Grow Cardiff is an award winning, registered charity, that every year supports hundreds of people to create and sustain their own community gardens across the city and beyond, for health and wellbeing, biodiversity, food and friendship. When people grow together, wonderful things happen!
Grow Cardiff are currently seeking a TREASURER to join their board of nine trustees. The role includes preparing financial reports for the board and Director, financial governance reviews, year end work and submissions, periodic check of tax account, budget reviews, attending trustee meetings (every other month) and use of accounting software Xero. (Note payroll and day-to-day finance tasks are the responsibility of their Admin & Finance Officer.)
Grow Cardiff support community gardens on allotments, social prescribing to therapeutic community gardens, 13 Edible Playgrounds (in partnership with Trees for Cities) and provide a mentoring and consultancy service, with the support of 5 part-time staff and many volunteers. Over the last 12 months the charity has grown significantly, becoming a Bevan Exemplar project, finalist in the National Social Prescribing Awards and winner of 3 Green Flag Awards.
For more information or an informal chat about the role, please contact:
Isla Horton, Director on: 07403 583705 isla@growcardiff.org or
Sarah Griffiths, Grow Cardiff Chair: chair@growcardiff.org
