Search for Chair and board members
Angus Council is starting recruitment for a Chair and board members to become the new Arbroath Town Board that will decide how to spend funding of up to £20 million, awarded to the town as part of the 2024-25 UK Government budget Levelling Up fund.
The key characteristic of the Long-Term Plan for Towns fund is that decisions around how to spend the fund will be decided by a new Town Board, made up of local community and business leaders, who will draw up their town’s Long-Term Plan for the next 10 years.
This means that the first task is to find a suitable Chair, who should be a champion for the town and provide leadership for the Town Board, ensuring that it is community-led and embedded within the local area. The board must have a clear focus on solving local issues and building a town fit for the future through ambitious, visionary projects.
Working with the new Chair, Angus Council will then help to establish the Town Board who know and understand Arbroath, and who bring together all its many different opportunities and issues.
It will then support the Board to develop an Investment Plan that will set out the long-term plan and ambitions and develops long-term plans.
The Chair:
Given the importance of their role, the Chair should be someone who already holds a prominent role within the town, such as:
- a member of a local charitable organisation
- a local business leader or employer
- a philanthropist
- the head of the Further Education College
- a director for the NHS Board or Trust
- a director of a football club
Elected representatives, such as MPs, MSPs, or local or community councillors, cannot chair the Town Board.
The Board:
Members of the board should already be members of local groups and organisations or run a business locally and could for example come from:
- community partners, such as community groups, faith groups and local charities
- local businesses and social enterprises
- key cultural, arts, heritage, and sporting organisations
- public sector agencies such as schools subject to local priorities
- Angus Council elected members, the local MSP, and the local community council
The local MP and a representative of Police Scotland are required to be on the Town Board.
Events
Could you be the Chair or a member of the new Town Board?
Would you like to nominate someone for Chair or membership?
In its role as facilitator, Angus Council will be hosting three events; two in-person and one online, in order to share details of the Fund and fully explain to potential Chairs and Board members:
- what the roles entail
- what responsibilities they have
- what kinds of opportunities they can unlock for Arbroath over a 7–10-year period with a budget of £20 million
In-person events:
Two in-person events will take place at Websters Theatre Arbroath on Wednesday 8 May 2024: from 4:30pm to 5:30pm and 6:30pm to 7:30pm.
Please just attend on the day. No registration required.
Online Teams call
Monday 13 May 2024, 12 noon to 1pm.
Register your wish to join by emailing arbroathltpt@angus.gov.uk.
State the organisation, business, or group you represent, and you will be sent a link.
To find out more or nominate a Chair or board members
- email arbroathltpt@angus.gov.uk,
- call ACCESSLine on 03452 777 778
- drop in to the ACCESS office in Arbroath Library