Are you aged 25 or under and passionate about movement, community, and making change through the arts?
Company of Others is seeking Young Trustees to join our Board and help us lead with integrity, care, and creativity.
You don’t need any previous Trustee experience. We’ll offer guidance and support to help you grow into the role. Just bring your curiosity, commitment, and a belief that your voice deserves to be heard!
Who we are:
Company of Others is a dance theatre company based in the North East of England, led by Artistic Director and Choreographer Nadia Iftkhar.
At the centre of our work is our co-creation method which ensures we truly collaborate with the communities we work with and belong to, to create bold dance theatre experiences that instigate change.
We work with children and young people, elders, women Seeking Sanctuary, movement artists, and communities often excluded from the arts. We create bold dance theatre projects like Grief Floats, while also running regular programmes like Walker Youth Dance Project and Company of Others Ensemble.
In 2024, we became the first Dance Company of Sanctuary.
Our core values are Artistry, Integrity & Equity.
Why Young Trustees?
We believe young people’s voices should be heard at every level of our work, including how we are governed and in the decisions we make.
- As a Young Trustee, you’ll:
- Join our Board, alongside our Chair who leads the board, other Trustees and our Artistic Director & CEO who runs the company on a day to day basis
- Attend meetings every 3 months (in-person or hybrid)
- Bring your insight, experience and questions to strategic conversations
- Help us hold ourselves accountable to our values: Artistry, Integrity, Equity
- Develop your leadership skills and gain experience of working at board level
- We’d love to hear from you if you are:
- Aged 25 or under (but 16+)
- Passionate about the role dance, movement and creativity can play in building community and making change
- Interested in leadership, influence, and working alongside others with care
- Based in or connected to the North East
- Excited to learn more about arts governance
We particularly welcome expressions of interest from people who are Global Majority, d/Deaf, Disabled, neurodivergent, working class, or have lived experience of Seeking Sanctuary.
- To express your interest, please send us:
- A bit about yourself (this could be in writing, audio or video)
- Why you’re interested in becoming a Young Trustee at Company of Others
Send to: Ayesha Iftikhar at admin@companyofothers.org.uk
By Monday 1st December
If you need support to apply, or would prefer to have a chat with us first, email us at the email above or call us on 0191 276 1524.