Trustees: Someone backed you. Now it''s your turn

Help steer a charity that changes young lives - Trustee Dallaglio RugbyWorks Voluntary (travel expenses reimbursed) London / Remote c25-30hours per annum Three board meetings a year plus AGM Dallaglio RugbyWorks is seeking new Trustees to join its Board and help lead the charity through its next stage of growth. Most people who have done well can name someone who believed in them before they had proved anything. Thousands of young people in the UK have no one like that. Our job is to change that, and the Board s job is to make sure we do it well. About Dallaglio RugbyWorks Dallaglio RugbyWorks is an employment and social mobility charity. We work with young people who have been excluded from mainstream education, so that they are not excluded from society as well. Our work begins at around age 13, often just as things begin to go wrong, and continues until each young person is settled in sustained employment, education or training, sometimes into their mid-twenties. We measure our success by how many of those young people go on to secure a positive future. Our approach Although rugby is at the heart of our approach, this is not a sports charity and Trustees do not need an interest in rugby. Our coaches use non-contact, rugby-based activities to build teamwork, discipline, resilience and self-belief. The sport is a means of engagement. The substance of our work is the long-term support that follows. Our impact In the 2023/24 academic year, 10,885 students were excluded from ..... full job details .....