Trustee Recruitment
Could you help shape the future of bereavement support in Scotland? Cruse Scotland is looking for new Trustees to join our Board.
Could you help shape the future of bereavement support in Scotland?
Cruse Scotland is looking for new Trustees to join our Board.
When someone dies, life can change in an instant. At Cruse Scotland, we are here to make sure people don't have to face that experience alone.
For 60 years plus, we have provided compassionate, personalised bereavement support to adults, children and young people across Scotland. As Scotland's only open-to-all bereavement charity, we have a unique role – and we're ambitious about what comes next.
We are about to embark on a new three-year strategy and big plans for the future. We're looking for people who can bring expertise, fresh thinking and constructive challenge to help us turn those ambitions into reality.
What could you bring?
We're particularly interested in people with experience in one or more of these areas:
- AI awareness and governance
- Charity finance
- Children's counselling and GIRFEC
- Commercial expertise
- Counselling supervision
- Culture and organisational development
- Cyber and information security
- Fundraising
- Immigration and asylum
- Insurance
- Legal
- Property and estate management
You don't need previous trustee experience.
We're looking for people who care about our purpose, bring sound judgement and are willing to share their knowledge, ask questions and help us make good decisions.
This is an opportunity to use your experience for something that really matters – helping people navigate one of life's most difficult experiences.
What you'll do
Our Trustees provide strategic leadership, governance and constructive challenge, helping to ensure Cruse Scotland is well placed to deliver its ambitions now and in the future. Our current trustees can be viewed here.
This is a voluntary, non-remunerated role. Trustees attend quarterly Board and relevant Committee meetings, a mix of in person or online via Microsoft Teams, with opportunities to take part in Trustee and Volunteer events throughout the year.
Could you be our next Trustee?
If you have expertise we could benefit from and want to use it to make a meaningful difference to bereaved people across Scotland, we'd love to hear from you.
You can download our application pack below.
To arrange an informal conversation with either our Chair or CEO please contact our office manager: michaela.thomson@crusescotland.org.uk | 01738 444178
Closing date: Monday 2 November 2026
Interviews: Friday 13 November 2026 in Glasgow.
Cruse Scotland is committed to creating a fair, inclusive and welcoming organisational culture. We particularly welcome applications from people with protected characteristics who are currently under-represented within our Board.
Bring your experience. Bring your perspective. Help shape what comes next.