Volunteer needed to lead the hubs future
Lordship Hub is looking for new volunteer board and working group members who will help the Hub continue to achieve its four strategic priorities:
- Promoting environmental sustainability
- Engaging and empowering the community
- Creating a great place to volunteer and work
- Achieving financial sustainability
About Lordship Hub cooperative
Lordship Hub is a vibrant community centre and café in Lordship Rec, Tottenham’s largest public park.
It was established in 2014 as a community co-operative to encourage local people to take ownership of the Hub building and make it a great community resource.
We encourage all staff, volunteers and users to become member of the cooperative so they can have a say in what we do and how we do it.
Our aim is to provide a space and services that are needed by park users and the local community.
This includes two rooms for hire, and a cafe serving a menu that is focused on fresh, wholesome, tasty and affordable food.
Our activities and pricing have to be appealing to our local community and also allow us to run a financially sustainable organisation.
How our volunteer groups are structured
Cooperative board
- Meets for 1.5 hours every other month (third Wednesday)
- Sets the strategic priorities for the Hub
- Makes sure those strategic priorities are achieved
- Makes sure the Hub meets its legal obligations, including the rules of its constitution.
- More information online, including notes of previous meetings
Working groups
There are four working groups, each of which lead on one of the Hub’s four strategic priorities.
The working groups usually meet every other month, but it can be less often if a group does not have any urgent business to resolve.
| Working groups | Sets strategy and supports staff on |
| Environment sustainability | Promoting environmental sustainability, including: *Educating Hub users about the Luke Howard weather station *Educating users about the Hub’s sustainable building structure |
| Community engagement | Engaging and empowering the community, including: *Recruiting and engaging users, volunteers and cooperative members *Creating the Hub programme of community events and activities |
| Personnel group | Creating a great place to volunteer and work, including: *Making sure all staff and volunteers have the right training and support *Improving staff and volunteer wellbeing |
| Finance group | Achieving finanical sustainability, including: *Working with the accountants to produce annual accounts for the Annual General Meeting *Identifying and securing new income and funding streams |
Time Commitment
Working groups: varies, but can be as little or less than 1 hour a month
Cooperative board: minimum of 2 hours every two months (1.5 hour meeting and 30 minutes pre-reading)
Training
- All new board and working group members can access training from Cooperatives UK
- Deputy chair – you will shadow and receive training from the current chair of the board
- Deputy treasurer – you will shadow and receive training from the current Treasurer
Person Specification
To apply, you must
- be a local resident
- understand and support our cooperative and community-focused ethos
- be able to meet the minimum time commitment set out above
Ideally, you also
- are a user or a member of the Hub
- have experience and skills which will help the Hub achieve its four strategic priorities
How to apply
Complete this 2 minute application form to express your interest. A board member will get in touch to organise a chat and set up shadowing so you can understand the role in more detail.