Philip Kirkpatrick, deputy managing partner of Bates Wells London LLP offers hope to strengthen governance and balance in expectations of trustees. He feels that an assured unitary governance model offers assurance for boards and organisations they governance. “We all love change as long as it's happening to someone else. No one is very keen to change themselves.” There's not one only one way of doing this, you know. There is a broad structure, and there will be different ways in which people will implement it. Just like there are different ways in which people implement the existing normal charities structures. “When things go wrong, despite the role of the trustee simply being really oversight, and trying to do their best to make sure things are working effectively, and they've got reasonable oversight. When things go wrong, trustees are holed up, trustees are criticised.” Philip likes to find the paths through apparent blockages. With this in mind Philip offers an alternative hope of assurance for boards and the organisations they govern.