Voluntary Trustees

Closing date: Sunday, 1st February 2026

Interview date: 24th and 27th February 2026

Make a difference in the lives of children and families. Become a PACT Trustee.

We are seeking two trustees to join our exceptional Board of trustees. One with professional experience in Safeguarding and one with professional experience in Human Resources (HR). You do not need previous trustee experience as we provide a full induction and ongoing training. This is a unique chance to apply your expertise at strategic level, playing a pivotal role in ensuring we continue delivering high‑quality, trauma‑informed services, championing the welfare of vulnerable families, and shaping supportive policies that protect children and strengthen communities. If you are committed to making a lasting impact and guiding a charity that makes a positive difference to hundreds of lives every year, this is an incredible opportunity to join us on our mission.

PACT (Parents and Children Together) has been building and strengthening families since 1911 through outstanding adoption services and specialist therapeutic and trauma informed support services across Reading, the Thames Valley, and southern England. As one of the UK’s leading voluntary adoption agencies, we place children with loving, permanent families (over 84 placements last year) and offer lifelong specialist support through services like our Strengthening Families Team, CATCH and Adopter Champions. Alongside adoption, we empower women facing multiple disadvantages at Alana House and help children and their non‑abusing parents recover from trauma via our Bounce Back 4 Kids programme.

Who we are looking for

We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and actively encourage individuals from underrepresented groups, including those with lived experience of adoption, care or disadvantage to apply. Diversity of thought and experience strengthens our Board, and we value perspectives from different communities, cultures and lived experiences. Your expertise will help us deliver inclusive, high quality services for children and families.

You do not need previous trustee experience to apply for these roles as we will provide a full induction and ongoing training. These trustee roles are voluntary positions that are home-based with occasional travel to our Reading head office for in person board meetings or to collaborate with PACT colleagues relevant to your lead role (reasonable expenses covered). The time commitment is around one day per month, including quarterly Board meetings and input into wider charity matters. We aim to be flexible and will make adjustments where we can support accessibility and your availability.

For the Safeguarding Lead Trustee role, we would welcome applications from interested individuals who have current strong understanding and experience of safeguarding legislation, especially in children’s social care. For the HR Lead Trustee role, we are looking for individuals with significant experience within HR at a strategic level with passion and insight to help support and challenge to ensure that we continue to support all our PACT colleagues to thrive.

What would you get as a PACT trustee?

• Satisfaction of helping vulnerable children, women and families, and giving something back
• An opportunity to exercise your skills and knowledge, possibly in a different environment or context
• A chance to contribute to the charity’s strategic growth
• A chance to expand your experience of charities and gain new skills
• Being a trustee can support the acquisition of valuable skills and experience that support career development
• An opportunity to work alongside other skilled and committed trustees
• High-quality induction, training and support from us and other charity-support organisations

We understand that becoming a trustee is a commitment and you want to ensure that you are applying for a role that matches your values and requirements. You will find lots more information about PACT on our website and one of our current trustees has also kindly provided this short video with further details.

If you believe you can contribute to the skills and diversity of our Board and would like to apply, please click here for the application form. Please email your completed application form to trusteerecruitment@pactcharity.org

We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible. If you need the information in a different format or require adjustments during the application process, please let us know.

We look forward to hearing from you!