Trustee

Opportunity to join an ambitious, environmental charity using your strategic skills, ideally with a focus on longer term fundraising & membership strategy. Financial sustainability helps us to protect and save London's green spaces.

This active and dedicated board are seeking to strengthen experience in the area of charity fundraising and membership support. Needed is the ability to help shape and review the charity’s long-term fundraising and membership strategy to ensure financial sustainability and performance monitoring of our different income streams.

About CPRE London

Our mission to make London a well-planned, greener, climate resilient and nature rich city, which benefits everyone.

Our vision is that by 2035 London has become a well-planned, climate resilient, nature rich city. It is surrounded by a flourishing Green Belt, with a ring of trees and other habitats. It has an expanding network of green spaces, which are well used by all. Streets are greener and encourage walking and cycling. Development includes more affordable, well-designed homes with good facilities nearby to reduce car dependency and support Londoners to live low carbon, healthy lives.

England’s leading countryside charity comprises a National Office and 42 local CPREs, each operating as a distinct charity. At a national level, CPRE campaigns for a beautiful and thriving countryside that is valued, enjoyed and accessible to everyone.

At CPRE London our focus in 2025 is on the following areas::

• Creating an M25 of trees and planting around the capital London Tree Ring Project
• Campaigning to protect, save and develop London's green spaces for all to enjoy
• Highlighting the importance of the Green Belt in a climate and nature crisis

These are in addition to our core case work supporting local campaigners stand up to threats to local green spaces and the environmental, health and well-being benefits these bring. More details about CPRE’s work is on our website: www.cprelondon.org.uk

Role of Trustee

The Trustee board is the principle governing body of CPRE London and is collectively responsible for the leadership and direction of the charity.

As a Trustee your role includes:

• Developing and overseeing implementation of our strategic plan to help us to deliver our vision.
• Offering independence, external perspective, skills and challenge
• Mentoring and supporting the staff and volunteers.

What we are seeking: Although keen to appoint dedicated Trustees offering a breadth of skills who share our aims, the Trustee board have identified key areas where specific knowledge and experience would be welcomed to complement the existing team: direct experience in raising funds in a variety of ways whether through direct fundraising campaigns, Big Give and other similar matched fundraising, or bids for grant funding and corporate donor funding would be advantageous.

Additional, useful background knowledge for any of our trustees includes:

• Technical knowledge fundraising and membership strategy
• Experience with an environmental organisation or charity but this is not essential.

To best represent London’s diverse community on our Boards of Trustees and ensure all residents benefit from our green space advocacy, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Commitment: Estimate 1-2 days per month plus 4 board meetings

The Trustee board meets four times a year at our London office in Farringdon with meetings starting at 18.00 and generally finishing by 20.00. There may be ad hoc commitments in between the board meetings. In the autumn, the Trustees and staff attend a one-day off-site strategy meeting in the Greater London area. Trustees are also encouraged to attend the AGM.

All Trustees usually serve a three-year term of office from election at the annual AGM and are eligible for re-election for up to a further three years.

Deadline: 5th October 2026