Think Circus SCIO is looking for new Trustees who will help support the charity to support artists and deliver free social circus classes to children and young people in deprived areas.
Experience of managing a charity or small business would be highly beneficial, as would an understanding of community arts changing lives for the better. Trustees will join our Board on a voluntary basis for two years. This is an unpaid role. No prior experience of being a Board member is necessary.
They are particularly seeking applications from individuals with experience in the following areas:
Marketing, Fundraising, HR or Accounting
Meetings are held online and the commitment is 15-20hrs per year. All expenses will be covered.
Having been active for seven years, Think Circus is a social circus charity based in Leith. They take circus beyond the Big Top, running projects for children and young people to build their confidence, encourage creativity and improve wellbeing. Profits from their commercial work (fire, light and stiltwalking entertainment) subsidise the social circus outreach, and they currently deliver free and subsidised community classes each week for adults and children in Leith and Craigmillar. Visit thinkcircus.co.uk to find out more about the organisation and what they do.
Think Circus works with 55 circus freelancers of different ground-based specialisms (juggling, hula hoop, stilt-walking, unicycle, acrobatics and more), alongside a small team of regular volunteers and a core team of four staff members. The team are guided by core values of connection, quality and play, and we hope to find new Trustees who align with these values.
They need the help of several committed individuals who will join our Board and play an important role in supporting our social mission. Their professional work supports established and developing circus artists to sustain artistic careers in Scotland, and they have a long-term goal of reducing our dependence on grant funding by increasing our commercial income. The successful candidate will bring experience and knowledge, a committed and whole-hearted approach, and an understanding of community arts and the benefits they can bring for children and young people. The successful candidate will believe in the power of creative arts and community.
For further information, please contact hi@thinkcircus.co.uk (Kat Borrowdale), call 0131 212 5025 or visit https://www.thinkcircus.co.uk.
