Trustees

We're looking for trustees!

Join the CAST Board and help strengthen civil society’s confident, responsible use of digital and AI.

CAST is an award-winning charity supporting the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector to use digital and AI in effective, equitable and mission-led ways.

Our Board helps shape our strategic direction, offers constructive challenge and opens up valuable connections across the charity, funder and policy landscape.

We are currently seeking at least two new trustees who can help us to lead the sector in AI capacity building and policy influence.

We’re particularly keen to hear from people working in small or medium-sized charities, social sector infrastructure organisations, and those with policy or government networking experience. We warmly welcome applications from people currently underrepresented within our organisation and the wider sector.

We’ll consider both individual experience and how each person would add to the overall mix of perspectives, backgrounds and strengths across the Board.

If you haven’t yet been a trustee and are interested, we’d be pleased to support you in the role.

If you’re interested in joining the CAST Board, please contact our Director, Dan Sutch, via email at dan@wearecast.org.uk by 11.59pm on Friday 19th June. Please include why you’re interested, along with your LinkedIn profile, CV or portfolio.

Panel interviews will take place in late June / early July with our Chair, Director and one trustee.

We aim for new trustees to join their first Board meeting in September 2026 (online).

CAST’s current Board is composed of four trustees, with broad experience across the social sector, AI, data services, social impact - and digital strategy, transformation and solutions. The Board is chaired by Gaia Ines Fassò. Quarterly Board meetings, deeper dive sessions to address particular opportunities or needs and a dedicated Finance & Audit committee ensure that the charity is well managed and well governed.
 
We are now looking to appoint at least two new trustees to create a Board of at least six committed trustees to support CAST’s work.

Recruiting new trustees

We are looking to appoint at least two new trustees, whose role would be to:

• Support the creation and ensure the delivery of CAST’s strategy and annual budget
• Approve CAST's annual report and accounts
• Ensure that CAST’s work remains relevant to the evolving needs of charities and social impact organisations
• Support CAST and our partners to expand the reach of digital and AI initiatives across the charity sector
• Guide, support and monitor the work of the Director and senior leadership team
• Ensure legal compliance including with regulatory requirements and contractual or restricted grant arrangements
• Protect the long-term sustainability of CAST
• Promote the work of CAST externally
• Always act in line with the six key duties of a trustee.

This recruitment will supplement CAST’s Board with fresh experience and thinking, in order to make a positive impact on strategy-setting and decision-making. With this in mind, if you align with CAST’s values and mission, and believe you fit the role description, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

CAST is committed to having a Board that represents a diverse range of thinking, backgrounds and perspectives. We’re looking for all trustees to have a commitment towards CAST as an equitable and inclusive organisation.

Trustees must all demonstrate the following competencies:

• Sound strategic direction and judgement: trustees must be forward thinking, risk aware and able to draw on a wide range of factors when decision-making
• Commitment: we need trustees able to devote the necessary time to prepare for meetings and to participate actively in achieving the mission of CAST
• Team working: trustees must be committed to working with other Board (and, where relevant, committee) members to act in the best interests of CAST.

Trustees must all demonstrate the following personal qualities:

• Integrity: trustees must show integrity in all dealings with the CAST team and stakeholders
• Passion: we’re looking for those with conviction about the social sector and a passion and intellectual interest in the use of digital and AI to achieve greater resilience and impact
• Inventive and agile: trustees must be open to new and network-based models of working and appreciative of the multi-stakeholder governance issues surrounding CAST.

Our trustees are vital volunteers supporting CAST’s work and we are incredibly grateful for all the time and expertise they share with us. We’d hope that not only bringing your skills and qualities to CAST, that you will also benefit through learning more about the running of a charity, charity governance, finance and strategy, as well as the evolving digital and AI landscape.

Time commitment

We estimate the time commitment at 8 to 10 days per year, including Board and committee meetings, preparation and occasional additional support between meetings. This typically includes:

• Four Board meetings a year, including one in-person strategy session (around 3 days in total)
• For committee members, up to four committee meetings a year (around 2 days in total)
• Additional contribution of around one day per quarter, for example sharing expertise, representing CAST or meeting with the Chair or team

The majority of time will be remote with at least one Board meeting a year in person, usually in a central London location, and usually in early December.

This role is offered on a voluntary basis. All travel and subsistence expenses relating to trustee duties and responsibilities will be reimbursed in full, up to the limits set out in our expenses policy.

Process

We’ll arrange introductory conversations on a rolling basis throughout May and June for anyone who gets in touch by the deadline above.

Panel interviews will take place in late June / early July.

Successful candidates will join their first Board meeting in September 2026 (online).

This role is advertised as part of TPP's Free Giving Back Services. This volunteer advertisement copy has been supplied to TPP and applicants apply direct to the organisation. Please contact the organisation directly if you have any questions about this volunteer role.