Chair - Avenues Group
Avenues Group
Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh and grow – and achieve great things. We love to go the extra mile for people, building confidence and encouraging individuality and independence so people enjoy full, happy lives.
We are a charity that specialises in supporting autistic people, people with learning disability, acquired brain injury and complex support needs.
We do this by supporting and promoting people’s intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual welfare, with around 2,000 staff and a turnover of £67 million, supporting around 650 people with social care across our subsidiaries in the South East, West Midlands, London and the East of England.
We have exciting plans; we have grown steadily in recent years through a series of acquisitions and through organic growth, but we have no intention of standing still. Guided by our commitment to dignity, high standards, ethical practice and pride in what we do, we will continue to seek opportunities to deliver excellent outcomes for more people through diversifying our services and expanding the locations we operate in, ensuring we do so with compassion and with a focus on helping people feel connected and a true sense of belonging.
Following a hugely successful tenure, our Chair Terry Rich will be standing down this year, leaving a high performing, diverse and dedicated Board of Trustees. We are now seeking to appoint a new Chair, who will bring the leadership skills which will help us navigate an evolving social care landscape with confidence and creativity.
As Chair, you will provide strategic leadership, uphold the highest standards of governance, and guide the Board and Executive Team to achieve Avenues’ ambitions for sustainable growth, financial resilience, and continued excellence. The Chair will ensure effective decision‑making, support a collaborative and values‑driven culture, and act as an ambassador for Avenues with key stakeholders.
You will need some understanding of social care, which could come through lived or professional experience. You are likely to have held significant leadership positions in large complex organisations. Your financial acumen, political awareness and commercial sensibility will help us to grow, to support more people to live the lives they choose and deserve.
The Avenues Group is deeply committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applications from people whose experiences, perspectives and backgrounds will strengthen our organisation and enrich our leadership.
For more information on this exciting opportunity, please click here or for an informal, confidential discussion with our recruitment partners at VBS, please call Rob Hilyer on 07952 316 654, or by email at [email protected].