About NSUN (the National Survivor User Network)
NSUN is a membership organisation and a network of grassroots, user-led community groups and people who have lived experience of mental ill-health, distress, and trauma. We connect, support, and amplify the voices and work of our members. As the only user-led national mental health charity, all of our staff members and trustees have lived experience, and our work is rooted in solidarity.
We work to redistribute power and resource in mental health. We do this by amplifying lived experience perspectives, creating collaborative spaces, building an alternative approach to mental health policy work, and building capacity for user-led grassroots groups. You can find out more about our work and the critical perspective we bring to the mental health sector here.
This is an incredibly exciting time to join us as a trustee: NSUN is in the process of refreshing our theory of change and reviewing our values, consolidating recent growth and embracing the next chapter of our development. This is an opportunity to join us on that journey and help guide and strengthen the organisation.
About the role
Being a trustee is a really rewarding experience, and gives you valuable and transferable leadership, strategic and governance skills and experience in the non-profit sector. Trustees act as the guardian of the vision, purpose and values of NSUN, acting in its best interests and working constructively with other Board members and staff to:
- Achieve and maintain excellent standards of governance
- Ensure NSUN’s purpose and objectives are achieved
- Ensure that NSUN is managed and controlled appropriately and maintains its financial sustainability
- Demonstrate that NSUN is accountable to its members, funders and stakeholders
- Ensure NSUN works within the requirements of the law, regulation, its funding bodies and best practice standards
We are also specifically looking for a new Chair and Treasurer. The role of Chair is essential within any charity, and we are looking for someone with experience of governance who is dynamic, enthusiastic, and committed to the organisation. We’re really hoping that this person also has a deep interest in how mental ill-health, distress and trauma connects with other social justice issues, such as disability and racial justice. The role of Treasurer will provide vital financial oversight to the charity.
We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of marginalisation and oppression, including people of colour, Disabled people, people with marginalised gender identities, and people who identify as being from a working class background.
You can find out more and ask any questions by speaking with Mandy Crandale, CEO (mandy.crandale@nsun.org.uk). Please email to arrange a call.
Information pack
This pack contains more information about NSUN and the role, the person specification, and information about the application process. To open links within the pack without navigating away from it, please right click on hyperlinks and select “Open link in new tab”.
Alternatively, click here to download the recruitment pack as a plaintext Word document
Apply
To apply, please download the application form and equality and diversity monitoring form linked within the information pack above.
These forms must be completed and returned to info@nsun.org.uk by 12.00 noon on Monday 27th October 2025.
Please note that we do not accept CVs/cover letters. Please make sure that all the information about your skills and experience is included in the application form: we recommend you use the full two pages allowed in the “supporting information” section in the application form to explain how you meet each of the points in the person specification.
We are unable to consider applications from candidates living outside of the UK.
Please contact us at info@nsun.org.uk if you need these materials in a different format or any other support in making an application.