Board Member application form

1. Elligibilty

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Before completing the application form please read the following outline of eligibility criteria to ensure you are eligible to serve as a Board Member (Trustee and Company Director) .

If any of the following apply to you, you are ineligible to serve as a company director and charity trustee: 
  • If you are under 18 years of age as of the date of appointment 
  • If you have an unspent conviction for any offence involving deception or dishonesty. If you have a criminal conviction involving deception or dishonesty and are uncertain whether it is spent or unspent, a solicitor, the Probation Service or an organisation such as NACRO or Apex Trust will be able to advise. In special circumstances the Charity Commission may give consent for a person to serve as a charity trustee even if the conviction is unspent.
  • If you are an undischarged bankrupt, or have made ‘compositions’ with your creditors which have not been discharged, or in Scotland have had an estate sequestered 
  • If you have failed to make payments under a county court administration order 
  • If you have been removed by the Charity Commission or the High Court from being a trustee of or for any charity, or have been removed by the Court of Session in Scotland from being involved in the management of any charitable body 
  • If you are subject to a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 
No Board Member may be a Councillor of Shropshire Council or employed in a senior position by a commissioner of health or social care services in Shropshire. 

Before agreeing to serve as a Board Member, you should think about whether you have any conflict of interest. Examples of possible conflicts of interest are if you are employed by another organisation which might apply competitively for the same funding as this organisation, or if you are owner or partner or hold shares in a business which might provide goods or services to Healthwatch Shropshire. Having a conflict of interest may not prohibit you from serving as a Board Member but you will have to declare it and will not be able to take part in any decision in which such conflict of interest is relevant. The Declaration of Interest policy is available here for information.