Our Trustees are the guiding light of our charity. Our Board of Trustees’ role is to ensure our charity meets its objectives to provide easily accessible skilled support for postnatal physical and mental health in and around West Kent.
Our board of 8-12 trustees work together to set our strategic direction, as well as providing individual skilled support to our team within their specific areas of expertise. We welcome applications from those who have not been Trustees before and training will be provided - we have a mix of novice and experienced Trustees on our board, and those with experience in both the charity, commercial and healthcare sectors. We also really value the diverse lived experiences each of our trustees brings and aim for this to reflect the community we serve.
We are looking to recruit trustees with skills in the following specific areas in order to complement our existing board. We are looking for 2-3 new trustees to cover these areas and do not expect you to have skills in all of them.
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Grant fundraising
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Non-grant fundraising
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Board secretary/ charity policy & compliance
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
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Lived experience of parenthood and grandparenthood
Additional support document Trustee - West Kent Parenting Charity
Baby Umbrella is an award-winning small charity offering breastfeeding and early parenting support to families in West Kent. Our vision is for every family in West Kent to have access to skilled and compassionate support during their parenting journey. We are here to listen, support and empower parents to make the decisions that feel right for them and their babies. Our service makes a powerful impact on families right from the start of their journey.
Baby Umbrella was founded in August 2020 and has experienced considerable growth and development in the past 5 years, raising over £100k of income and supporting 1,100 families per year with 1,600 specialist 1-1 appointments and 600 social visits. We were recognised in 2022 as the Kent Charity Awards Start-up Charity of the Year, and in 2025 we were a Winner in the Kent Wellbeing Awards.
