Before engaging with communities, there are important things to consider to help ensure your activity is a success and is safe and ethical. The below resources will help you with this. Insurance It’s important to make sure that appropriate insurance is in place to cover your work with communities. Risk If you are involved with managing or leading any sort of community engagement activity, you will need to proactively manage risk in a way that is relevant and proportionate. Accessibility To engage successfully with communities, your activity needs to be as accessible as possible. Ethics Whether or not your activity is related to research, you may need to consider ethics. Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme Looking after the safety and wellbeing of everyone involved. Managing volunteers Managing staff, students and other people giving their time by choice, for free. Evaluation Assessing the impact and improving future delivery for your activity. Working with primary and secondary schools Many members of the University work with local primary and secondary schools Data Protection Managing data to ensure people’s privacy. Provide communities with physical resources Sharing and donating University-owned resources the right way. This article was published on Monday 22 July 2024
