Community Transform Charter
Inspired by Christ and motivated by our faith in Him, we commit ourselves to serve others by aspiring to the following standards in all our community work.
In all that we do, we will seek to be inclusive by:
- Serving and respecting all people regardless of their gender, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation or ability.
- Acknowledging the freedom of people of all faiths or none (including ourselves) both to hold and to express their beliefs and convictions respectfully and freely, within the limits of the UK law.
- Never imposing Christianity on others whilst retaining the right to share, when asked, our faith and its place in our lives.
- Developing partnerships with others in order to facilitate an effective, integrated service for our clients avoiding unnecessary duplication of resources whilst also retaining our ethos and identity.
- Providing and publicising regular consultation and reporting forums to client groups and the wider community regarding the effective development and delivery of our work and our responsiveness to their actual needs.
In all that we do, we will seek to respect individuals we are serving by:
- Creating an environment where all stakeholders are encouraged and enabled to realise their God-given potential.
- Assisting stakeholders to take responsibility for their own learning and development, both through formal and informal training opportunities and ongoing assessment.
- Developing an organisational culture in which individually and corporately we learn from any mistakes made and where excellence and innovation are encouraged and rewarded.
- Promoting the value of a balanced, holistic lifestyle as part of each person’s overall development.
- Abiding by the requirements of employment law in the UK and implementing good employment practices and procedures demonstrating our Christian distinctive ethos and values.
In all that we do, we will develop a professional approach to our work by:
- Implementing a management structure, which fosters and encourages participation by stakeholders at all levels in order to facilitate the fulfilment of the partnership’s goals and visions.
- Setting and reviewing measurable and timed outcomes and regularly evaluating and monitoring our management structure and output thus recognising the need for ongoing organisational flexibility, development and good stewardship of resources.
- Developing a diversity of funding streams for the work undertaken.
- Implementing good practice procedures in terms of our policies and procedures in order to protect all stakeholders.
- Handling our funding in a transparent and accountable way and giving relevant people from outside our organisation/project reasonable access to our accounts as required.
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