In order to strengthen the governance of the new charity we plan
to recruit additional Trustees who will join the existing Trustees
to make up the new Board. The new Board will elect a new
chairman.
We are looking to recruit Trustees with knowledge and
understanding of a variety of disciplines and who are keen
to help us develop the services which St. Clare’s currently
offers. In particular, we are looking for applicants with previous
experience in the following areas:
•
Accountancy and Finance
•
Communications and Marketing
•
Nursing /Allied Health Professionals
•
Medical
•
Commercial / Contracts Management
or NHS commissioning
•
Legal
•
Adult Social Care
2014/15 also saw a review of St. Clares Hospice Trading Ltd and
at the end of 2014, the Board of Trustees decided to implement
new retail management arrangements in 2015.
At it’s their meeting in November, the Trustees voted in favour
of a phased implementation of a new management structure
which includes:
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a Retail Manager to take overall responsibility for the
retail business.
•
Part-time Shop Managers to look after our larger
shops.
•
a part-time Ecommerce/Back Office Administrator
(initially on a 12 months fixed term basis) to support
Cybertill, Ecommerce and Gift Aid activities.
The Board of Trustees will in due course review the impact of
these changes before deciding on the next steps in rolling out
the new structure.
The principal reasons for the changes in management
arrangements are to:
•
strengthen the management arrangements and
improve communications
•
maximise our income from our trading activities
•
develop longer term plans to overhaul St. Clares Retail
Business
•
support the recruitment and retention of volunteers
working in our stores.
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