Loch Lomond and The Trossachs Countryside Trust - call for new Board Members!

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs Countryside Trust recently launched a short campaign to recruit new Trustees to join their Board.

Established in 2012, The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Countryside Trust (LLTCT) is a registered Scottish Charity and a company limited by guarantee. The Trust is an environmental, and health and wellbeing charity, which aims to support and enhance the wellbeing and resilience in landscapes, communities, and people. Working predominantly within the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, they work with a wide range of partners to deliver projects, encourage participation, and collaborate with others to address the biodiversity and climate emergencies, and to create more sustainable, healthy, and active communities, places, and partnerships. Their vision is for our landscapes and communities to be connected and thriving.

The 2023-2030 Trust strategy has a strong nature focus to deliver there purpose of creating connections in nature, with nature and each other. It builds on specialisms of landscape scale nature restoration partnerships, health and wellbeing walks, active travel and targeted community empowerment and support.

The Trust are now looking to add up to 2 members to their Board to help them to deliver their vision by taking LLTCT on the next stage of its journey. If you are passionate about the Trusts objectives and have a connection to this amazing part of the world through living there, through work or you visit the area to use and enjoy its many fantastic features and visit the beautiful spaces then they would love to hear from you. The Trust are interested in speaking with candidates with a wide range of skill sets – however candidates from the following areas are particularly welcome.

• Safeguarding
• Community Engagement in LLTNP
• IT, digital and/ or cyber security
• Fundraising/Income Generation
• Health & Wellbeing (outside setting preferred)
• Large projects/ multidisciplinary compliance and programme management

The commitment is to attend 6 board meetings (hybrid format), including an AGM and an annual away day, with relevant preparation and involvement in subgroups and further meetings or ad-hoc work when required through the year.

Further information outlining the role and application process can be found at https://goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP1000000EkEHIA0/Board-Members

Trust in the park 2023-2030 strategy has a strong nature focus to deliver their purpose of creating connections in nature, with nature and each other. It builds on their specialisms of landscape scale nature restoration partnerships, health and wellbeing walks, active travel and targeted community empowerment and support.