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Thank you very much for being part of Claire Ferres Miles’ team! This is our volunteer code which governs our volunteer relationship.
Claire and Lyrebird Independent Pty Ltd (“we”), want to ensure that you have an enjoyable and positive experience as a volunteer.
This Volunteer Agreement outlines our mutual commitments and standards of behaviour. We want to ensure that all volunteers understand standards of behaviour and expectations while supporting Claire’s activities. This Agreement does not create an employment or contractor relationship between you and Lyrebird Independent Pty Ltd and it may be cancelled at any time by either of us.
We value our volunteers and will endeavour to provide you with:
- Volunteer induction and all relevant training to take part in Claire’s campaign.
- A safe environment for you to volunteer
- Respect for your privacy, including keeping your private information confidential
- Insurance which covers you for the volunteer duties you are authorised to perform
As a volunteer for us you acknowledge that:
- All work and duties performed are on a voluntary basis
- You will not receive remuneration or payment for the work you perform
We ask that you
- Be your best self
- Treat everyone, including your fellow volunteers, the communities we work in, those we disagree with, other candidates and their volunteers and the physical spaces in which we work with generosity and respect
- Be welcoming and inclusive
- Actively engage with and build community
- Focus on what we have in common and not our differences
- Follow through with commitments
In your volunteer role we require you to:
- Participate in our onboarding and other training programs
- Only undertake duties you are authorised and directed to perform
- Follow reasonable directions and instructions that you are given
- Use any property or equipment given to you safely and only for the purpose of volunteering and return it to us when you have finished using it
- Not be affected by drugs or alcohol when you are volunteering
- Comply with the law at all times
- Keep strictly confidential any personal or private information which you come across and only deal with it as directed by us
- Comply with this Code of Conduct.
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The health and safety of you and others
Volunteer safety, and the safety of everyone who is involved in our organisation, is a priority. As a volunteer you are required:
- To take reasonable care for your own health and safety
- To take reasonable care for the health and safety of others
- To notify a member of our leadership team of any health and safety issues or potentially hazardous situations that may pose a risk to you or others. Report any accidents or incidents relating to staff, volunteers, the public or the location, to a person within the team who needs to receive such information to protect the health and safety of workers and volunteers
To let us know of any concerns you may have about safety and/or fitness in undertaking our role
Insurance
We are committed to providing adequate insurance cover for volunteers while carrying out volunteering roles that have been approved and authorised by us.
We maintain Volunteer Insurance for all voluntary workers aged under 80 years.
We want to let you know that the following events are unlikely to be covered by our insurance:
- Any actions contravening our volunteer agreement – code of conduct.
- Where loss results from self-inflicted injury, the use of alcohol or drugs, mental illness, pregnancy and childbirth or a pre-existing condition
There are also limitations on some benefits. If you would like to view a full copy of the full insurance policy, please contact us.
Privacy and confidentiality
You may be given access to confidential and personal information in the course of your volunteering. This may include, personal information of other volunteers, information about campaign strategy and any other information identified as confidential or which is by its nature confidential. You agree:
- Not to use or disclose any of this information for any purpose other than the proper discharge of your duties as a volunteer for use;
- Not to make copies of any confidential or personal information; and
- To ensure that if you need to hold confidential or personal information to fulfil your volunteer duties, you will do it in a way which ensures the ongoing confidentiality and privacy of that information (including protecting it from other volunteers who may not need to see it as part of their volunteer duties).
Photos
If you do not want photos of you as a volunteer to be used by us, then please notify our team by emailing [email protected]. Otherwise, photos in which you are engaged in campaign-related or electoral activities may be used by us in social media and content related to Claire’s campaign.
Dress code
When you are wearing the Claire Ferres Miles t-shirt, you are an ambassador for Claire. While wearing the t-shirt, we ask that you don’t add badges/scarves/hats or other noticeable accessories from other campaigns and causes.
Materials prepared for us
From time to time, you might develop material or content for us. Unless we otherwise agree with you, you agree to take all steps to allow us to use that material and content, including by licensing and/or transferring any intellectual property rights in that material. As a volunteer you also agree not to bring any claim for infringement of your moral rights in respect of that use. Thank you.