Join us: Currently recruiting 2 Trustees and a Chair Elect

by | Jul 28, 2026 | Recruitment

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Cambridge House is an equity-based multiservice social action charity established in 1889 and now
working across 29 London and 17 English and Welsh local authorities. Our services include a Law Centre,
statutory advocacy services, disabled people’s empowerment services, and advice services for private
rented sector tenants.

We Transform Lives through personalised, place-based access-to-justice and resilience-building services
for families and people facing crisis, deprivation and social inequity.

We Transform Society by producing evidence, research and thought leadership to improve policy and
practice and challenge structural barriers.

We’re particularly looking for people with the following knowledge and experience:
▪ Frontline delivery – charity services in community settings, particularly legal/advice
▪ Campaigning & influencing – political/parliamentary affairs at a national level
▪ Commissioning & systems – public sector commissioning across welfare, health, housing,
refugee/asylum and/or social care
▪ Strategic enablers – AI in the workplace/service delivery, or marketing/communications/PR, or donor
development/corporate partnerships and fundraising

Closing date for entries: 23:59 hours on Sunday 20 Sept 2026

To find out more and to download a candidate pack, please visit our Jobs page.

Diversity and Inclusion

To address underrepresentation on our current Board, we especially welcome applications from people
with lived experience of insecure housing/homelessness, the welfare/disability benefits system, and/or
minoritised faith/language groups, and people who are:

▪ Queer/LGBTQIA+ and/or from Black, Asian and global majority communities
▪ Women or Trans/Non-binary
▪ Disabled, neurodiverse and/or living with a mental or physical health condition

About Cambridge House

At Cambridge House, we work to tackle the impacts and root causes of poverty, social inequity and injustice experienced by those in our communities, providing people with the support, advice and opportunities they need to improve their lives.

Find out more about what we do here.

 

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