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RECRUITMENT PACK
WELCOME! Thank you so much for your interest in the Sweaty Betty Foundation. We hope this pack will give you all the information you need to apply for a role as trustee of the Foundation. The Sweaty Betty Foundation launched in March 2021 with the mission to empower women and girls from every background to get active, and stay active, for life with our initial focus on girls aged 10-18. We are looking for new trustees to join our board and help drive our strategy and ensure we comply with our responsibilities as a charity. You can find out more information about what being a trustee of a charitable foundation involves here: www.gov.uk/guidance/charity-trustee-whats-involved Or read more about the role in this pack.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE BEEN WHAT IS SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATION
A TRUSTEE BEFORE TO APPLY. AND WHY DOES IT EXIST?
WE WELCOME ALL APPLICATIONS!
We want everyone who believes they can contribute Only 10% of girls aged 13 to 16 in the UK
to the Foundation’s board to feel able to apply. do enough physical activity in a day.
We are looking for diversity in all its forms. Our Foundation plans to change that.
We welcome applications from anyone who feels Our vision is a world where all women and
they can support our mission, so if you require the girls are active, healthy and happy.
pack or any other information in a different format,
please do get in touch. Our mission is to empower women and girls
from every background to get active, and stay
The deadline for applying is 7 June. active, for life.
For more information about our funder, And our focus for the next five years is to
Sweaty Betty, or the launch of the foundation enable the least active girls aged 10 to 18
you can visit the website sweatybetty.com. particularly those from lower income and
ethnically diverse communities, to try new
activities at school, at home, and in their
communities, to find what they love to get
active, and stay active, for life.
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Diversity is at the heart of our strategy. Research We will ensure all our activities are as
shows that girls are much less likely to be active inclusive as possible, with a particular
than boys, and girls from some backgrounds have focus on reaching girls from ethnically
even less opportunity to be active than others. diverse communities with a specific
focus, in the UK on Black and South Asian
Periods, PE lessons, a fear of failure and a lack of communities, and in the US on Black and
confidence and of opportunity all stand in their way. Hispanic communities, because these girls
The Sweaty Betty Foundation is here to change that tend to be the least active.
and empower girls to get moving.
We will support girls who are: We will pick our geographic focus areas to ensure
that we are able to work with girls from these
backgrounds. We will initially focus much of our
• The least active, because this is where even a work in the UK, but will start funding projects in the
small improvement has the biggest physical and US from later in 2021.
mental health benefit and currently is the least
supported group We recognise that there are other groups of girls
• From low income families, because there is a who are also less likely to be active including
very direct relationship between family income LGBTQ+ girls and girls with disabilities and we will
and less physical activity and, again, this group support these girls through our work as well.
has traditionally not been well supported
#OUR STRENGTH IS IN
EACH OTHER
The women & girls we work
with are our best assets
#WE REALLY CARE #WE CHANGE LIVES
Everyone has the right to Our actions make
be active, healthy and happy a real difference
SWEATY BETTY
FOUNDATION
#EVERY VOICE COUNTS #WE ARE BRAVE
We pursue diversity of Prepared to try new
perspective relentlessly things & do it differently
TO DELIVER OUR MISSION WE NEED: Given the focus of the work of the Foundation,
A BOARD FROM A DIVERSE RANGE we would welcome applications from the
following people, who are currently under-
OF BACKGROUNDS
represented on our Board:
One of our guiding principles is promoting and
enhancing diversity and inclusion across all • In their late teens (18 and above) or 20s
aspects of the work of the Foundation.
• Either has now, or grew up with, a low household income
We want to ensure that our Board of trustees is as • From an ethnically diverse background and, if from the
diverse and inclusive as possible and particularly UK, with a particular focus on those from a Black or
that it represents the women and girls that we are South Asian heritage community
aiming to reach with our work.
