Customer board member application form

About you

Exclusions

Please note, some people are not permitted to become board members, please read the exclusions below.

Selwood Housing is a registered company and charity. It must comply with a set of rules called the 'Articles of Association'. This is the company's legal rulebook and sets out how the organisation is run as well as who can become a customer board member.

People who come under any of the following categories are not allowed to become board members of Selwood Housing:

• Someone who is or becomes bankrupt or who makes a voluntary arrangement with creditors;
• Someone who is, or may be suffering a mental health disorder; and is admitted to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983; or has a court order made for their detention or to appoint someone to look after their property or other affairs;
• Someone who is subject to a court order disqualifying him or her from serving as a board member of a company or who is otherwise prevented legally from being a company director.

If you are in any doubt, you should seek professional advice from your local Citizens Advice Bureau or similar organisation.

How we use your information

The information you have provided on this form may be used to prevent and detect fraud. The information may also be shared, for the same purposes, with other organisations which handle public funds. Full details of how we may use your data can be found on our privacy statement.

Pay and expenses

Board members are paid positions. Currently board members receive £4,802 per annum. Travel expenses to board meetings and events count as income and are taxable. It is up to you to establish if payment affects any benefits you may be in receipt of and make declarations to anybody you receive benefits from.

Equal opportunities

This part of the form is confidential and will be retained for monitoring purposes only.

We will be using information we may currently hold about you (like your age) to monitor that applicants expressing an interesting reflect the wider diversity of tenants. However, all applicants will be recruited on the basis of their ability and the requirements of the role.

So that we can easily communicate with you please tell us if you have any communication needs e.g. like a hearing or visual impairment or have difficulty with reading/writing?

We will try to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate your needs wherever practical.

Personal statement

We are asking each candidate to write a personal statement so that we can understand more about your interest in joining the board.

For guidance, please refer to the ‘person specification’ in the role description.

If you have any questions about the role please contact Ria Bristow, Group transformation and people director.
Direct telephone number: 01225 715660
Email: Ria.bristow@selwoodhousing.com

For any other queries please contact Laura Pictor, Group customer involvement manager via makeadifference@selwoodhousing.com or 01225 715715.

In your statement below, please include the following information:

• Why you would like to be a board director
• What you think you can offer in terms of your skills and experience
• If you have been involved in any similar community activities and if you have any special interests related to the role
• Any other information you feel is relevant to the application.