14/10/2026
🤝 Bread for Good Community Benefit Society is looking for new Trustees 🤝
Help us spread the word about food justice and better bread in Scotland.
We would especially like to hear from you if you can support us as Honorary Secretary in ensuring our governance runs smoothly, transparently, and in line with legal requirements, OR as Honorary Treasurer to oversee the financial health of the charity, ensuring our resources are managed responsibly.
Having proved the feasibility of growing breadmaking wheat and rye in Scotland as Scotland The Bread – something that Scottish Government in 2016 regarded as so pointless that it didn’t gather statistics on grains other than those grown largely for animal feed and alcohol – we have handed on the flour milling element to other people and reverted to our official CBS name, Bread For Good.
In this new chapter we will be engaging further with agroecological research projects, translating research into advocacy, and amplifying impact by making real bread more accessible to everybody.
What trustees do
Trustees are responsible for guiding the strategic direction of Bread For Good, ensuring good governance, and supporting our small team and network of members and supporters. This is a voluntary role (reasonable expenses reimbursed). Trustees are expected to:
- Attend regular Board meetings
- Contribute to decision making and oversight of our projects, and help us realise our vision for the future
- Support fundraising, communications and community engagement.
Who we’re looking for
We welcome applications from people who share our values of solidarity, nourishment and food justice. We are particularly looking for an Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, but are also interested in hearing from people who can bring skills or experience in areas such as:
- Community food systems and sustainable agriculture
- Governance and charity leadership
- Finance, fundraising and investment oversight
- Communications (especially websites), outreach and community engagement
- Business development and organisational transition
Why join?
As a trustee, you will be part of a pioneering movement that has already:
- Rescued three nearly forgotten Scottish winter wheat varieties
- Researched, grown and milled grains with higher nutritional value than commercial alternatives
- Supported communities across Scotland to engage with milling better grains and baking better bread
- Partnered with food hubs to share breadmaking skills and nutritional knowledge
- Helped inspire the growing eco-bread network in Scotland.
You’ll be joining a participatory network of members and supporters who believe in nutrient dense, genetically diverse grains, organically grown in regenerative farming systems and milled into flour that sustains both bodies and communities.
How to apply
Please send a short statement of interest outlining your relevant experience and motivation to [email protected]. For an initial informal conversation about the role, please contact long-standing trustee Alison Ramcharran ([email protected]).