• If based in the UK, live outside London in one of the
We will strive to ensure that trustees represent following urban areas: Leeds/Bradford, Glasgow,
people from diverse backgrounds including Manchester, Birmingham
ethnically diverse communities.
This is not only the right thing to do but will ensure
that we can achieve the best results for the girls
we aim to support. We believe that to achieve our
mission we will need the broadest possible range
of perspectives and ideas.SUPPORT OUR MISSION - BECOMING A TRUSTEE
What skills and experience are we looking What would you gain from being a trustee
for in our trustees? at Sweaty Betty Foundation?
Primarily we are seeking people who share our passion Being a trustee is not just about what you can give to the
and enthusiasm for our mission. Beyond this we are also charity, in terms of your lived experience and skills and
looking for people with experience of one of the following: passion, but also about what you can gain yourself from
the experience. Many trustees say that being a trustee of
• Working closely with young people, probably a charity gives them:
at a community level
• Digital platforms and campaigns • An opportunity to gain experience beyond
• Behaviour change principles and programmes what their job, study or life currently offers
• Working ‘on the ground’ delivering community • Insight into how others work
programmes in disadvantaged areas with • Great experience of teamwork
those from low income backgrounds
• Personal and professional growth
• Working with ethnically diverse communities
• A chance to bring your ideas and passion to
• Finance including in a commercial make difference to the lives of others
or charity setting
• A chance to meet other wonderful individuals
• Partnership working/strategic grant making
• Working with or inside a corporate foundation
You do not need to have experience of being a trustee to
apply. We will provide support and training as you join and
along the way.Trustees review reports on locations across the UK and
progress and challenges, trustees will also be able
WHO IS ON THE BOARD AT THE MOMENT? and come to meetings ready to attend all meetings via
to ask questions, clarify and videoconferencing. Wherever
understand challenges, offer the meetings are held, full
We only set up in March, and we have
three current trustees. ideas, and act as a critical friend expenses to travel/ access the
to the team. meeting will be paid.
TAMARA HILL-NORTON – chair of the
trustees and founder of Sweaty Betty (right) Put simply, the trustees are We will provide every kind of
responsible for developing the support we can to new trustees,
ISABEL TURNER – independent trustee
strategy of the charity to deliver including a mentor from one
SUE JENKINS – independent trustee the vision and mission, and then of the existing trustees to help
keeping a check on progress them settle into their role and
We are looking for 5 additional independent and delivery, measuring impact support from Foundation staff.
trustees and they will be joined by 3 further and outcomes. Trustees also
Sweaty Betty employee trustees.
become ambassadors for the You can see the way we
charity, helping to promote the describe the role of the
work of the charity. trustee, and the key personal
WHAT IS EXPECTED OF A TRUSTEE? qualities we are seeking at
These are unpaid roles. Trustees the Foundation in the ‘Trustee
are appointed for an initial role description’ document
Trustees have important roles and legal term of 3 years, and can serve on the recruitment web-page
responsibilities, which we will help you to fulfil. another term of 3 years by here: https://team.sweatybetty.
A trustee is responsible for ensuring the charity agreement. com/jobs/job/Sweaty-Betty-
delivers its mission within the resources it has, Foundation-Trustee/3153
by guiding and supervising the work of the charity. Trustees are expected to attend
half day board meetings once
every 3 months at flexibleLONG TERM GOALS OF THE FOUNDATION
We are currently finalising the overall long-term However, we will not be a pure ‘funder’ as we
strategy for the Foundation. The overall outcome we believe both we, and Sweaty Betty, can contribute
want to help achieve is that: to supporting partners in designing and delivering
projects. In particular, we want to work with
Every girl aged 10-18 is moderately to vigorously partners to ensure that:
physically active every day for 60 minutes and feels
happy and healthy.
