About the organisation
We bring music to the heart of healthcare. We turn clinical places into cultural spaces to support the wellbeing of people in hospital by creating joy, connection and self-expression. We are a grass roots organisation making a big impact through creativity, partnership working and our commitment to using music to create change.
The Wishing Well programme was founded in 2013, became an independent non-profit in 2019 and registered as a charity in 2022.
- We run weekly music-making sessions at patients’ bedsides and group settings with a range of hospitals in Sussex and Surrey. Our partners include neonatal units, children’s hospitals, psychiatric wards for young people and for people with dementia, elderly care wards and intensive care units.
- We offer training to healthcare professionals, medical students and early-career “music for health” practitioners.
- We share our knowledge generously, advocating for the Arts for Health movement through our partnerships and networks.
About the role
Wishing Well Music for Health is seeking a new Trustee to help us deliver our next 3-year strategy and lead our work into the future. This is an opportunity to bring your skills into a creative context to support a small music charity making a big impact in healthcare across Sussex and Surrey.
Treasurer Trustee - you will support the CEO with quarterly finance reports to the Board, with monthly book keeping tasks and reviewing finance related risks and opportunities.
We meet four times a year in Brighton - we like to meet in person, but some meetings can be held online or in a blended format. Extra time in between meetings is agreed depending on your capacity and area of responsibility.
You don’t need previous trustee experience — enthusiasm, reliability, and a willingness to learn are just as valuable. We will provide any training and support you need.
Our board welcomes applicants of all backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, or disability.
Our ideal candidate
Our ideal candidate would have the following:
- An understanding of financial reporting including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and cash flow.
- A commitment to ensuring financial transparency, good governance, and compliance with Charity Commission requirements.
- The ability to review and reflect as part of a team
- An understanding of grant funding, restricted income, or reserves management.
- A strategic thinker who can connect financial decisions to wider organisational goals.
- A pro-active approach to solving problems
What’s in it for you
The Benefits of joining our board of trustees:
- Be part of a small team making a big difference to healthcare settings across Sussex and Surrey.
- Contribute your knowledge and experience to an organisation with real expertise in bringing arts and health together in partnership.
- All expenses covered
“As a Trustee I get to offer guidance and counsel on the charity’s strategic direction, contribute my professional expertise, and be an advocate for inclusive, creative health practices that benefit vulnerable groups—from premature babies to older adults in psychiatric care.
I have spent my entire career in healthcare seeing and experiencing many different patient settings. Music has always been part of my life outside of work being an amateur musician and avid listener of all genres of music. I have seen the positive impact on patients, relatives, carers and staff over many years.
Being a Trustee offers me personal growth, expansion and new learning to my leadership experience, and, most importantly, the satisfaction of helping people reconnect with joy, identity, and community through music. It is a privilege to bring my experiences to Wishing Well Music for Health as a Trustee”
Denise Cook, Chair of the Board.
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