What are we looking for?
Why join us as a Trustee
SAFE! is entering a pivotal period. The next two years bring both opportunity and uncertainty – from local authority reorganisation to the dissolution of Police and Crime Commissioners. Our business plan sets out a bold strategy to strengthen our services, diversify income, deepen our influence, and ensure that the voices of children and young people shape local and national systems.
As a trustee, you will help steer an organisation that is:
- Highly respected across the Thames Valley for its specialist expertise and values‑driven practice.
- Innovative, expanding digital support, developing new resources, and leading sector‑wide conversations.
- Committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, with EDI embedded across all strategic strands.
- Focused on sustainability, with clear priorities for fundraising, organisational development and workforce wellbeing.
- Driven by lived experience, ensuring children and families influence everything we do.
SAFE! is looking for trustees who share our passion for protecting and empowering young people – and who want to help shape the future of a charity that is growing in scale, ambition and impact.
We encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives and lived experience, recognising the valuable insight this brings to our governance and decision-making.
We particularly welcome those with experience of the skills listed: Digital and IT Strategy, Accountancy/Auditing, Fundraising events/strategy & Data Protection/GDPR, Research.