Gig Buddies Project - Code of Conduct

This page provides guidelines regarding the Gig Buddies project's position on volunteers, staff and participants.

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• Respect all people’s abilities, needs, rights, likes and dislikes (read our full Mutual Respect Policy) (or the Easy Read version)

• All forms of discrimination (read our discrimination policy) and abuse are not tolerated

• The Gig Buddies project encourages diversity and inclusion (see the GB philosophy here)

• Anti-social behaviour at Gig Buddies events, online or out with your buddy will not be tolerated (read more)

• Please respect all people’s privacy and personal boundaries (read more)

• Volunteers are not support workers (read more)

• Gig Buddies is a befriending project

• It is not a dating agency

• Excessive drinking will not be tolerated when at a Gig Buddies event or out with your gig buddy

• Possessing and/or using illegal substances will not be tolerated when at a Gig Buddies event or out with your gig buddy

• If driving to or from a Gig Buddies event or going out with your buddy, don’t drink any alcohol

• The safety and wellbeing of all people in the project is important to the Gig Buddies initiative.

• All matched volunteers submit an NDIS Worker Screening Check (or police check) and attend volunteer training

• All participants, volunteers and staff must respect Gig Buddies’ social media house rules (read Social Media Policy (rules) here)

• When in an online video chat or Zoom social event, please follow our house rules (read rules here)

• Volunteers must read, commit to and agree to the volunteer code of conduct (read here)

• Volunteer and participants are encouraged to read Gig Buddies project's volunteer policy (read here). This policy covers Gig Buddies' position on; human rights, code of ethics and conduct, duty of care and dignity of risk, and abuse, assault and neglect response policy.

• If you believe somebody has dis-respected the GB Code of Conduct, or behaved inappropriately, please contact the GB team or our user-led representatives, the Soul Fly Band.

• The Gig Buddies project respects your rights (read more), your right to an opinion and encourage feedback.

• If you have any issues with the management of the project or would like to make suggestions, please fill out a feedback form, or contact us.

• The Gig Buddies project and ACL Disability Services reserve the right to exclude persons from the project for breaching the Code of Conduct (this page).

• Gig Buddies Mutual Respect Policy

• Gig Buddies Mutual Respect Policy (Easy Read version)

• Volunteer Code of Conduct and Volunteer Policy

• Social Media Policy

• Anti-social  Behaviour Guidelines

• Boundaries Guidelines

• Discrimination Policy

• Zoom (online socials) Policy

• (Full) Volunteer Policy