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About Treetops

Treetops Hospice is a leading end-of-life care charity for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. We open our arms and hearts to support thousands of local people, and their families, through the most difficult time of their lives.

Our mission

To make every day count through giving the highest quality support for patients and families living with life-limiting illness or affected by death and dying.

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Vacancies

Head of Retail

We’re looking for a dynamic, commercially minded Head of Retail to lead and grow our 20 shop retail operation across Derbyshire. After doing a fantastic job, our current Head of Retail is leaving work for very personal reasons. They leave you a strong foundation, so you can take ownership of the next exciting chapter. If you love retail, growth, leading people, innovating new income streams…this is a genuinely fun, varied and meaningful role. You’ll take the lead and shape our multi site operation, develop our three year retail strategy, grow online sales, and ensure our shops remain a vibrant “window to the world” for Treetops Hospice. We welcome applicants from commercial retail backgrounds as well as charity retail. Apply now or message Scott Lea, Director of Marketing and Income Generation, directly for a confidential chat at scott@treetops.org.uk. Main Purpose: The Head of Retail is the senior manager who’s in charge of our retail department. Their role is to grow our retail operation and make sure that our its activities are as profitable and well run as possible. They diversify into new income streams and they also ensure that our shops act as the perfect window to the world for Treetops. How to Apply: Please forward your CV to: scott@treetops.org.uk. The closing date for applications is Sunday 22 February 2026 and interviews will be held on week commencing Monday 2 March 2026 Thank you for your interest in Treetops Hospice

Director of People and Culture

Main Purpose: To lead the Human Resource and Volunteer Services Team in developing and delivering an effective and efficient service. To be integral in creating and delivering the human resource and cultural elements within the Treetops Strategic Plan. This to include all services relating to the recruitment and management of volunteers. The duties and responsibilities listed below apply as equally to volunteers as paid staff (wherever practicable). Key Responsibilities: Provide effective leadership of the People and Culture Team (HR function) To develop an HR Strategy To ensure Treetops operates within current employment legislation and best practice. To lead on complex employment casework Monitoring and developing all policies Person Specification: CIPD minimum level 5 Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practise Compassionate leadership style Presenting to board members Strategic thinking Proven experience within a HR Manager role How to Apply: For further details or an informal discussion, please contact John Knight, Chief Executive on 07990038713. Please forward your CV with a covering letter to: applications@treetopshospice.org.uk. The closing date for applications is Friday 6 February 2026 and interviews will be held on 17 & 18 February 2026 If you have not been contacted by the interview date, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Thank you for your interest in Treetops Hospice

Trusts and Appeals Relationship Manager

Are you a friendly and pragmatic person who lives and breathes Trusts fundraising? Have you got a firm grip on all the disciplines, and do you understand the importance of building strong relationships? As part of our 5 years ‘Invest to Grow’ strategy, we have an opening to develop and grow our Trusts and Grant Making Foundations programme. We have an annual programme of compatible Trusts to approach and are looking for a Trust Fundraiser with a successful track record, to further develop proposals of our services and our capital funding appeals. In addition to the role, with your excellent writing skills and the support of our marketing team, you will be responsible for managing 2-3 fundraising appeals a year that will go out to our supporters. We can offer you flexible hours and the option to spend time working from home. We’re a friendly bunch of people to work with and, as your line manager, I’m the kind of person who’ll give you the freedom to do great things. We can’t afford huge salaries, but I’m open to talk. Car owner/driver essential. For further information call Robin Langrishe Head of Community Relationships on 0115 9491264.

Charity Fundraiser

The Treetops Lottery is a highly successful form of fundraising for us. Since 1996, the Treetops Lottery and the people that play, have helped to raise over £8million for hospice care in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

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It costs over £5.7 million a year to keep our doors open, but we only get a little funding from government bodies, roughly 18%. The rest of our funding comes from supporters.

Donate to Treetops today

It costs over £5.7 million a year to keep our doors open, but we only get a little funding from government bodies, roughly 18%. The rest of our funding comes from supporters.

Donate to Treetops today

Our Senior Leadership Team

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John Knight, Chief Executive

John brings a wealth of leadership experience from across the health and charity sectors, having served as Chief Executive Officer at Hospice Isle of Man. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive at LOROS Hospice, where he led major developments in the delivery of high-quality, compassionate care and support for terminally ill patients and their […]

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Philippa Shreeve, Director of Clinical Services

As Director of Clinical Services my role is to ensure that we always strive to deliver the highest standards of care possible for the population we serve here at Treetops Hospice.

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Scott Lea, Director of Income Generation and Marketing

I look after everything to do with making Treetops famous and ensuring we raise enough money to support our care services.

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Rebecca Bostock FCA, Director of Finance

As Director of Finance, I’m responsible for making sure that the hospice can monitor its financial position accurately, both looking at past performance but more importantly planning into the future.

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Cheryl Webster, Chair of Board

Cheryl worked for Treetops Hospice for 20 years, retiring in 2021. During her time at Treetops, she was a member of the Senior Leadership Team, initially managed the volunteer programme and latterly was Head of Facilities. After she retired, she was invited to be a Trustee both for her skills and for her ‘organisational memory.’ […]

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Dr Chris Potts

Chris Potts is a local GP who has worked in the Erewash area for over 10 years. Over this time he has been involved in several projects within the NHS supporting end of life care and education. Chris was invited to become a Trustee both for his medical knowledge and experience, and for my passion […]

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Steve Beeley

Steve is the owner of an insurance brokerage in Long Eaton, having worked in Insurance for over 45-years. He was very pleased to be invited to be a Trustee of Treetops , having had personal experience in care for elderly relatives, wanting to give something back to the local community and helping to ensure that […]

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Yvonne Hobday

Before Yvonne retired, she worked in social care for 40 years. A significant portion of that time was spent in the Erewash area. This gave her her first insight into the incredible services provided by Treetops. A few years ago, when a family member of Yvonne’s became terminally ill and chose to die at home, […]

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Suzanne Khalid

Suzanne joined Treetops as a Trustee in September 2023. She became the Vice Chair of the board in November 2024 and chairs the People and Workforce subcommittee of the board. She is a retired pharmacist with extensive clinical leadership experience at a senior level within a large multi-site NHS acute hospital. She is also an […]

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David Boutcher

David retired as a partner at the global law firm Reed Smith in December 2024, and is now a consultant to the firm where he was previously a senior Corporate Partner and Global Chair of Reed Smith’s Business and Finance Department. David now works on a pro bono basis for various organisations. He is a […]

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Colin Glynn

Colin is a qualified accountant by trade and worked for Rolls-Royce for 34 years until he retired in 2017. Colin’s career at Rolls-Royce saw him start as an undergraduate, returning as a graduate, and becoming professionally qualified and enjoying many different roles during his time there. His final role was Global Head of Finance Shared […]

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Cham Kang

Cham is a business and marketing consultant/coach for the STEM sectors such as Chemicals, Healthcare, Biotech, Pharma and Cosmetics with global multinationals and SMEs. He started his career in R&D as a Research Chemist and then progressed into Sales and Marketing on a global level before setting up Qinesis, a Business Growth Company in 2004. […]

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Robert Jones

Born and brought up in Long Eaton Robert is proud to have been a Trustee of Treetops Hospice for nearly 15 years. Most of his professional career has been involved in various aspects of residential and commercial property in the local area, having started his own firm in the early 1990’s. Robert’s involvement as a […]