The Canaan Trust, Est. 1995.
Since 1995, the Canaan Trust (an independent homeless charity) has supported the homeless and those threatened with becoming homeless from across our Local Communities. The Trust looks to provide person-centred support, specifically tailored to the needs of each unique individual who seeks our help.
Statement of Faith
The Canaan Trust places the Christian faith at the heart of its values.
The motivations of our organisation emanate from this central ethos and define the committed approach to the services we offer.
The Trust’s faith base is simply the source of its motivation and is only apparent to clients through the care they are offered, which is without favour regardless of race, creed, or gender.
Here to Help
If you are homeless or feel you are in danger of becoming homeless – call us!
If you, or your family, have little or no food to eat – call us!
If you are having issues with your benefits, rent arrears, or debts – call us!
If you are suffering from any form of domestic abuse – call us!
If you need help but no other source of help is available – call us!
Trustees
What do the Trustees do?
Being a Trustee means leading the organisation. It’s a vital and stimulating role, ensuring the charity is not only reaching its goals, but is forward-thinking and running as efficiently as possible.
Providing support to the Project Manager and a dedicated team that are making a real difference to individuals and families in crisis and in need across our local communities.
Contributing our skills and expertise to a cause that is important to each of us – homelessness and the prevention of homelessness. The reason the Trust came into being back in 1995.
Play a fundamental role in the strategic development of the organisation; deciding the charity’s priorities and plans – for example the purchase and development of the new Female House.
As Trustees it is our responsibility to make sure that the Trust has the money it needs; spends that money responsibly on the activities it was raised for; follows the law; and does not break its own rules.
Would you consider becoming a Trustee?
There is no doubt that being a Trustee is one of the most powerful ways in which each of us can contribute to our local community through a cause that we really care about. As a Trustee, we play an integral part in the good Governance of the Charity, not only ensuring that the organisation remains viable and sustainable but also ensuring that it adheres closely to its Mission and works in the interests of its beneficiaries.
The Board of Trustees at Canaan meet formally once a month to review the finances, receive reports from the manager and discuss current issues.
The Board publish an Annual Report, which sets out the previous year’s accounts and plans. These are presented at the AGM, usually in November and are lodged with the Charity Commission.
Being a Christian based charity Trustees also meet regularly in person, or via Zoom, to pray for the needs of the Trust, its clients and staff.
These days, corporations of all sizes are taking voluntary and community-enriching activities much more seriously with Trusteeship considered one of the most effective methods of professional development and community engagement available to employees.
If you wish to find out more about becoming a Trustee at the Canaan Trust, please email our Chair of Trustees. Email: chairoftrustees@canaan-trust.co.uk