Who we are
The Prison Phoenix Trust offers hope and healing to people in prison through meditation and yoga. We support these simple breath-based practices in more than 200 prisons and other secure establishments in the UK and Ireland and we are in direct contact with around 5% of the prison population.
We offer individual support to prisoners and prison staff through teaching, correspondence, free resources and newsletters. People of any faith or no faith can benefit. We honour all religions.
The role
Help us bring hope and healing to people in prison
The Prison Phoenix Trust is recruiting a number of voluntary positions to join our Board of Trustees.
Who we are
We are the leading yoga charity in the UK and Ireland, with 35 years experience sharing meditation and yoga with people in prison.
We offer personal support to prisoners and prison staff through teaching, mentoring, peer-support and specialist resources. We work with people of any faith or none, bringing hope, healing and second chances to people in prison.
Who we need
Are you someone who would enjoy sharing responsibility for the strategic direction and governance of the charity? Do you have skills or experience of one or more of:
· Serving a prison sentence
· Working in a prison
· Belonging to a minority faith or ethnic group
· Finance
· Fundraising
· Stakeholder engagement
· Charities’ digital development
Time commitment: four trustee meetings a year, usually on Tuesday evenings, in Oxford or online, with attendance in person encouraged at least once per year; annual strategy day with the staff team; annual public event; ad hoc committee work.
Deadline for applications: 31st July
Interviews: August
For an informal chat, contact: chair of trustees Jo Child, [email protected]
Download application form: https://www.theppt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Trustee-application-form-July-2023.docx
More information
www.theppt.org.uk
https://www.facebook.com/PrisonPhoenixTrust
https://www.instagram.com/prisonphoenixtrust/
