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Trustee Vacancies
AIM members are welcome to submit their Trustee vacancies to us free of charge. We will promote your vacancy across AIM’s communications channels including our website, social media and eNews.
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Radstock Museum
Radstock Museum (The Museum of Somerset Coalfield Life) is recruiting new Trustees.
Time Commitment: Equivalent to one working day spread over a calendar month
Closing Date: 2023-12-01
Contact Details: chairman@radstockmuseum.co.uk

Court Barn Museum
Guild of Handicraft Trust (Court Barn Museum) in Gloucestershire is recruiting for a Chair and a Treasurer.
Time Commitment: 1-2 days a month
Closing Date: 2023-12-08
Contact Details: Sarah McCormick Healy, Curator of the Museum

Ramsey Rural Museum
Ramsey Rural Museum in Cambridgeshire is currently recruiting Trustees to join its governing Board.
Time Commitment: approx 5 meetings a year
Closing Date: 2023-12-10
Contact Details: zmatthews@ramseyruralmuseum.co.uk

Working Class Movement Library
Trustees play an active role in the Working Class Movement Library and as the Library moves to a new, exciting phase they are interested in receiving applications from potential new Trustees.
Time Commitment: 8 hours a month
Closing Date: 2023-12-15
Contact Details: www.wcml.org.uk

London Museum of Water & Steam
The London Museum of Water & Steam is looking for a forward thinking, visionary leader with a strong track record of governing organisations through change to Chair the Board of Trustees.
Time Commitment: 2 days per month
Closing Date: 2023-12-17
Contact Details: chair@waterandsteam.org.uk

Sherborne Museum
Sherborne Museum in Dorset is seeking a Treasurer Trustee.
Time Commitment: 6 meetings per year
Closing Date: 2023-12-18
Contact Details: chair@sherbornemuseum.com

Burwell Museum
Burwell Museum in Cambridgeshire is looking for a Treasurer who will help us maximise our revenue so we can continue to thrive and expand within the community.
Time Commitment: Monthly meeting
Closing Date: 2023-12-31
Contact Details: Museum@burwellmuseum.org.uk

Robert Burns Ellisland Trust
Robert Burns Ellisland Trust seeks a new Trustee and a Chair to support Ellisland’s wide-ranging conservation, learning and engagement activities.
Time Commitment: Quarterly meetings
Closing Date: 2023-12-31
Contact Details: ellislandchair@gmail.com

The Mercian Regiment Museum (Worcestershire)
The Mercian Regiment Museum has exciting plans and seeks two Trustees with particular skills and experience in Communications and Fundraising.
Time Commitment: 4 meetings per year
Closing Date: 2023-12-31
Contact Details: mlkjackson1981@gmail.com

The Judge’s Lodging Trust
The Judge’s Lodging Trust in Powys is seeking a new Trustee to support a major new capital works project.
Time Commitment: 6 meetings per year
Closing Date: 2024-01-02
Contact Details: Diane.Gwilt@museumwales.ac.uk

The Historic Dockyard Chatham
The Historic Dockyard Chatham is looking for a new trustee with a finance specialism. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a passionate team, to share your professional skills and life experience, and further strengthen an established and much-loved organisation.
Time Commitment: 4 meetings per year
Closing Date: 2024-01-05
Contact Details: kchilds@chdt.org.uk

Tewkesbury Museum
Tewkesbury Museum is seeking two new Trustees – Collections Trustee and Volunteer Manager Trustee.
Time Commitment: The frequency and duration of committee meetings depends on the members’ availability.
Closing Date: 2024-01-31
Contact Details: Paul Drake, finance@tewkesburymuseum.org

Foxton Canal Museum
Foxton Inclined Plane Trust is recruiting new Trustees to help shape their future plans for Foxton Canal Museum.
Time Commitment: Minimum 6 meetings per year
Closing Date: 2024-02-29
Contact Details: info@foxtoncanalmuseum.org

Braintree Museum
Braintree District Museum Trust in Essex is keen for Trustees to provide a diverse community voice, encouragement, strategic direction and specialist support.
Time Commitment: Meetings every two months
Closing Date:
Contact Details: robert.rose@bdmt.org.uk

Museum of the Mercian Regiment (WFR Collection)
One or two Trustees to join a small but dedicated, Board for Museum of the Mercian Regiment (WFR Collection). The Trustees would value interest from anyone who has knowledge of marketing or fundraising.
Time Commitment: 2 meetings a year
Closing Date:
Contact Details: curator@stand-firm-strike-hard.org.uk

Gloucester Civic Trust
Gloucester Civic Trust is looking for new trustees to fill key roles as they develop activities at Bishop Hooper House; a medieval site in Westgate Street, Gloucester.
Time Commitment: Approx 2 hours per week
Closing Date:
Contact Details: chairman@gloucestercivictrust

St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery
Become a Trustee of St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery in Hampshire.
Time Commitment: 5 meetings a year
Closing Date:
Contact Details: maria.ragan@stbarbe-museum.org.uk

Hornsea Museum
Hornsea Museum in East Yorkshire is looking to recruit trustees to take the lead on Museum Accreditation and Collections.
Time Commitment: TBC
Closing Date:
Contact Details: nial.adams@eastriding.gov.uk

Kings Own Royal Regiment Museum
The King’s Own Royal Regiment in Lancashire is seeking to appoint a new Chair of Trustees
Time Commitment: Up to 4 meetings a year
Closing Date:
Contact Details: robin.ashcroft7@icloud.com

Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust
The Board is looking for new members who may be local or otherwise and have an interest in the Maryhill community in Glasgow. It would be particularly valuable to have new members with Fundraising, Legal, Marketing & Comms expertise.
Time Commitment: Board meetings held every 2 months, with various ad-hoc and topical sub-committees meetings in between
Closing Date:
Contact Details: info@mbht.org.uk

Creswell Heritage Trust
Creswell Heritage Trust is seeking two new Board members to help bring new thinking, views and experience and support our organisation as we shape a new future, particularly people with skills and senior experience in Financial leadership/management and Human Resources.
Time Commitment: 4 meetings per year
Closing Date:
Contact Details: https://www.creswell-crags.org.uk/