Foodbank’s TRUSTEES
As a registered charity, the Foodbank has to have a formal organisation behind it. This involves trustees and members.
Trustees have the main responsibility for the running of the charity through the board.
Here is a quick overview of what the Trustees do and the qualities and skills they bring to the Board.
WHAT THEY DO: -
- They ensure that the Foodbank complies with the laws and regulations required of a Scottish Charity. These are laid out in the Foodbank’s Constitution.
- They ensure that the Foodbank keeps to its purpose of providing emergency food to those in crisis in the Kirkcaldy area.
- They meet regularly to review what is working well and how the Foodbank’s operations can be improved upon to better help those in food crisis.
- They work to ensure the financial stability of the Foodbank.
- Where possible they work with other agencies and projects in the Kirkcaldy area to meet the Foodbank’s objective of providing emergency food to those in need.
What qualities they possess.
- They need to be committed to the work of the Foodbank.
- They need to devote sufficient time and effort to this work.
- They need to be good at seeing and planning the best way forward for the Foodbank.
- They need practical common sense when helping to make decisions on behalf of the Foodbank.
- They need to be good at working as part of a team as well as being willing to express their opinion on behalf of the Foodbank.
- They need to understand and accept the legal duties and responsibilities of being a Trustee as they are laid out in the Foodbank’s Constitution.
- They need to have a generous spirit, a real concern for others, honesty, integrity, a willingness to take responsibility and to be accountable for their actions on behalf of the foodbank.
