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Trustee Opportunities The Diana Aw ard

Thank you for your interest in The Diana Award and your enquiry aboutbecoming a Trustee. The Diana Award is proud to be youth-led with young

Trustees and a Youth Advisory Board really steering the work that we do.

This information pack has been designed to provide you with information about

The Diana Award as well as what being a Trustee involves and the process you

need to follow. This pack contains:

History of the Diana Award

Our Awards and Programme The Whos Who of The Diana Award

The Role Description of a Trustee

Your Commitment and Benefits

Timeline of the application process

If you would like to become a Diana Award Trustee, we ask you to send us a

completed application form. The Trustees and Award Holders will then shortlist

applicants to be invited to interview. The interview and application process is

designed to ensure that potential candidates will bring relevant skills andexperience to the Board of Trustees.

Interviews will take place in London, after which a successful applicant will be

named.

In order to apply please complete the separate application form and return,

either by post to Board of Trustees, The Diana Award, 20 Buckingham Street,London, WC2N 6EF or email to [email protected] by 1pm

on Monday 18th October

Ben is also available to answer any questions you have, or ring the Diana

Award office on 0845 3372987

Many thanks again for your interest, we look forward to receiving your

application.

Maggie Turner OBE Ben BilverstoneChief Executive Young Trustee


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We are a UK wide charity, founded in 1999 by the Diana Memorial Committee to

act as a lasting legacy to Princess Dianas belief in the power of young people to

change the world.

The Diana Award is a unique lifetime honour presented to young people, just

ike you, who invest a huge amount of energy to improve the lives of others.

We are passionate about all young people, and through our Alumni Programme,

we harness theircompassion and commitment to create a society we all would like to live.

Over 30,000 young people have received our Awards since 1999, and we

couldn't be prouder of them all!

Our visionTo promote a culture that celebrates young people from all sections of society

who have made a selfless contribution to their community. By recognising the

amazing work they do we can support and encourage young people to continuechanging their communities for the better.

Our values

Youth centred: Our Award Holders always come first and we give them a

eading role in the organisation

Celebratory: We know that our Award Holders are fantastic individuals who

have gone above expectation to help others and we will always highlight their

achievements

Collaborative: We work with other organisations that share our objectives, toenhance the impact of our work and deliver value for money for our supporters.

Proud: We are proud of our Award Holders, and that pride will always bereflected in our work.


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Our awards

The Diana Award has three awards:

Diana Aw ard for inspiring individuals,

Diana Anti-Bullying Award for young people who have tackled bullying

Diana Certificate of Excellence for groups of young people who have

made an exceptional contribution to their community.

We create 4,000 new Award Holders each year.

For young people who receive this Award it is truly life-changing, as they dont

seek reward for the work they do and for many it may be the only recognition

they receive. It often comes at a pivotal time in their life and empowers them

to continue to contribute to their communities.

The start of the journey

Award Holders are invited to join our Alumni Programme, which runs in threestreams:

INVOLVEWorks with Award Holders in their local communities, linking young

people together and supporting projects and campaigns.

ENGAGEWere always looking for young people to be involved in projects,

consultations, internships, volunteering and strategic roles as they come up.

TRAINING SESSIONS Progressive pathways of skills development

The Alumni Programme is steered by Award Holders themselves, with the

support of The Diana Award alumni team.


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Our TrusteesChair Derek Gannon: Chief Operating Officer of the Guardian News and Me-

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Alex Birks-Agnew : Secondary School Teacher and Diana Award Holder

Benjamin Bilverstone: Student and Diana Award Holder

John Box: a former Managing Director from Barclays Capital

Aaron Ross: Chief Executive of First Care

Victoria Sabin: Communications Specialist Sabin Communications

Pat Samuel CBE: Deputy Director of the Office of Civil Society

Mark Watts: Managing Partner of Marwyn Investment Management

Our Staff

Maggie Turner OBE: Chief Executive

Tessy Ojo: Director of Operations

Nicola Berry: Awards Manager

Katie Marple: Alumni Coordinator

Tom Green: Project CoordinatorChildren's Commissioner's Children and Young Person Advisory Group

