Membership

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Membership application

Membership is £5 annually running from 1st April to 31st March or £25 for lifetime membership

If you wish to join please fill in the form below and then pay using the PayPal link in the form or use BACS.  If you pay us by BACS but don’t fill in the form we will have your money but won’t know who you are!

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If you wish to make a donation rather than join please use this link or use the BACS details below:

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If you wish to pay, either membership or donation by BACS

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Policy for Equal Opportunities: Friends of Riverside Park (FoRP)This policy applies to all Trustees, volunteers, management committee members, users and the general public.

Commitment

Equality and diversity are central to the work of FoRP.

We will treat all people with dignity and respect, valuing the diversity of all.  we will promote equality of opportunity and diversity. We will eliminate all forms of discrimination on grounds of race, gender, marital status, caring responsibilities, disability, gender re-assignment, age, social class, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, irrelevant offending background or any other factor irrelevant to the purpose in view.

We will tackle social exclusion, inequality, discrimination and disadvantage.

For this policy to be successful, it is essential that everyone is committed to and involved in its delivery. FoRP aims to work towards a just society free from discrimination, harassment and prejudice. We aim to embed this in all its policies, procedures, day-to-day practices and external relationships.

Aims

FoRP aims to:

  • Provide services that are accessible according to need;
  • Promote equality of opportunity and diversity in volunteering and development;
  • Create effective partnerships with all parts of our community.

Objectives

Our objective is to realise its standards by:

  • Sustaining, regularly evaluating and continually improving its services to ensure equality and diversity principles and best practice are embedded in our performance to meet the needs of individuals and groups;
  • Working together with the community to provide accessible and relevant service provision that responds to service users’ needs;
  • Ensuring volunteers and trustees are representative of the community served.
  • Responding to volunteer’s  needs and encouraging their development.
  • Recognising and valuing the differences and individual contribution that all people make to FoRP
  • Challenging discrimination;

Why have this policy?

We recognises, respects and values diversity in its Trustees, volunteers and service users.

The Charity has this policy because it is a people-led organisation that must always ensure it meets the needs of the community.

PROCEDURES

Responsibility for Implementation

This policy covers the behaviour of all people volunteering with FoRP or using the services and sets out the way they can expect to be treated in turn by us. The overall responsibility for ensuring adherence to and implementation of this policy lies with the Trustees, and the management committee.

Method of Implementation

We intend to implement this policy by:

  • Ensuring that Trustees, Management committee, volunteers and users are made aware, understand, agree with, and are willing to implement, this policy. All  volunteers will be given a copy of this policy as part of their induction;
  • Actively encouraging Trustees, management committee and volunteers to participate in anti-discriminatory training.
  • Monitoring the services, publicity and events provided by us to ensure that they are accessible to all sections of the population and do not discriminate, and taking active steps to ensure that participation is representative.

Monitoring and Reviewing

FoRP’s policy of equality of opportunity. Effective record keeping and monitoring, and acting on information gathered, are essential in order to measure effectiveness and plan progress. The management committee will review the policy annually.