Eileen joined the Board of Trustees in 2003 having known the Chief Executive for many years, as she was an active volunteer in the Hangleton community.  She comes from a background of community activism and was instrumental in the creation of the LETS scheme in Brighton and the starting up of a leaseholders association.  Currently, Eileen is running a day centre for homeless people and is studying for a Masters in philosophy.

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.

Stephen joined the board of Trustees in 2008 after becoming interested in the work of the Trust through his regular attendance at the Portland Road and Clarendon Forum meetings.  The Rev'd has been an Anglican priest for 34 years and the Rector of the Aldrington Team Ministry for the past 20 years of those.  He feels that the way the Trust carries out its work fits well with his ministry philosophy that the church should go to the community and on the communities terms.

Robert has been a Trustee of this Charity since 2007, and Trustee of East Sussex Brighton & Hove Crossroads for five years. He previously worked for 21 years as an Orthotist in the NHS until he became disabled whilst doing a clinic at Dorking Hospital. He became an activist when being a carer for his mother who suffered from dementia. He had to fight to get what were her statutory rights and services. This work led him into all realms of the NHS and Social Housing. 

Ron joined the Trustee Board in November 2009.  He has served on committees for over 50 years usually in the office of Treasurer, Secretary or Chair.  In the 1970s Ron arranged the building of Bury Village Hall, obtaining approximately £90,000 in funding.  Today it is now a registered charity worth around £0.75 million.  For the last nine years he has been active as Secretary then Chair of Ingram Crescent Residents Association until recently.  Ron is pleased to be a member of the Trust serving Portland Road and Clarendon Forum.

Valerie joined the Trust for Developing Communities in 2003, after setting up and chairing a project for underprivileged young people (Fiveways Youth Project) through the Millennium Awards and support from the Drugs and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT). She is the Trust's Board member with Child Protection responsibilities and one of the signatories for the Trust's bank accounts.