We aim to ensure anyone who becomes responsible for a child has paid time off devoted to this huge new responsibility.

A staff review process aiming to: 1) review progress and priorities, 2) explore and resolve any problems in these areas, 3) discuss the employee’s potential and future training needs, 4) set targets for future work and training if relevant. Staff take it in turns to review each other.

An outline of how we request staff, clients and visitors to behave in our space. The purpose is to support everyone to feel comfortable and respected, especially those from marginalised communities who regularly face prejudice in broader society.

This policy supports trans inclusion, respect and dignity within the organisation and outlines our commitment to trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and gender questioning colleagues and volunteers, in areas such as: transitioning at work, DBS checks, employment references and toilet/changing facilities.

This policy aims to provide fair and financially secure wages for all workers. It is based on a flat rate plus uplifts, including: length of service, support for dependents, experience of marginalisation, and city weighting. It also contains an emergency waging system and fund, as well as a process for administering the policy.

A sickness policy to support workers who experience illness, designed to find solutions that suit all, and for financial worries not to be an added burden to staff off sick. The policy outlines how the organisation will deal with prolonged absence, repeated short-term absences and/or poor or partial performance of duties due to illness, injury or other medical condition, and aims to ensure they feel supported and fairly treated throughout.