?TACT is the UK’s largest dedicated fostering charity, with over 500 foster carers currently providing loving homes for over 600 children and young people across England, Scotland and Wales. We have annual income of £25million and 200 staff.
Since we were founded in 1993, we have strived to offer excellent care for all our children entrusted to us and to instil positive change in the wider care system. We have also sought to innovate so we can improve the experiences of children and young people in the care system to transform outcomes for the better.
TACT has continued to undertake a wide range of innovative work across the UK. We have recently added an education service to improve educational outcomes for our children and this is proving to be both a much-needed resource and a great success. We have also launched TACT Connect, initially with support from the Rank Foundation and now with a significant four-year Lottery grant. TACT Connect recognises that parenting never stops and we aim to stay in touch with all of the children we have cared for so that we can celebrate their successes and offer support when required. TACT Connect is a wholly unique service in the sector. We aim to remain at the leading edge of improving the UK care system.
Underpinning all of this vital work are our excellent staff and, of course, our amazing and inspirational foster carers. They are caring for children and young people who are vulnerable, but also full of hopes, dreams, potential and joy. Good foster families provide safe and stable homes and help children fulfil their potential and enable them to lead happy and successful lives.
With the recruitment for our new Chair well underway, we are looking to appoint up to four additional Trustees to join our Board, bringing a range of diverse skills and personal lived experiences and providing critical challenge and oversight to our work. While we are open to a range of professional backgrounds, we are keen to appoint Trustees with knowledge of children’s health (including mental health and wellbeing), Finance and IT to our Board. We are also interested in candidates with a background in HR.
It may be that you are an experienced Trustee who is looking to be part of an organisation going through an exciting period of change, or an individual who is passionate about our work and looking for your first Trustee role. We are keen that our Board is representative of the diversity of people that we support. We are particularly interested in hearing from care experienced adults.
We are all excited about the opportunity this appointment presents to lead our charity into the next phase of its journey, with our foster carers and children at the heart. We hope that you want to be part of it.
