Objectives
1. To provide educational and recreational facilities for:
2. To provide volunteering opportunities and training in a spirit of friendship and understanding, without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation/identity or politics.
3. To apply considered ecological and environmental principles to our property, grounds and services in order to limit the environmental impact of our operations.
Our Vision
To make a difference by providing valuable and diverse volunteering opportunities for all, and by working with partners and beneficiaries to alleviate the circumstances and promote the wellbeing of those experiencing poverty, disadvantage or distress.
Our Mission
To recognise and promote the importance of volunteering for its intrinsic value as much as its instrumental value.
To concentrate endeavours towards the most deserving sections of society in terms of disadvantage and inequality, and maximise the value that activities in these areas can provide.
To facilitate and promote learning and enjoyment of the natural environment, to conserve and enhance wildlife and habitats around Back Dane, and to pursue environmental sustainability across all our activities.
To achieve the highest possible quality of volunteering experience with due attention to the support, supervision, safety, skill development, satisfaction and enjoyment of volunteers.
To be proud of what Trust achieves, and to ensure a robust and representative organisational structure is in place that meets the Trust’s charitable objectives, and safeguards its ability to continue to do so into the future.
Our Values
Volunteering: in the sense of acting out of self-initiative, without seeking material reward and for the benefit of society, as a method and a statement for social change. The Trust prioritises and promotes, the “intrinsic” value of the volunteering experience to those participating as much, if not more, than the “instrumental” worth of the work done.
Respect: for people, the Trust will listen to and respect the thoughts, feelings and opinions of all, and will adopt as fundamental the principle of refraining from judging the worth of users and beneficiaries, and the contributions of volunteers; and respect for the environment and the ecosystem of which we are all a part and on which we all depend.
Inclusion: to be open and inclusive to all individuals who share the aims and objectives of the Trust, without regard to gender, race, heritage, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, social status or political views and any other potential grounds for unfair discrimination.
Empowerment: providing people with the means (knowledge, tools) to understand and act in order to transform the social, cultural and economic structures that affect their lives at all levels.
Cooperation: with each other, with users and beneficiaries, volunteers and partners, and local communities as well as other stakeholders to strengthen the positive potential within civil society as a whole. The Trust will operate with a collaborative approach, working in a collective and democratic spirit, and encouraging open and honest dialogue.
Solidarity: international solidarity for a more just and caring world and solidarity between human beings on all levels, based on empathy and compassion, respect for individuals as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and non-violence as a principle and a method.
Sensitivity: in all actions and public communications, the Trust will prioritise sensitivity to the dignity, feelings and self-respect of users and beneficiaries, their families and communities above aspirations for acclaim or efficiency.
Duty of Care
The Trust is guided in all its actions by its charitable objectives, which lead all policy and decision-making by the Board of Trustees, and it strives to meet the standards and principles set out in the Code of Conduct for Trustees and Volunteers.
The Trust endeavours to provide a safe environment for all, and ensures that health and safety is at the forefront when volunteering at Back Dane or with the Tuesday Club. The Trust will strive to observe the highest safeguarding standards in the recruitment, screening, support, training and supervision of volunteers working with children, young people and vulnerable adults.
The Back Dane Trust is committed to putting both opportunities for volunteering, and the welfare and wellbeing of beneficiaries and service users at the heart of everything it does. However, in the event of a conflict between these two commitments, the welfare and wellbeing of our beneficiaries and service users must always take priority.
- Disadvantaged children and young people
- Those in distress including disabled children and adults
- Those facing poverty
- The elderly
- Refugees
2. To provide volunteering opportunities and training in a spirit of friendship and understanding, without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation/identity or politics.
3. To apply considered ecological and environmental principles to our property, grounds and services in order to limit the environmental impact of our operations.
Our Vision
To make a difference by providing valuable and diverse volunteering opportunities for all, and by working with partners and beneficiaries to alleviate the circumstances and promote the wellbeing of those experiencing poverty, disadvantage or distress.
Our Mission
To recognise and promote the importance of volunteering for its intrinsic value as much as its instrumental value.
To concentrate endeavours towards the most deserving sections of society in terms of disadvantage and inequality, and maximise the value that activities in these areas can provide.
To facilitate and promote learning and enjoyment of the natural environment, to conserve and enhance wildlife and habitats around Back Dane, and to pursue environmental sustainability across all our activities.
To achieve the highest possible quality of volunteering experience with due attention to the support, supervision, safety, skill development, satisfaction and enjoyment of volunteers.
To be proud of what Trust achieves, and to ensure a robust and representative organisational structure is in place that meets the Trust’s charitable objectives, and safeguards its ability to continue to do so into the future.
Our Values
Volunteering: in the sense of acting out of self-initiative, without seeking material reward and for the benefit of society, as a method and a statement for social change. The Trust prioritises and promotes, the “intrinsic” value of the volunteering experience to those participating as much, if not more, than the “instrumental” worth of the work done.
Respect: for people, the Trust will listen to and respect the thoughts, feelings and opinions of all, and will adopt as fundamental the principle of refraining from judging the worth of users and beneficiaries, and the contributions of volunteers; and respect for the environment and the ecosystem of which we are all a part and on which we all depend.
Inclusion: to be open and inclusive to all individuals who share the aims and objectives of the Trust, without regard to gender, race, heritage, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, social status or political views and any other potential grounds for unfair discrimination.
Empowerment: providing people with the means (knowledge, tools) to understand and act in order to transform the social, cultural and economic structures that affect their lives at all levels.
Cooperation: with each other, with users and beneficiaries, volunteers and partners, and local communities as well as other stakeholders to strengthen the positive potential within civil society as a whole. The Trust will operate with a collaborative approach, working in a collective and democratic spirit, and encouraging open and honest dialogue.
Solidarity: international solidarity for a more just and caring world and solidarity between human beings on all levels, based on empathy and compassion, respect for individuals as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and non-violence as a principle and a method.
Sensitivity: in all actions and public communications, the Trust will prioritise sensitivity to the dignity, feelings and self-respect of users and beneficiaries, their families and communities above aspirations for acclaim or efficiency.
Duty of Care
The Trust is guided in all its actions by its charitable objectives, which lead all policy and decision-making by the Board of Trustees, and it strives to meet the standards and principles set out in the Code of Conduct for Trustees and Volunteers.
The Trust endeavours to provide a safe environment for all, and ensures that health and safety is at the forefront when volunteering at Back Dane or with the Tuesday Club. The Trust will strive to observe the highest safeguarding standards in the recruitment, screening, support, training and supervision of volunteers working with children, young people and vulnerable adults.
The Back Dane Trust is committed to putting both opportunities for volunteering, and the welfare and wellbeing of beneficiaries and service users at the heart of everything it does. However, in the event of a conflict between these two commitments, the welfare and wellbeing of our beneficiaries and service users must always take priority.