Leeds Christian Community Trust is urgently seeking new trustees at a critical stage in its organisation life.  

If you want to help steward something meaningful, shape the future of Christian social action in Leeds, and support grassroots projects that genuinely change lives please consider joining our board of Trustees.  

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Why LCCT Matters?

For over 25 years, LCCT has quietly held together some of the most grassroots, relational, and  life‑changing work happening across Leeds. It has enabled people with vision — often without the resources or administrative infrastructure — to run projects that support:

• Young people in marginalised communities
• Women experiencing domestic abuse
• People seeking sanctuary
• Neighbourhood‑based community development
• Food poverty and crisis support
• Faith‑rooted social action across the city

One trustee described LCCT’s founding vision like this:

“Many people with a vision aren’t back‑office people. If we provide the back office, they can run with their vision.”

Across interviews with those involved running projects LCCT was said to provide something unique:

• A safe governance home
• A relational approach
• A trusted presence in the city
• A bridge between churches and communities
• A way for small projects to exist that otherwise couldn’t

LCCT is one of the few organisations in Leeds offering fiscal hosting — enabling small, relational, community‑rooted projects to operate safely, legally, and sustainably.

But LCCT cannot continue without new trustees.

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Why Become a Trustee Now? 

LCCT is at a pivotal moment of change in its life.

• Two long‑standing trustees (including the Chair) are stepping back. Without new trustees, LCCT cannot legally continue.
• Following a strategic review the organisation is ready for renewal: stronger governance, clearer processes, better risk management, and a refreshed structure that supports staff and projects well.

What LCCT Offers Trustees

• A meaningful way to shape the city: You will influence how grassroots Christian social action continues in Leeds.
• A chance to steward something precious: LCCT is deeply relational, deeply trusted, and deeply valued by the communities it serves.
• A supportive trustee team: Trustees consistently describe each other as collaborative, thoughtful, and committed.
• Flexible time commitment Most trustees contribute around 2–4 hour per month, plus quarterly meetings.
• A moment to make a real difference: Your leadership now will determine whether LCCT enters a new chapter — or closes.

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Trustee Role Description

Purpose of the Role

To provide governance, strategic oversight, and stewardship for LCCT, ensuring the organisation is safe, sustainable, and aligned with its charitable objectives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Governance & Compliance

• Ensure LCCT meets Charity Commission requirements
• Oversee risk management, safeguarding, and financial accountability
• Approve policies and ensure they are implemented

2. Strategic Leadership

• Shape LCCT’s future direction
• Support the development of a refreshed organisational model
• Contribute to decisions about project hosting, exit processes, and new project onboarding

3. Oversight of Staff

• Support the Operations/Project Manager (future director‑level role)
• Ensure staff wellbeing and workload are sustainable
• Provide clarity around decision‑making and escalation routes

4. Relationship Building

• Maintain healthy relationships with project leads
• Strengthen LCCT’s connection with churches, funders, and city partners
• Represent LCCT in external conversations where appropriate

5. Stewardship of LCCT’s Ethos

• Uphold LCCT’s relational, faith‑rooted, community‑centred approach
• Ensure projects feel held, supported, and accountable
• Protect LCCT’s reputation and integrity

Person Specification. Essential:

• A commitment to the Christian faith, and in full sympathy with the charity's mission, values, and objectives
• Integrity, humility, and emotional maturity
• Ability to make balanced, thoughtful decisions
• Willingness to learn and engage with governance
• Capacity to give 2–4 hours per month

Person Specification. Desirable:

• Experience in charity governance, safeguarding, finance, HR, or operations
• Understanding of community development or church‑based social action
• Ability to support organisational change
• Experience managing risk or complex situations

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How to Express Interest

Potential trustees can express interest by contacting:  

Theo (Chair until September) theosheridanwatts@gmail.com

LCCT Staff Team info@lcct.org.uk DRAFT