• The voices and perspectives of teenage girls
(aged 10-18) are at the heart of every stage of
And we will focus in three key areas:
initiative design, development and delivery;
• Initiatives are thoroughly monitored and
evaluated and are adding to the learning of the
• Every girl is welcomed in an online world which
entire sector;
supports her to get active and stay active
however she chooses • Behaviour change theory, principles and good
practice are at the core of all initiatives;
• Every girl enjoys getting active at school every
day, in and outside PE lessons • Initiatives are replicable and sustainable across
the UK i.e. that we are informing and catalysing
• Every girl takes part in fun, inclusive physical
nationwide change, not just change for the girls
activities in her community
reached by that specific initiative in that specific
area; and
As a Foundation, we will not be employing staff ‘on
• Partners are able to access and magnify the
the ground’ to deliver projects and we will have key
contribution that Sweaty Betty is able to make
partners for each area of our strategy.
towards each pillarWHERE THE FOUNDATION WILL WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE SWEATY BETTY
FOCUS GEOGRAPHICALLY FOUNDATION AND THE COMPANY SWEATY BETTY?
The Foundation will work in the UK and US initially. The Sweaty Betty Foundation is an independent
We may work in other countries at a future point. registered charity. Whilst our main funder is
the company Sweaty Betty, the activities of
In the UK: the Foundation are separate to Sweaty Betty’s
commercial activities and our strategy plays no
We are aiming to identify up to six geographic areas part in growing Sweaty Betty’s customer base
to focus our UK work where there are high levels of or revenue.
deprivation and ethnically diverse communities.
Our current shortlist of areas is: That said, Sweaty Betty are very committed
to the mission of the Foundation and keen to
• London (likely 1 or 2 boroughs from longlist of find ways to support that mission, on top of the
Newham, Southwark, Greenwich) valuable funding they provide. The Foundation
will seek ways to ensure the support we get from
• Manchester
Sweaty Betty is sustainable and cost effective
• Leeds/Bradford for the company but also targeted in the right
• Glasgow way to make a meaningful and sustainable
• Birmingham contribution to our strategy.
In the US: The trustees are responsible for ensuring that
the activities of the Foundation are carried out
We are starting our analysis now using similar in the best interests of the girls we are aiming
criteria to in the UK. to support. We will have in place a written
agreement and agreed ways of working with
Sweaty Betty to ensure both the charity and the
company are clear on how we will work together.THE APPLICATION PROCESS Sweaty Betty are kindly allowing the Foundation to use their recruitment website to recruit trustees. If you are interested in applying, (and we hope you are), please go to https://team. sweatybetty.com/jobs/job/Sweaty-Betty- Foundation-Trustee/3153 and follow the steps to create an account and apply. The online application process consists of a short number of questions to help us assess applications and decide who to invite for the first round of interviews. We are not asking for a CV at this stage so we can assess applicants in the fairest way.
We will invite a short list of candidates to have Following these interviews, we will select a
a first interview with Nicola Marshall, Director of the small number of candidates to go through to
Foundation, and Sue Jenkins, independent trustee. a final round. We will ask these candidates
for a short CV or simple description of their
This will take up to 30 minutes and can be done in work and voluntary experience to date,
a format that suits you, either telephone, zoom, face and invite them to a second interview with
time, or another method that suits you. Tamara Hill-Norton, Chair of the board, and
Isabel Turner, independent trustee, week of 7
These interviews will take place during the week July. Again, we can accommodate all means
commencing 28 June between the following of interview to suit you.
times, which we have spread across each day to
accommodate those with full-time roles or childcare We aim to appoint 5 trustees by 10 July, and
or other caring responsibilities: then agree a start date with you, either July
or September or December.
Tuesday 29 June: 8AM to 1PM
Wednesday 30 June: 10AM to 2:30PM
KEY DATES
Thursday 1 July: 3:30PM to 8:30PM
10 May: Application process opens
7 June: Application process closes
29 June to 01July: First round interviews
Week commencing 07 July: Second round interviews
10 July: Final decisionTHANK YOU!
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