Step 2 - Once we receive your application form we will check your application and then if your are suitable we will send you an OFSTED DC2 form (this is a more detailed check than a Criminal Record Bureau check) and invite you to ELHAP for an informal chat and to meet some of the staff and trustees.

Step 3 - If you are suitable we will then invite you to an interview and take up at least 2 references. We will then write to you about our decision.

ELHAP is an adventure playground for children and young people with disabilities and an adult training service for adults with disabilities. We are a little oasis in North East London, a secret garden, an extraordinary environment unlike any other, an off beat, one off that is untarnished by the bureaucracy that governs so many larger organisations. We are looking for people who see ELHAP for what it is and yet also see the possibilities for what it can become.

ELHAP is led by an enthusiastic and motivated Board of Trustees providing strategic direction for the whole organisation. They are now keen to recruit up to five new Trustees who, between them, would be able to help ELHAP make an even greater impact on the challenges faced through their knowledge and skills.
 

8 essential qualities to an ELHAP Trustee...

1. Experience of management, human resources, law, fundraising, marketing and/or disability issues (this includes experience of being a parent of a child with a disability)

2. integrity;

3. a commitment to ELHAP and its objectives;

4. a willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to their duties as a Trustee;

5. strategic vision;

6. good, independent judgement;

7. an ability to think creatively a willingness to speak their mind;

8. an ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
    

Who can be an ElHAP Trustee...

Anyone over the age of 18 years who hold the above qualities and are not any of the following:

• anyone who has been convicted of an offence involving deception or dishonesty, unless the conviction is spent anyone who is an undischarged bankrupt

• anyone who has previously been removed from trusteeship of a charity by the court or the Charity Commissioners

• anyone who is under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986

Time Commitment

Generally Trustees offer a minimum of 5-10 hours a month, but many offer considerably more depending on their role and duties within the Board of Trustees.
 

How to apply to become an ELHAP Trustee

Please complete a Trustee Application Form and Monitoring Form and return it to ELHAP.

Trustee Application Form

ELHAP Trustee Application Form (MS Word 201 kb)
ELHAP Trustee Application Form (PDF 67 kb)

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

ELHAP Monitoring Form (MS Word 119 kb)
ELHAP Monitoring Form (PDF 118 kb)