Voluntary Directors sought - Help shape the future of the Shared Plate

The Shared Plate brings people together around food. Their hands-on community programmes in Swansea help people build skills, confidence, connection and wellbeing, and they are paid for by our ethical catering business, which cooks seasonal feasts for weddings, celebrations and workplaces.

They are a Community Interest Company: every event they cater funds a community programme, helping create greater access to good food, shared learning and positive change.

WHAT IT INVOLVES

This is a voluntary role, registered as a company director at Companies House, with the legal responsibilities that go with that. They pay travel and care expenses. The board meets quarterly in Mumbles, with an online option, and each director takes a lead on one area between meetings, so expect around a day a month, more in the first six months. Once a year the board eats a meal cooked by participants and hears directly from them what has changed. Initial term three years.

WHY NOW

Since 2018 The Shared Plate has been led by its founder. They are now building their first full board so that the organisation can stand on its own. Between now and Christmas the new board will take on oversight of finance, fundraising, people and risk, and the founder will move into a smaller role focused on programmes and strategy.

This is a real job for real directors, and the first six months will be busy. In return you will shape an organisation with a proven approach, partners including Swansea Council, NHS Wales and Diabetes UK and a two-year strategic plan ready to be delivered.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR …

Three to four directors, including a Chair. The Directors will need to cover:

Finance - someone comfortable reading management accounts, setting a reserves policy and asking hard questions about money. This is the seat they most need to fill.
Fundraising and commissioning - experience of grants, trusts or public sector contracts in Wales, and the contacts that go with it.
People and employment - HR, contracts and safeguarding, so that they employ people properly as the team grows.
Food, hospitality or small business - someone who knows what a good kitchen and a fair price look like.
Education, youth work & health - so that their programmes for schools, EOTAS learners, older men and women's health are shaped by people who know those worlds.
Lived experience - at least one director who has taken part in one of their programmes or lives in the neighbourhoods they work in.

Most directors will bring more than one of these. You do not need to tick every box, and you do not need to have sat on a board before; they will provide induction and support. Shared Plate are looking for people who believe in what they do; that everyone deserves good food, have something valuable to bring to the table and are prepared to take responsibility for making that happen.
Shared Plate will support you to take up the role and pay any costs of doing so.

WHERE COULD THE SHARED PLATE GO NEXT?

They have big ambitions for The Shared Plate — from growing their community programmes and reaching more people, to developing their catering and workshops, building new partnerships and exploring new opportunities across South Wales. They don't have all the answers, and that's where you come in. Shared Plate are looking for passionate directors who can help them think bigger, challenge their ideas, open doors and shape a sustainable future for the organisation.

INTERESTED?

Shared plate would like to talk before you decide anything - contact Niaomh on nconvery@ for an informal conversation, or send a short note or CV telling them about yourself and why you want to join.

Closing date: 6th December 2026 (they aim to have the board in place by December 2026).

Published: 9th October, 2026

Author: Gail Hanlin

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