Our values
We aim to be:
Representative and accountable
to people navigating the systems we want to change.
Sustainable
so we can continue our work as long as it is needed.
Trauma informed
promoting an organisational culture which is safe, transparent, collaborative and empathetic.
Rooted in community
because strength comes from solidarity and mutual support.
Equitable
to all who give their time to the project.
Tenacious, innovative, reflective and adaptable
We don’t want a project like ours to be necessary. The NRPF condition is both a consequence and a cause of discrimination in the UK and it needs to end. We acknowledge that this may not happen quickly, however we seek to exist only as long as we’re needed.
We see NRPF as one of many overlapping systems of structural injustice, which also include race, class, gender, immigration status and others. The decisions we make – such as in our pay policy, recruitment and support for staff or volunteers – are motivated by the ambition to dismantle structures of oppression wherever they appear around us and in our organisation.
Much of the work that we do as a project is volunteer-led. We recognise that relying on unpaid or under-paid work can exclude people from participating in projects like ours. We seek to address this by:
Paying our staff a living wage
calculated according to the real cost of living for a family.
Offering paid opportunities
when volunteers provide time above their agreed commitment.
Covering expenses
like travel and childcare to make volunteering as accessible as possible.