Become a Trustee at Living Reasons
Help us build a revolutionary new charity from the ground up
About Us
Living Reasons is a new organisation currently in the process of registering as a charity. We exist to tackle some of the deepest inequalities in society, guided by lived experience and driven by our mission to create lasting, revolutionary change.
Our work focuses on issues such as:
Outdated and damaging employment practices.
Poor access to healthcare.
Inequity, discrimination, and lack of agency across society.
Barriers in education, training, and support services.
We believe in challenging the status quo, proving that change is possible, and creating solutions shaped by the people who experience barriers every day.
Why Join Now?
This is an exciting time to join Living Reasons as we build the organisation from the ground up. As a trustee, you will:
Play a key role in shaping strategy, governance, and direction.
Help embed our Living Values into everything we do: Creativity, Prospectivity, Revolutionary thinking, and Attentivity.
Ensure our ethos of “Nothing about us, without us” is central to our work.
Contribute your skills, insight, and experience to create a charity that is bold, ethical, and sustainable.
What We’re Looking For
We want trustees who share our passion for fairness, equity, and innovation. You don’t need prior board experience — what matters most is your commitment to our mission and your willingness to bring your skills and voice to the table.
We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of the challenges we exist to tackle, including disability, neurodivergence, long-term health conditions, mental health challenges, or discrimination.
Skills and qualities we are especially interested in include (but are not limited to):
Governance, charity law, or finance.
Campaigning and policy.
Fundraising, income generation, or partnerships.
HR, employment law, or organisational development.
Communications, media, or digital innovation.
The Role of Trustee
As a trustee, you will:
Ensure the charity is well run and compliant with charity law.
Guide our strategy and oversee delivery of our mission.
Hold the organisation accountable to our values and ethos.
Support the team to deliver change effectively.
Bring challenge, insight, and creativity to board discussions.
This is a voluntary role (reasonable expenses can be covered). Trustees meet around four times a year digitally, with additional input between meetings as needed.
What You’ll Gain
The chance to be part of a transformative new organisation at its very beginning.
An opportunity to influence real change in society.
The experience of working with a passionate, diverse team guided by lived experience.
A chance to contribute your skills and values to something bold, exciting, and revolutionary.
How to Apply
If you share our vision and want to help build Living Reasons into an organisation that challenges injustice and creates change, we would love to hear from you.
For an informal conversation before applying, please contact: jason@livingreasons.org.uk
