Jewish Care Scotland Celebrates Trustees’ Week 2022

Jewish Care Scotland thanks its Board of Trustees as part of Trustees’ Week celebrations.

Here at JCS are celebrating Trustees’ Week (7 – 11 November) by thanking all members of our outstanding board members for the vital contribution they each make to the success of our charity. Trustees’ Week is an annual event that gives charities a chance to showcase the great work their trustees do. This work is especially important in weeks like this one, which will see our organisation launch a new collaborative project ‘Warm Spaces’ with Cosgrove Care.

There are just over 100,000 charity trustees in Scotland, and over a million in the United Kingdom and here at JCS, we’re lucky to have a supportive and dedicated board that brings sensitivity and awareness to our cultural needs and a wide variety of skills and experiences.

Linda Kemp, Interim CEO at Jewish Care Scotland said: “Trustees are the unspoken backbone of the charity sector.”

Jewish Care Scotland has eight trustees who give their free time to help set the strategic direction of our charity and our community home. Each trustee comes with their own unique skill set that helps Team JCS achieve long-term strategic goals for the organisation.

Our trustees played a vital role in the recent success of our fundraising Golf Day and have been key advisors in building our latest project Warm Spaces and the successful volunteer-led community café Welcome Wednesday, which just celebrated its first anniversary.

Speaking about this Martin Livingston, trustee, said: “The COVID years proved to be a stimulus to update our care model to one that was more personally orientated, in line with modern practice. We have now enhanced our offer by providing a communal space for all with our Wednesday Welcome project at the Walton.”

Thanking the Jewish Care Scotland Board of Trustees, on behalf of all staff and companions, Linda Kemp, said: “They play an important leadership role in our charity, working together to make important decisions that impact the future of our charity”

“This has been especially true over the last few years, with the pandemic instigating many of the vital changes to the way we work and serve the community”

Find out more about JCS trustees all this week over on our social media.