About the organisation
We are a leading charity in clergy wellbeing and mental health. Our vision is for flourishing clergy, a healthy church, and transformed communities. We focus on three core areas: Preventive – creative initiatives to enhance clergy wellbeing, reduce stress and build psychological health. Restorative – one-to-one treatment and care for individual clergy and their families. Advocacy – promoting clergy wellbeing and sharing learning between dioceses.
The trustees have agreed the following strategic priorities to help us pursue our vision and mission: 1. Preventive Support – actively supporting clergy wellbeing through pastoral supervision and reflective practice, and equipping partners to embed prevention. 2. Evidence-based Advocacy – using insight from practice and research to contribute to a healthier Church. 3. Research and Evaluation – learning systematically from our work to strengthen evidence and impact. 4. Restorative Care – providing timely and confidential psychological and psychiatric support. 5. Sustainable Growth – securing the charity’s future through diversified income, effective systems, and partnerships.
About the role
General role
- Ensure our strategy aligns with our mission, vision and charitable objectives.
- Approve operational strategies and policies, and monitor and evaluate their implementation.
- Oversee financial plans and budgets and monitor and evaluate progress.
- Ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.
- Ensure that key risks are being identified, monitored and controlled effectively.
- Review and approve St Luke’s financial statements.
- Provide support and challenge to St Luke’s Chief Executive in the exercise of their delegated authority and affairs.
- Keep abreast of changes in St Luke’s operating environment.
- Contribute to regular reviews of St Luke’s own governance.
- Attend Board meetings, adequately prepared to contribute to discussions.
- Ensure the voices of beneficiaries’ shape Board decisions
- Represent St Luke’s at key events, supporting fundraising and profile-raising activities.
Tenure Trustees are appointed for a 3-year term of office. It is expected most trustees would do two terms (6 years), with a review at the end of the second term as to whether a third term is required by the Charity.
Time Commitment There are around six to eight meetings a year, including: • Three online meetings, usually held Monday to Friday rotated across day, afternoon and evening • One in-person residential, usually over a Friday and Saturday. Other meetings may include sub-committee meetings or ad-hoc Board meetings. It is expected that trustees besides attending Board meetings will also serve on a sub-committee or working group. We are particularly looking for Trustees to serve on our Finance Committee. Trustees will engage in regular email communication and respond to requests and decisions.
Our ideal candidate
- Have an active Christian faith [A Christian faith is a key requirement, as trustees lead a Charity working within the Anglican Church. Trustees need to be a communicant Anglican or practising Christian with a good understanding of and sympathy for the Anglican church.]
- Can think strategically
- Act responsibly and with integrity
- Are willing to lead according to our values
- Can work effectively as a board member
- Are ambitious to make a difference
- Understand the issues facing clergy today
- Share our enthusiasm for clergy wellbeing
- Are curious and creative
We would particularly love to hear from individuals who, in addition to the above, also have any of the following:
- Professional experience within a financial role
- Professional medical experience
- Lived experience in clergy wellbeing
What’s in it for you
Trusteeship is, at heart, a way of making a meaningful difference.
At St Luke’s, that means contributing to work which supports the wellbeing of clergy and their families across the Anglican church in the UK. Through preventive initiatives, restorative care, and sector-wide advocacy, we help ensure that those who serve the Church are themselves supported to flourish. As a trustee, you would play a direct role in shaping that work helping to sustain and strengthen something that has real, human impact.
St Luke’s has been serving clergy for over 130 years. That history brings both stability and a responsibility to keep adapting our work to the needs of today’s Church. This is a moment of development and transition, and trustees play a key role in holding both continuity and change well.
Alongside this, trusteeship offers the opportunity to develop your own skills and experience. You will engage with questions of strategy, governance, risk, and organisational development within a complex and evolving landscape. Whether you are new to trusteeship or bring prior experience, the role offers scope to grow in judgement, insight, and leadership.
You will also be part of a thoughtful and committed Board, working alongside others who bring a range of professional backgrounds and perspectives. There are opportunities to contribute to specific areas of work, support key initiatives, and build relationships across the wider Church and charity sector.
We provide a structured induction and ongoing support, recognising that effective trusteeship is something that develops over time.
Above all, this is an opportunity to use your skills, experience, and perspective in service of a clear purpose: supporting the wellbeing of those who serve others.
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