Marches Energy Agency Seeks East Midlands-Based Trustee

Marches Energy Agency (MEA), a Midlands-based charity is seeking a representative from the East Midlands to sit on their Trustee Board/Board of Directors.

 

For the past three years MEA has delivered the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Local Authorities Energy Partnership Climate Change Communications Service, which involves, amongst other things, maintaining their Climate Change website: (www.everybodys-talking.org) and providing an interactive mobile exhibition focused on climate change, energy efficiency and domestic renewables. The exhibition has delivered more than 5000 tonnes of CO₂ savings during this time and engaged more than 17,000 people. We also deliver the Community Climate Action Network in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, currently with funding from both the two county councils and the LAEP. This service offers monthly e-bulletins, a tailored desk-based research service and a range of other services to community groups focused on tackling climate change (for full list of services see: www.everybodys-talking.org/communities-area/community-support ).

 

Last year we collaborated with Apex Carbon Solutions to successfully bid to deliver the WarmStreets insulation scheme in the East Midlands. The scheme aims to deliver 28,000 loft and cavity wall installations before the end of CERT funding in December 2012.

 

We have also worked with a number of community groups and local authorities to obtain funding and deliver various training projects or events in the East Midlands, including recently helping in four Local Energy Assessment Fund bids, three of which were successful. In 2011 we won funding to deliver four Low Carbon Planning training events for communities at locations across the region. We have undertaken 31 community building audits in the East Midlands through the Community Sustainable Energy Programme - on average each audit identified CO₂ savings of 24%).

 

As a registered charity it is a legal requirement to have a board of Trustees – volunteers who share the ultimate responsibility for the charity. As a company limited by guarantee, all our Trustees are also Directors.

 

Given the extent of our work in the East Midlands, our Trustees would like to see an individual with interests in the East Midlands, either through community or business partnerships or from a district council not currently represented on LAEP.

 

Trustees are ultimately responsible for the running of the charity. All operational management is delegated to our director Richard Davies, MBE. The Trustee Board meets once a quarter to oversee decisions and ensure legal compliance.

 

As a Trustee, you will learn a lot about how charities operate and gain experience in areas such as setting strategic goals, accounting, financial planning, employment practice and recruitment, or give you an opportunity to share these skills if you already have them.