Ethical Values of NCVS
NCVS welcomes and celebrates the richness and diversity of the communities in Nottingham
and is strongly committed to achieving equal opportunities and access for all people and groups in society.
NCVS recognises, however, that some people suffer oppression, unfair discrimination and
lack of opportunity on various grounds, including, for example, their:-
- address or neighbourhood/estate
- age
- class
- impairment/disability - physical, sensory, or learning
- gender/sex - including gender re-assignment
- health - physical, mental, or HIV-related
- race, colour, nationality or ethnic origin
- religion, beliefs or culture, including appearance
- marital status
- parental status
- responsibility to care for dependent(s)
- sexuality - for example, being a lesbian or gay man
- spent criminal convictions
- trade union activity
- unemployment
NCVS is committed to:-
- establishing and maintaining a culture of implementing equal opportunities in all
that it does
- taking positive action in seeking to promote social justice
- implementing anti-discriminatory practices in all its areas of work and amongst its
members and users
- challenging oppression and inequality
- sharing its experiences through openness and transparency
NCVS seeks to show the following indicators of being an equal opportunities organisation,
including having:-
- high quality services that are accessible and sensitive to the needs of
its members, current and potential service users, in all the communities in
Nottingham
- annual priorities and targets to work with the most disadvantaged people
and groups
- fair and effective employment practices
- proper representation of current and potential members and users, in terms
of trustees, management, paid staff and volunteers
- procedures for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating all aspects of the organisation’s
performance every year, in order to continually develop good practice and
up-date policies
- reporting and accounting to appropriate people and agencies