Trustee for The Fountain Therapy Trust - a charity providing affordable counselling in SW London

We are seeking at least two new Trustees to oversee our charity. We offer professional, confidential and affordable counselling to individuals in and around SW London. Our team come from local churches and operate within a Christian ethos.

Description 

The Fountain Therapy Trust is a Charity dedicated to offering professional, confidential and affordable counselling to individuals in and around SW London We are passionate about the value of therapy and believe it should be available to anyone at a rate they can afford. We are conscious that many who would benefit from counselling do not access it because of the limited availability of public services and the high cost of private services.

Established in 2018 we now provide about one thousand counselling sessions per year through a fantastic team of trained and trainee counsellors. We are financially solvent with a turnover of about £20k pa, which is almost all derived from our sliding scale fees. We can offer relatively long-term counselling, typically up to 40 weekly sessions and most of our counsellors work within an integrative / relational framework. We do offer on-line counselling, but most of our work is face-to-face, and this is our preferred way of working.

Our team are Christians from the local area and we operate within a Christian ethos. However, we are delighted to offer our service to anyone regardless of whether they have a faith or no faith at all, and we fully respect each individual's personal beliefs.

We want to increase the strength of our Board - currently we are overseen by only three Trustees, due to recent departures, but want to increase this to our target of 5-6 trustees. As well as providing support to the team in delivering high quality and accessible counselling services and ensuring the Charity meets its financial responsibilities, we are looking for someone to contribute to strategic oversight and effective governance.

We are seeking someone who:

1. Is passionate about the value and importance of emotional and mental health and wellbeing
2. Has experience or insight in areas such as charity governance, strategic planning, finance
3. Is a committed Christian of any denomination
4. Is willing to dedicate time, wisdom and prayer (approx. 4 meetings a year, plus occasional input)