Central to the House of Compassion is the precept: treat others as you would like to be treated yourself!
Equality
The starting point for us is equality between people and a positive appreciation of diversity. That people are different gives the opportunity for them to complement each other.
Doing more with and for each other. This can be done in various ways. With head, heart or hands.
With all the equality, some people are sometimes in a more vulnerable position than others.
This evokes a sense of injustice that prompts us to try to redress the balance. Compassion triggers action!
Everyone is welcome and respected
At the House of Compassion, everyone is welcome, either as a volunteer or a visitor. We respect everyone, with different faiths, beliefs, nationalities, skin colours and sexual orientations. Together, we ensure that everyone can feel at home in the House of Compassion. Discrimination has no place in the House of Compassion.
Why a Code of Conduct
Many boundaries in the contact between (volunteer) staff and participants of the House of Compassion Nijmegen are not unambiguous. One participant wants a hand on the shoulder and yet another does not like to be touched. Exact boundaries can never be agreed on this that apply to all participants and in all situations. This is just as well. But there is one very clear boundary and that is that (sexually) transgressive behaviour is inadmissible!
As a House of Compassion, we have therefore established a code of conduct for all our (volunteer) staff. The code of conduct consists of two parts: rules that contribute to an open, transparent and safe environment and the description of (sexually) transgressive behaviour that is the starting point of the sanctioning policy adopted by the organisation. When you join us, as a volunteer, trainee or paid employee, we ask you to agree to this code of conduct. By doing so, you declare that you know the code of conduct and will act in accordance with it.
This is how we treat each other:
