Chair

The National Paralympic Heritage Trust, established in 2015, exists to enlighten and inspire future generations by celebrating, cherishing and bringing the British Paralympic heritage and its stories of human endeavour to life.

In our first operational eight years (2017-2026) we have achieved a lot for a small organisation. As well as opening our Heritage Centre at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire (2019) we have had temporary exhibitions across the country in Norwich, Bradford, Keighley, Milton Keynes, the Olympic Park London, Gunnersbury Park in London, Warwick and Nottingham. Since 2023 we focused on diversifying our workforce and developing our digital offer, with a Global Paralympic Museum and broadening our collections across all areas of disability sport working in particular with the national disability sports organisations. Over the next 10 years we will be potentially working towards the development of a larger physical museum, alongside maintaining our digital expertise and developing cutting edge access to our collections.

For more information see our vision to 2036.

In order to support us on the next stage of our exciting innovative journey we are looking to appoint:

A new Chair of the NPHT – from June 2026 and

One additional independent Trustee – one from June 2026

You could be drawn from the world of culture, heritage, disability, sport, community or beyond, but you will share our passion for preserving and celebrating the heritage of the UK as the birthplace of the Paralympic movement. Have an understanding of, and access to, networks or contacts in the sport, heritage, disability or community sectors. You will also need to be committed to our aims and values, and to equality and diversity.

Whatever you bring, we want to be clear about what we are looking for from you, and this pack is designed to help you understand more about us, and the role, and we are happy to answer any questions you may have.

We are particularly keen in broadening our Board across all areas of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and welcome local community applicants as well as people from further afield.

For further information and to apply, please click below.