Looking to help your community? – Granted. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to help.

Do you have experience and knowledge of the local voluntary and charitable sector? Do you want to help decide where grants get spent in the Borough of Hastings?

Hastings Borough Council is looking for volunteers to sit on its grants advisory panel. The panel gives advice to the Hastings and St Leonards Foreshore Trust on how its surplus income should be distributed.

We are looking for more volunteers to join our existing panel. The panel meets around four times a year, and other meetings may be called as and when necessary. We are particularly looking for people with:

• experience and knowledge of the local voluntary and charitable sector;
• knowledge of social issues in the Borough of Hastings;
• the ability to work in a team and recognise and manage conflicts of interest.

Cllr Trevor Webb, Chair of the Charity Commission, said: "This is very rewarding work, getting to decide where grants and funding go to help the local community. I'd encourage anyone with an interest in this to apply."

Anyone interested should email Mary Kilner, Chief Legal Officer, with their CV and supporting statement by 9 am on 7 January 2022.