Trustee Board

As a registed charity SWAPS has a Board of trustees. Their role is one of governance. They oversee the organisation, setting the strategic direction and ensuring that we are working with our charitable objectives.

Click here for a full list of all trustees and members of sub committees

Approval Panel

An independent approval panel is required by regulation. The main role of the panel is to consider proposals to approve prospective Shared Lives providers and to consider proposals to change the status of existing providers.

Our panel members are recruited through advertising and word of mouth and are all completely independent of the scheme. Members are given training on their role and on the skills and attributes they are looking for in a Shared Lives provider.

The main requirement of panel members is that they are non judgemental, able to look at things objectively and fairly and work within agreed structures and processes as part of a team of people.

Click here for our approval panel structure chart    

If you are interested to find out how to become either a trustee or approval panel member please see our Voluntary Job Section. If you would like to find out more about our Board or Approval Panel please contact us at the Devon office or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it