We're looking for our next Chair

Over the past 16 years, we’ve grown from a small distribution vehicle into one of the UK’s most respected legal advice funders, making over 1,097 grants to 380 advice providers and currently overseeing £39 million worth of grants in place. In 2024, we secured a landmark £30 million grant from the National Lottery Community Fund to deliver our flagship programme, Improving Lives Through Advice, supporting free social welfare legal advice across England.

We’re consolidating our position as the prescribed charity to receive undistributed damages from opt-out collective actions, we’re delivering funding programmes with the Ministry of Justice through to 2029, and we’re building for the future.

Now we need the right person to help lead us through what comes next.

Our Chair will bring strategic leadership and governance experience, a genuine commitment to access to justice, and the ability to work collaboratively with our board, staff, funders, and partners. We’re looking for someone who shares our belief that everyone deserves access to legal advice , and who wants to help us make that a reality.

Our board includes 14 trustees with a wide range of skills, and we’re supported by our members The Law Society of England and Wales, the Bar Council, CILEx and the Advice Services Alliance. Our next Chair will step into a well-established, well-governed organisation with a strong track record and real momentum.

Anderson Quigley is supporting us with this search. To apply, please submit:

• A full CV
• A covering letter (up to 2 pages of A4) outlining your motivation and how you meet the person specification

The closing date for applications is 20 March 2026.

For a confidential conversation about the role, please contact Helene Usherwood at helene.usherwood@andersonquigley.com / +44 (0)7719 322 669 or Aino Betts at aino.betts@andersonquigley.com / +44 (0)7743 934 723.