East of England

Based in Colchester, firstsite is a leading visual arts organisation for the East of England.

This New Year would you like to do something different? You could use your skills and experience to support a local arts organization and charity.

Optua is a large and fast growing voluntary organisation with a turnover of over £4.5 million a year. It operates through 2 separate charities, Optua East Anglia and Optua UK.  Optua EA campaigns for, and works with disabled people across Suffolk providing a range of services that enable and empower disabled people.

Are you interested in media?  Would you like to offer something back to the community?

Signals is looking for new Board members

Signals Media Arts Centre is looking for volunteer Trustees with a variety of skills and experience who are interested in helping to develop the organisation.  We are looking for people interested film, media, education and community working.

Safer Places is a Domestic Abuse Charity based West Essex, East Hertfordshire and Southend, providing refuges, and outreach support and assistance to the victims of domestic abuse and their children.

In an average year Safer Places supports over 1200 families and the charity manages £2.2m income.

Invest Your Skills with the Hospice ....

• Hamelin Trust is an Essex based charity providing social care and social enterprises for people with a range of complex needs for almost 30 years.  We support people with learning or physical disabilities who may also have sensory impairments and/or challenging behaviours.  We are currently seeking additional voluntary trustees to join our Board of Trustees.  All trustees are subject to an enhanced CRB check and need to provide 2 satisfactory references in line with our registration with Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Invest Your Skills with the Hospice ....

Hamelin Trust is an Essex based charity providing social care and social enterprises for people with a range of complex needs for almost 30 years.  We support people with learning or physical disabilities who may also have sensory impairments and/or challenging behaviours.  We are currently seeking additional voluntary trustees to join our Board of Trustees.  All trustees are subject to an enhanced CRB check and need to provide 2 satisfactory references in line with our registration with Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Froglife is looking for a new Trustee with a background in accounts and financial management to help guide this rapidly developing wildlife charity.  We are looking for someone with a positive, inspirational approach to provide additional