Community Trustee

Chair of Trustees Southern Hospice Group Southern Hospice Group is based at St Barnabas House, Titnore Lane, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6NZ. Meetings are held in person, across our 3 hospice sites (Arundel, Worthing and Brighton) and hybrid. Southern Hospice Group is one of the largest hospice organisations in the UK. Formed through the merger of St Barnabas House, Chestnut Tree House and Martlets, we provide high quality, person centred care for people of all ages with life limiting conditions across Sussex, and SE Hants. Our work spans specialist inpatient care for adults and children, Hospice at Home and community based palliative care. We also provide patient and family well being services, including bereavement counselling, therapies, social work, spiritual and other wellbeing support, alongside respite care for children and young people. Martlets Care is a subsidiary within the group providing our regulated domiciliary homecare services. This is supported through income generation from a network of 34 retail shops, fundraising and strategic partnerships. Our teams support thousands of patients and families each year, helping them live with dignity, comfort and choice during the most challenging periods of their lives. Post merger integration is well underway and we are focused on building long term resilience across our services, our people and our income streams. We are seeking a new Chair of Trustees to lead our Board through this next phase, offering strategic clarity, visible leadership and the ability to engage confidently with a wide range of stakeholders. Acting as a trusted advisor to our CEO, providing support, challenge and mentorship, while helping to align the Board around a clear strategic direction. You will bring calm authority, emotional intelligence and a commitment to open, honest leadership · Offering a commercial perspective to complement the strength of our clinical team, helping us navigate financial pressures and explore new ways to generate sustainable income in a sector where 70 percent of hospices are currently operating at a deficit · Ideally a commercial, estates or financial background, bringing fresh insight to our funding and growth strategies · This is an opportunity to help safeguard and strengthen the future of hospice care in Sussex.