Policies
Policies & Governance
SHAWIN is firmly committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and highly responsible environment across all areas of its work and community engagement. Our operations are anchored by an Equality and Diversity Policy that ensures everyone is treated with fairness, dignity, and respect regardless of their background or identity, alongside an Adult and Child Safeguarding Assessments framework dedicated to promoting the welfare, rights, and safety of all individuals and vulnerable groups. Furthermore, we maintain the highest standards of organizational integrity through our General Data Protection Regulation Policy, which rigorously secures and protects personal data, and our Health and Safety Risk Assessments, which actively guarantee the health, well-being, and physical safety of our employees, volunteers, beneficiaries, and the general public.
Equality and Diversity Policy
SHAWIN is committed to promoting equality, diversity, inclusion, dignity, fairness, and respect throughout all areas of its work and community engagement activities. The organisation aims to provide an inclusive, welcoming, safe, and supportive environment in which all individuals are treated fairly and with dignity regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, language, culture, or any other protected characteristic.
General Data Protection Regulation Policy
SHAWIN is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, integrity, and security of personal information belonging to all individuals who engage with the organisation. The organisation recognises the importance of maintaining trust and confidence in the way personal data is collected, processed, stored, shared, retained, and protected.
Health and Safety Risk Assessments
It is the policy of SHAWIN to conduct its activities and operations in such a manner as to ensure the health, safety, welfare, and wellbeing of all employees, volunteers, trustees, beneficiaries, visitors, contractors, external stakeholders, and members of the public who may be affected by its activities.
Adult and Child Safeguarding Assessments
It is the policy of SHAWIN to safeguard and promote the welfare, wellbeing, dignity, rights, and safety of all individuals engaging with the organisation. SHAWIN fully recognises its responsibility to provide safe, inclusive, respectful, accessible, and supportive environments for employees, volunteers, trustees, beneficiaries, community members, vulnerable individuals, visitors, contractors, and all persons accessing its services, outreach activities, wellbeing initiatives, community programmes, or support arrangements.