Paul has worked in the voluntary and community sector for 20 years. He has developed a telephone helpline service; worked in the field of development education doing development, human rights and equalities training work; and worked for a community arts organisation, putting on largescale fundraising events. For the last eleven years Paul has worked for the Working Together Project, which provides training and learning to the third sector in Sussex. As well as being a trustee of the Trust since 2002, Paul is also a long standing trustee of Speak Out, which provides a range of advocacy for people with learning disabilities.