On Request
Wales
Not in the abstract. Not as a slogan polished for a website. But in the lived, daily truth that without a safe, secure, suitable, and genuinely affordable home, everything else becomes harder to hold together: health, dignity, family life, work, recovery, hope. Shelter Cymru is one of Wales’s highest profile charities, working to improve lives through information, advice and legal support services and training, while also challenging the systems and barriers that keep too many people locked out of home. Its vision is unapologetically ambitious: to end homelessness and housing need in Wales.
We are now seeking new Trustees to join the Charity’s Board.
This is not a ceremonial role. It is an opportunity to help steward a respected, influential, and resilient charity at a time when its cause has never felt more urgent. Shelter Cymru employs 120+ staff across Wales, operates from offices in Cardiff, Swansea, Pembroke Dock, Wrexham, Rhyl and Y Felinheli, and is guided by a strategy to 2027 focused on three core themes:
i) fighting for the right to a secure, affordable and good quality home,
ii) being fit for the future as an organisation,
iii) and closing the gap between rising costs and future income.
As a Trustee, you will work alongside fellow Board members to provide strategic oversight, ensure strong governance, safeguard the charity’s resources and reputation, and help shape the decisions that will determine its future reach and impact. The Board carries overall legal responsibility for the direction, management, and control of Shelter Cymru, with responsibilities spanning strategy, stewardship, risk, equality, diversity and inclusion, stakeholder engagement, CEO oversight, and regulatory compliance.
We are particularly keen to hear from applicants who can bring expertise in one or more of the following areas: strategic HR, communications, strategic fundraising/multi-channel income generation, digital and AI, legal services, social welfare and social policy and safeguarding. We are also deeply committed to hearing from people with lived experience, because the strongest governance is not only technically capable, but human, grounded and close to the realities the organisation exists to change.
You do not need to have followed a traditional path into governance, but you do need sound judgement, integrity, empathy, and the confidence to offer both support and constructive challenge. Trustees are unpaid, though reasonable expenses can be reimbursed. Board meetings take place around four times a year, with additional development discussions, and there are committee opportunities across Finance and Audit, Governance, and Remuneration.
We warmly welcome applications from candidates from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and communities. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive Board that reflects the people and places Shelter Cymru exists to serve, and we particularly value perspectives that bring difference, challenge and lived understanding.
For those who want their board contribution to mean something real, this is that kind of role. This is a chance to stand with an organisation fighting, every day, for the right to home in Wales.
How to apply
For an informal discussion and a copy of the Candidate Pack, please contact the Goodson Thomas team on 029 2167 4422 or info@goodsonthomas.com.
To apply please submit your CV and Covering letter via the 'Apply now' button below.
Application deadline: 12pm, 15 May 2026
Final panel interviews: Early June 2026
Shelter Cymru
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