Tŷ Cerdd - New Trustees
We want to recruit new trustees to join our skilled, passionate Board.
We are keen to receive applications from people with expertise in accounts/financial management (particularly in charity accounting), in marketing and in income-generation/business-development.
The range of activity at Tŷ Cerdd is incredibly broad, and we want our Board to reflect that breadth – and, importantly, to reflect a modern, diverse Wales, which brings with it a range of lived experience, cultural backgrounds and musical genres. In line with our commitments to our Cornerstones, we are keen to receive applications from individuals who are under-represented or have faced neglect or exclusion from the arts community.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and neurodiverse people, artists who are Black, Asian and from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ people, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
Find out more about us on our website, read our Cornerstones, and if you’re interested (or you know someone who could be), there’s full information on making an application below.
Cornerstones
Tŷ Cerdd's work is built around strong cornerstones which frame its mission.
What does being a TC Trustee involve?
Our Board meets quarterly, and we schedule 12 months of meetings at the start of each calendar year, trying to respond as much as we can to our trustees’ schedules and availability. These main governance meetings are sometimes online and often hybrid (online & in-person simultaneously).
In the months between governance meetings, we hold Board Shorts – more informal, online, hour-long sessions that enable trustees to get under the bonnet of some of our work, and to promote exchange between Board and Staff. Not everyone comes to all of these every month, which is fine; they have created a space for sharing of ideas and increased understanding.
The role of trustee is not an onerous one, but it does of course carry the legal responsibilities associated with being a charity director.
Our trustees tell us they enjoy engaging with each other and with our vibrant organisation. Alongside the serious business of overseeing a charity, TC board membership is a great opportunity to support Welsh music, meet new people and share your own experience and expertise.
So would you like to apply to join the TC governance team?
Please email Abby Charles: abby.charles@tycerdd.org answering the following questions by 17:00 on Tuesday 10 June
(NB: video applications are also accepted – send your video of no more than 5 minutes covering the bullet points below):
- Full name, address, email address, mobile number (and, if applicable, website; social media handles, etc)
- What do you think you can bring to our organisation? Please tell us a little about yourself, and how you feel your experience can contribute to Tŷ Cerdd. (max 250 words)
- What about Tŷ Cerdd particularly interests you? (max 250 words)
DEADLINE: Please email your application to Abby Charles by 17:00 on Tuesday 10 June
We’ll be in contact with you during the later part of June.
... or would you like a conversation to find out more before you apply?
Email Abby Charles: abby.charles@tycerdd.org, who will be happy to answer any queries by email, or to arrange a phone or video call with Deborah Keyser (Tŷ Cerdd’s Director) or Rachel Ford-Evans / Harriet Wybor (Tŷ Cerdd’s Co-Chairs)