Charity trustees play a very important role in making sure that the Charity is run in the interests of the people it is there to support. They strategically oversee the management and administration of the organisation. A trustee role in a charity is to be the guardians of purpose, making sure that all decisions put the needs of the beneficiaries first.

They safeguard the charity’s assets – both physical assets, including property, and intangible ones, such as its reputation. They make sure these are used well and that the charity is run sustainable.

Trustees don’t usually do the day-to-day running of the Charity. This is delegated to the staff instead they play the role of a critical friend to our chairman and Coordinators as we will be on hand to support.

Most Trustee boards meet four to eight times a year and focus on particular areas of work or projects. We engage trustees to get involved with our teams as well as having a good understanding of their charity work overall.

Southend Street Pastors are Christians and we have many faith groups which are part of our teams so it’s very important but not essential that people applying must be Christians and belong to a local Church.