If you have been asked to be a trustee, you will need to carefully think about the responsibility that this position holds. It is a lot of responsibility, and it will require a lot of work. You are not going to be paid for this responsibility, and it is going to come out of your own time.  If you don’t carry out your duties properly, you may be liable for losses made by the trust. It could also become a long-term commitment, depending on the nature of the trust, which is something else to be mindful of. There may also be more than one trustee for one trust, which means that you will need to discuss every decision with them and come to agreements on these decisions. If you do not get on with the other trustee, then this relationship might not work well.  You should also remember that as a trustee, everything that you do must be for the benefits of the person that the trust was created for, and your decision should reflect this. If you don’t think that you can fill the role of a trustee to the best of your ability, then it might not be the role for you.