Independent Consortium Chair at The Cultural Spring

Role Type: Trustee

Application deadline:

Salary: £

Role description: Chair

The Cultural Spring is recruiting an Independent Consortium Chair to provide strategic leadership and governance for our Creative People and Places programme across Sunderland and South Tyneside.

This voluntary role offers an opportunity to help guide a nationally funded, community-led arts programme rooted in co-creation, inclusion and social justice, as we enter an exciting new phase from April 2026 to March 2029.

We are looking for someone with leadership experience in community, voluntary, non-profit or arts settings, who is committed to equality, values collaborative decision-making, and has an interest in supporting creative work shaped by local communities.

The Chair will lead quarterly consortium meetings, act as an ambassador for the programme, and work closely with the Project Director and partners while maintaining the independence of the CPP programme.

Application deadline: 12 noon, Wednesday 4 February

If you’d like to discuss the role informally before applying, we warmly encourage you to get in touch