Hi Victoria, A couple of our residents had asked us about having a resident as a trustee on several occasions. We had concerns about conflicts of interest and confidentially and our scheme didn’t allow it. However as this kept being raised I decided to discuss this with our fellow trustees and come up with a response that we could email to these 2 residents. I am guessing you have now agreed to have a Resident Trustee but if you would like me to send a copy of the email we sent to the residents, I am happy to do so. At our last Residents meeting we discussed a Residents Forum, for Residents only to attend and feedback to our pastoral sub group. The 2 Residents were initially keen to organise this but then decided not to go ahead. Personally I feel that having a Resident Trustee would be very difficult as throughout our meetings, individual circumstances are often discussed which it would be totally inappropriate for another resident to hear. Also it is possible that a Resident keen to be a Trustee may not be the bast person to represent their fellow residents. Have you considered a Residents Forum instead ? Best wishes Lesley