Board Trustee

Location: Flexible; hybrid meetings (in-person and virtual)

Time commitment: Approximately 2 days per month

Unremunerated: With reasonable expenses paid

Thank you for your interest in a Board Trustee role with Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. Could you play a part in what comes next for us, and share our passion for the journey ahead?

As Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, we are stepping confidently into the future and building on nearly 50 years of impact as Sustrans, an organisation that helped pioneer the UK’s sustainable travel movement. From the creation of the Bristol–Bath path to the National Cycle Network, School Streets and beyond, our legacy is one of bold ideas, practical delivery, and lasting change.

Now, with a new name and renewed purpose, we’re more ambitious than ever. Our purpose is simple: To make it possible for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle, because it changes everything — our health, our wellbeing, our world.

Our Ambition

This is an exciting time for Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. We have launched a new 5-year strategy and placed the charity on a financially sustainable footing. Looking ahead to 2050, our aims for the National Cycle Network are bold:

Fix it – A seamless, safe and stunning national network

Love it – A network embraced by local communities

Green it – One that restores nature and connects us to it

Connect it – Linking people, places and transport options

We are building a people-powered movement; one that empowers millions, makes active travel a right not a privilege, and inspires unstoppable political will.

About the Role

We are now seeking two new Trustees to join our Board at this pivotal time. In addition to working at Board level, you will have substantial experience in at least one of the following three areas:

Post-strategy implementation / organisational effectiveness

Sustainable travel / walking, wheeling, cycling / public transport

Fundraising / philanthropic giving / income generation

We are Walk Wheel Cycle Trust.

With an impressive history stretching back almost 50 years — first as Cyclebag and then as Walk Wheel Cycle Trust — we are a UK-wide charity seeking to empower millions to walk, wheel and cycle for their health, their wellbeing and their world.

As custodians of the UK’s National Cycle Network, our mission is to build a national walking, wheeling and cycling network that brings everyone closer to the places and people they love.

Alongside this, we want to see thriving, well-designed communities where people are free to live, move and connect with ease — whether this is children’s journeys to school, new home developments, or making it easier to walk, wheel and cycle to catch a bus, train or tram.

It is an exciting time for Walk Wheel Cycle Trust; we have launched a new five-year strategy, placed the charity on a financially sustainable footing, and are unveiling a new brand that better reflects our purpose.

We are now seeking two new Trustees to join our Board at this pivotal time. In addition to your experience of working at a senior level, you will have substantial experience in at least one of the following three areas:

Post-strategy implementation / organisational effectiveness

Active travel / walking, wheeling, cycling / public transport

Fundraising / income generation

Additional Information

If you are interested in applying, please send a CV and supporting statement outlining your reasons for applying and the qualities you can bring to our Board.

Closing date for submissions: 23:59 on 16 November 2025

Interviews will be held in London on 5 December 2025