Steve Hallam: Director of Fundraising

Shezmin Kassam: Young Anti-Bullying Alliance Coordinator

Austin Nwadike: Alumni Project Officer

Didi Nwankwo: Project Administrator

Children's Commissioner's Children and Young Person Advisory Group


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You now know a little about the Award and our work over the past decade. Now

ts time to understand why you feel youd make a good Trustee.

Your application will let us know who you are, what your strengths and

weaknesses are and most importantly if this is the right position for you.

We have outlined what will be expected from you as a Trustee, this is a serious

role and we will expect your full commitment. Make sure you read andunderstand the role description before going any further.

Role Description

You will be expected to:

Actively participate as a member of the Trustee Board and ensure the Board

fulfils its responsibilities to The Diana Award.

Provide support to the Chief Executive and other relevant Diana Award staff

in your area of knowledge.

Act as an ambassador for The Diana Award, be committed to the otherAward Holders, and assist in building up a network of relationships to

secure the organisations future.

Have an interest in young people, and recognise that their views and full

participation is vital for society.

Be dedicated to the vision and values of The Diana Award.

Duties and tasks

The tasks of the Trustee Board are as follows:

Assess and manage and potential obstacles to The Diana Awards vision,

values and sustainable future.

Ensure that the highest possible standards of governance are practised andthe structure is appropriate to a charity of its size/complexity, stage of

development with regular reviews.

To continue the regular reviews of the Trustee Boards performance;

ensuring that Trustees always act in the best interests of the charity.

Support a system that ensures that Award Holders views are represented.

Play a key role in building up the Organisations network of contacts andpromoting it to a wider audience of potential beneficiaries, donors and other

interested parties

Represent the Organisation at relevant key meetings and attend Diana

Award events as an ambassador for the Charity.


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If you are interested in becoming a Trustee for the Diana Award then

please read this candidate profile to see if you fit our requirements.

You must:

Be an Award Holder, who has a key interest in The Diana Award

Have the ability to work in as a team member

Have a strong sense of networking skills

Be motivating and inspiring to young people and the Diana Award

Be aged 18+

The following points are not essential but are desired.

Previous board, charity or committee work experience

Strong ambassadorial skills

Commitment

You must be able to attend at least 3 out of 4 pre-arranged Board

Meetings per annum. This is a voluntary role that would require the equivalent of 8 hours

per month including meeting and preparation time.

Be prepared to attend Diana Award events

Trustees serve for a two year term, after eighteen months a newTrustee will be recruited and will be mentored for six months.

Benefits

People become trustees for many different reasons, but some of the

benefits of being a trustee are listed below:

exercise skills in a different context, or maintain skills no longer used

give something back to the community

gain experience of management and develop new skills

gain experience in the charity sector

make a direct contribution to the work of your preferred charity

Induction and Training

As part of The Diana Awards support for young Trustees, we will send newTrustees on a full weekend induction process covering the skills and

knowledge required to be a Trustee. We also buddy new Trustees withexisting Trustees who have been on the Board for a year, to support them.


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Applications open

Monday 27th September

Applications deadline

Monday 18th October - 1pm

Notification if you have an interview

Friday 22nd October

InterviewsTo be confirmed

Notification of outcome

Friday 29th October

Date of first meeting

Tuesday 30th November

Once you have read all this information and would like to apply to be a

Trustee then you will need to download and complete the Trustee

Application form. If you have any additional questions then you can con-

tact the Trustee Mentor: [email protected] or call theoffice on 0845 3372987

We recommend that you look over the The Charity Commissions

publication: The Essential Trustee - an Introduction, which can be found at

this web address: www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Publications/cc3.aspx

We look forward to hearing from you!

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