Recruitment pack: Mencap Trustee with a learning disability - Easy Read

Mencap is looking for a person with a learning disability to join our Board of Trustees. 

Mencap is a charity that supports people with a learning disability. 

We want people with a learning disability to live their lives to the full. 

Trustees play an important role.

We want decisions about how Mencap is run to be made by people with a learning disability.

You will say what you think about Mencap’s plans and make decisions about Mencap’s future together with the other Trustees. 

It is important that Trustees listen and think about everyone’s ideas.  

You do not need experience of being on a Board of Trustees. 

You will need to know what it means to join meetings and give your thoughts. 

You will care about the lives of people with a learning disability and want to help make things better. 

You will be able to give your time and have conversations with other people from Mencap. 

Trustees come from lots of different backgrounds and they have a lot of life experiences. 

There is an easy read role description. 

This tells you what being a Trustee is.

As a Trustee at Mencap you will be on the Board of Trustees for 4 years.

You may want to stay and do another 4 years after this. 

Mencap’s Board of Trustees have 4 in person meetings in a year.

You may also be on a committee. The committee meet 4 times a year online. 
 

The meetings are in London but sometimes they could be in other parts of England, or in Northern Ireland or Wales.  

You may also be on a committee. These look at big topics on behalf of the Board. 

We have 3 different committees. Our committees meet 4 times a year online. 

Before the meetings the Trustees have to read documents to be ready to take part. 

We will support you in understanding your role and help you to prepare for meetings. 

You can find out about the support we give by going to our downloadable Trustee support page.

• You must be 18 years old or over to be a Trustee. 
   

• You must have a learning disability to apply for this role.  

• You cannot already have a paid job at Mencap
   
• You will be a volunteer which means this role is not paid. 

We will pay for your travel to go to meetings. 

If you need help to travel to a meeting you will need to find this yourself.  

If you do not get the Trustee role, we cannot to give feedback to each person that applied.

We have 1 position for a new Trustee with a learning disability.

You can apply online to be a Trustee on our website at: https://www.mencap.org.uk/mencap-trustee-application-form 

• You can download, print out and fill in the application form and send it to us by:

  Email to: [email protected] 
  
  Post to: The Governance team, Mencap, First Floor, East One, 20-22 Commercial Street, London. E1 6LP.

• You can record a video and send it to us by:

  Email to: [email protected] 
  
  Post to: The Governance team, Mencap, First Floor, East One, 20-22 Commercial Street, London. E1 6LP.

You can find out more about Mencap by visiting our website at: https://www.mencap.org.uk/what-we-do 

You can find out more about Mencap's other Trustee's on our website at: https://www.mencap.org.uk/about-us/our-trustees 

If you have any questions about your application you can contact our friendly Governance team: 

• By phone: 020 7454 0454 
• By email: [email protected]