Not all trustees will agree with all decisions. Trustees should exercise independent judgement. You should feel able to give your views, raise concerns and challenge. Constructive debate and challenge are signs of healthy governance. Your charity should draw on all the experience of its trustees. You should disagree if you believe that a decision is not in the best interests of your charity. Your starting point as a trustee must be your charity’s best interests, it cannot be your personal motives or beliefs. If you don’t start with your charity’s best interests, you are not complying with your trustee duties. Once you make a decision, all trustees should follow it, even if they do not all agree. Take care to avoid disputes about decisions. These can be really damaging to your charity. If you strongly disagree with a decision, ask for this to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. Sometimes you may disagree so strongly with a decision that you have no choice but to resign. Read our guidance Disagreements and disputes within charities.