Charitable Purpose

Teapot Trust is at the forefront of transformative mental health support for children and young people living with chronic health conditions and their families. We provide a UK wide programme of art therapy in hospitals, in community venues and online. Through art therapy, we help children to express emotions which they may not be able to articulate verbally, build their resilience and develop healthy coping mechanisms.

Role

With ambitious growth plans, we are looking to recruit a creative marketing and communications professional, with a track record of managing websites and social media channels to build and manage the charity’s growing reputation and engage new audiences.

The Marketing and Communications Lead will play an important role within the team, helping us share the impact of our work with families impacted by chronic illness, clinicians and funders, so that art therapy becomes more widely accessible to all who need it.

Familiar with marketing strategy and tools to increase engagement, the post holder will be responsible for our communication channels and content, shaping our social media, mailings, and website. You will work to deliver a message with authenticity and resonance, engaging identified stakeholders in appropriate dialogue rather than “pushing out” the same messages across all platforms.

Experience gained in the charity sector is desirable and an understanding of and empathy with our work is important. We are looking for a creative person, capable of developing new and exciting content while managing and prioritising a diverse workload. You will be comfortable both in planning and implementing strategy, be self-motivated and a team player. If you are a motivated and organised individual interested in playing a key role in a growing charity with widespread impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Fresh from the success of our gold-medal winning Elsewhere Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - a metaphor for children’s journey through art therapy which achieved UK wide publicity – we’re now appointing a Donor Relationships Manager (Maternity Cover) to lead on our individual giving and community fundraising work in this exciting period for Teapot Trust when we’re planning ambitious growth.

Teapot Trust is at the forefront of transformative mental health support for children, young people and their families who live with chronic conditions. We provide a UK wide programme of art therapy in hospitals, in community venues and online. Through art, we help children express emotions which they may not be able to articulate verbally, build their resilience and develop healthy coping mechanisms.

Teapot Trust works with 40 partners, including hospitals, around the UK, from Shetland to Southampton, and has a network of 25 fully qualified and registered art therapists.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced fundraiser to cover the maternity leave of our Donor Relationships Manager for a period of up to twelve months.

We’re not looking for someone to simply ‘hold the reigns’ – this is an opportunity for someone to make an impact which will springboard their career. You’ll bring a can-do attitude to strengthening relationships and securing new funding.

Taking a lead in managing community fundraising, individual giving and stewardship, you will work closely with and be supported by the Grants Manager and CEO. You’ll bring proven project management and relationship building experience, engagement skills, and be capable of developing a pipeline of income while managing a diverse workload. Excellent administrative skills and effective teamworking are essential. A range of experience in the fundraising world is a must.

Do you want to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of children with chronic illness and long-term conditions?

Are you passionate about giving children and young people’s a voice and to supporting them to be to be actively involved in decisions about how services are developed?

If yes, then we have the perfect role for you!

The Teapot Trust is recruiting for a part-time Young Voices Participation Officer to lead our youth engagement work.

About the Teapot Trust

Teapot Trust is at the forefront of mental health support for children and young people living with chronic physical conditions – using art as a ‘break through’, often where traditional talking therapies have failed. We have brought direct and lasting benefits to 13,000+ ‘at risk’ youngsters who struggle with serious anxiety related to their physical illness or long-term condition. Our main objectives are:

1. To provide art therapy and creative wellbeing interventions through which children, young people and their families are supported to explore and express their feelings, build resilience, and develop positive coping strategies.
2. To meet children, young people and families’ needs in any appropriate setting (including hospitals, mental health facilities, community venues and online) – often in partnership with others.

About the role

As the Participation Officer, you will lead on developing our Young Voices group from a pilot project to a sustainable programme of activity over the next two years. The role will involve facilitating and connecting young people’s experiences and views to make an impact on decision-making and service development.

About you

The successful candidate will be highly motivated to improve outcomes for our children and young people with chronic illnesses and life-conditions. You will be an experienced Participation Officer/Youth Worker who is enthusiastic about nurturing children and young people’s confidence and resilience. You will have a proven record of developing innovative ways to support children and young people’s participation and engagement, creating exciting and safe spaces online and in-person.

“We want someone who wants to make a difference and who can help children and young people make a difference. We want someone who brings with them energy and enthusiasm for participation and engagement work and who has the best interest of children and young people at the heart of all they do. We are looking for someone who cares, is honest and hard-working. In return, you’ll become part of a dedicate team supporting the mental health of children and young people and working to address health inequalities in Scotland".

