Young People are at the heart of the work we do. As a youth work charity Youth Focus NW (YFNW) has a responsibility to keep you safe, it’s called our duty of care. This means providing a safe, respectful environment for young people to engage and take part in our activities. Keeping you safe is a collective responsibility and we are all responsible for our own behaviour and actions.
We have a zero-tolerance policy to all forms of abuse and discrimination, including but not limited to: racism, ageism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and prejudice based on ethnicity, nationality, class, gender, gender presentation, language ability, asylum status or religious affiliation.
In our work we agree to:
* Create safe spaces to work with you
* Work together to foster mutual respect
* Actively discourage the use of offensive language and banter
* Challenge the point and not the person
* Recognise our differences, we all have different lived experiences and our views may differ
* Never make assumptions about the lived experience, opinions or identification of others, these may not be known or visible
* Respect physical and emotional boundaries.
* Ensure there is explicit verbal consent before engaging in any physical contact or crossing personal boundaries.
* Treat personal sharing confidentially
* Avoid sharing potentially contentious information on social media
* Maintain confidentiality, unless we need to share your information to protect you or someone else (if any action is needed, we will always communicate this with you where possible).
These agreements are shared by anyone who engages with YFNW, either offline at our projects and events, or online via our social media channels and events hosted online.
If you have concerns about the safety or wellbeing of any young person/people working with Youth Focus NW or you have seen or heard about a safeguarding incident, contact:
Sarah 07566 770411 | Sharon 07761 510116 |
For more information about what you can expect when you work with us, please click here.
Youth Focus North West is a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee and is governed by a Board of Trustees. This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you complete this consent form or participate in our events, both face to face and online.
Youth Focus North West needs to collect and use certain types of information about the individuals who come into contact with us in order to carry out our work. This personal information must be collected and dealt with appropriately and there are safeguards to ensure this under the General Data Protection Regulation May 2018.
We will collect the minimum information needed to safeguard you and carry out our work, this may include:
Youth Focus NW’s main work area is Youth Voice and running activities, meetings and events for young people. In light of COVID-19 we have transferred many of our services online.
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy please email [email protected].
We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.
You have the right to withdraw consent at any time by emailing [email protected]
Consent is usually valid for 12 months.
After this time we will store the data securely for a maximum of 6 months and then destroy.
We will only share your information with third parties if funding contracts require it. In this instance we will ensure that your information is not shared further by implementing agreements with the appropriate third parties.