Code of Conduct

Do

• Treat everyone with respect
• Look after yourself
• Be supportive and kind to others
• Fulfill the expected volunteer role including duties, working days and working times
• Follow rules and all reasonable instructions at the project and from staff
• Follow local laws and respect local customs
• Follow Pod Volunteer’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy, where applicable
• Bring any concerns or issues to the attention of the local team / Pod Volunteer UK office as soon as possible
• Join in and have fun!

Don't

• Put yourself or others at risk
• Do anything that could cause harm (to people, animals, property or the environment)
• Behave in any way that is inappropriate, illegal or could jeopardise the work of Pod Volunteer and its partner projects
• Be absent without prior communication
• Discriminate in any way
• Display any form of aggression, intimidation or abuse to others 
• Have any inappropriate physical, verbal, electronic or online contact with others

Escalation procedure

If you don’t follow the Code of Conduct, we will support you through the following process:

• Minor first-time incident – you will be given a verbal warning and asked to change your behaviour
• Formal warning – if you continue not to follow the Code of Conduct or if your behaviour is more serious, you will be given a formal warning 
• Termination of programme – if your behaviour doesn’t change following a warning or if your behaviour is at a very serious level (such as illegal behaviour or a threat to safety), your programme may be terminated