Cat Thomson, Art Therapy Project Manager

Charitable Purpose: Teapot Trust is at the forefront of transformative mental health support for children and young people living with chronic conditions and their families. We provide a UK wide programme of art therapy and creative interventions, in hospitals, in community venues and online. Through art, we help children express emotions which they may not be able to articulate verbally, build their resilience and develop healthy coping mechanisms.

Role: With exciting plans ahead, including a content-rich project on a national platform (media announcement imminent), we are looking for an experienced marketing and communications professional to help promote the charity’s mission and work. The Marketing and Communications Officer will play an important role within the team, helping us share the impact of our work, while advocating for parity in the treatment of mental and physical health, so that art therapy becomes more widely accessible to all who need it.

Familiar with marketing strategy and tools to increase engagement, the post holder will be responsible for our communication channels and content, shaping our social media, mailings, and website. You will work to deliver a message with authenticity and resonance, engaging identified stakeholders in appropriate dialogue rather than “pushing out” the same messages across all platforms. As a mental health charity, it’s crucial that we claim that expertise and engage with influencers and stakeholders beyond our core beneficiaries.

Experience gained in the charity sector and an understanding of and empathy with our work is important. We are looking for a creative person, capable of developing new and exciting content while managing and prioritising a diverse workload. Excellent administrative skills and effective teamworking are essential. If you are a motivated and organised individual interested in playing a key role in a growing charity with widespread impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Introduction

Teapot Trust seeks to be a recognised and respected leader in Creative Health. The charity provides a UK wide programme of art therapy in hospitals, online and in community settings to support the mental health of children and young people living with chronic, physical conditions and their families.

In our 11 year history, we’ve supported around 13,000 children and young people.

About the trustee roles

Teapot Trust would like to appoint 3-4 new trustees as part of succession planning to join the board in September 2022.

We’d especially welcome applications from people with the experience, below, and from those from diverse backgrounds.

• lived experience as a parent of a child with a hidden health condition
• art therapy expertise
• strategic fundraising expertise
• senior level charity sector expertise
• An empathy with our cause is crucial.

Trustees usually serve for a three-year term renewable once for up to a further three years.

We’re requesting applications by Friday 15th May so the selection process can happen in good time prior to September’s board meeting when new trustees will be ratified.

Teapot Trust is a Disability Confident charity.

Introduction

Teapot Trust seeks to be a recognised and respected leader in Creative Health. The charity provides a UK wide programme of art therapy in hospitals, online and in community settings to support the mental health of children and young people living with chronic, physical conditions and their families. In our 11 year history, we’ve supported around 13,000 children and young people.

About the role

We are seeking a Projects Manager to coordinate art therapy delivery around the UK. The post-holder will coordinate the work of a team of self-employed art therapists and manage the project budgets. They will widen access to our art therapy through hospitals and other referring partners as well as growing self-referrals direct from families. Other key aspects to the role are overseeing the growth of the charity’s stakeholder groups – medical professionals and young voices.

This is a key role within a mutually supportive staff team and it is an exciting time to be joining the charity. The role reports to the Chief Executive. Understanding/experience of chronic illness would be advantageous and an empathy with our cause is crucial.

Teapot Trust is a Disability Confident employer.

Teapot Trust enhances the lives of children and young people suffering the impact of chronic and long-term conditions which are often “invisible’ e.g.: rheumatic diseases. Our expertise is in the delivery of art therapy – often effective where talking therapies have failed. We work throughout the UK in hospitals, communities and online. Now ten years old, the charity has an exciting vision for the next ten – to be a recognised and respected leader in Creative Health.

We need to appoint a Business Development Contractor to build a pipeline of commissioned, income-generating art therapy work for the year ahead – with hospitals, health facilities and others as agreed.

Responsible to the Art Therapy Projects Manager

Teapot Trust enhances the lives of children, young people and their families suffering the impact of chronic and long-term conditions which are often “invisible’ e.g. rheumatic diseases. Our expertise is in the delivery of art therapy – often effective where talking therapies have failed. We work throughout the UK in hospitals, communities and online. Now ten years old, the charity has an exciting vision for the next ten – to be a recognized and respected leader in Creative Health as it becomes more mainstream.

Roles

We would like to appoint 5 new trustees in two steps – by December 2021 and March 2022, having considered succession planning. Below are the priority roles we seek to fill first.

1. A qualified and experienced CA to chair the finance sub-committee
2. A parent with lived experience of caring for a child with a chronic condition
3. A strategic fundraiser – preferably with experience of large public funding bids

Prior experience as a trustee would be advantageous.

Trustees’ Meetings take place 6 times a year in alternate months while the Finance sub-committee meets monthly.