Volunteer Opportunities! 

CCT is on the hunt for a Chair and a Treasurer. These are important, voluntary, officer roles that ensure CCT is running efficiently and effectively. Do you have a love of the ocean and the right skills to join our team? If so we’d love to hear from you. 

Chair 

  • Lead the board of trustees and CCT to enable it to fulfil its purpose 
  • Ensure an effective relationship between the board of trustees and CCT’s staff and external stakeholders 
  • Act as a spokesperson and figurehead as appropriate 
  • Supervise and support the CCT Director

Treasurer 

  • Manage the financial affairs of CCT and ensure they are legal, constitutional and within accepted accounting practice 
  • Keep proper records and ensure effective financial procedures are in place 
  • Monitor and report on the financial health of the organisation 
  • Produce the necessary financial reports/returns, accounts and manage audits and external examination of accounts 

For more information on both roles please contact Helen Pitman at helen.pitman@chagos-trust.org

In the latest issue of Chagos News

The opening article examines the first sighting of the sliteye shark in the waters of the Great Chagos Bank, written by Charlotte Oulton and Drs Holly Stokes, Kimberley Stokes, and Chagos Conservation Trust (CCT) Trustee Nicole Esteban from Swansea University’s Marine Conservation Ecology Lab.

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Edition #63