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Ministry of Stories is looking for a new Chair of Trustees. This is a great opportunity for someone who shares our vision of inspiring and supporting young people’s ideas, imagination and voice through their creativity and writing.
Deadline for applications: Monday 17th March 2025.
Download Role PackAs our Chair you will get the chance to use your skills and time to play an important part in our pioneering organisation, helping us grow and develop. You will also get a huge amount in return – you will make a difference to the lives of young people in east London, you will work alongside a dedicated and passionate Board of Trustees, staff team and volunteers, and you will get the chance to experience the mischief and magic that comes with being part of our Ministry of Stories community.
Our Chair of Trustees will:
The types of skills and experience you might have:
Ministry of Stories is growing. We are expanding our trustee team of passionate, skilled and motivated individuals who share our ambition to champion the writer in every child.
It’s an exciting time to join Ministry of Stories as we embark on an ambitious new strategy. We continue to expand our Community Writing Labs to support more children to access free writing programmes at our dedicated writing centre in east London, and are growing our support to schools to meet their needs through creative writing. Our attention-grabbing shop, Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, is growling and growing to keep our monster customer base grizzly through new products and marketing.
The community we support is vibrant and diverse, and we are committed to creating a Board that reflects this. We welcome a conversation with you if you are inspired by our values and feel you can add value – we understand you may not have been a Chair before or think you meet all the desired skills. We are also open to a Co-Chair arrangement.
We also recognise there can be barriers to taking on a volunteer role and we are keen to remove as many as possible – such as supporting travel costs or childcare.
We particularly welcome candidates who define themselves as:
To apply, please send us:
Deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 17th March 2025.
If you have any access requirements please drop us a line to rob@ministryofstories.org and we will do our best to support you to apply.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Ministry of Stories champions the writer in every child.
Co-founded by author Nick Hornby in 2010, we help young people discover their confidence, imagination and potential through the power of their writing. We develop self-respect and communication skills through writing programmes and mentoring for children in our community, working in schools, and at our dedicated writing centre in Hackney. We empower young people to write brighter futures for themselves through the power of their ideas, creativity and imagination.
You’ll find us hidden behind our fantastical shop Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, with all proceeds going back to support our work with young people.
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