Patience, Pragmatism & Persistence
It is an honour to have recently been appointed Youth Engagement Trustee at the Tate, becoming the youngest serving board member of a UK national museum or gallery. My role is to support the organisation in better serving the needs of young people, becoming an enabler and amplifier for their creative energy.
It might seem obvious, but at present trustees in the UK are not representative of the population, with young people, women and BAME communities dramatically under-represented. A report by the Charity Commission* found that the average age of a charity trustee in the UK is 61 and that 64% of all trustees are male. Furthermore 92% of charity board members are white compared with 86% of the UK population as a whole. And 75% of trustees have household income above the national average.
