Seven principles. One promise.
Most charities write values statements. We needed something harder — something we could be held to, in public, on the record.
These seven principles are our version of the Nolan Principles of Public Life — the standards expected of anyone in public office in the UK since 1995. We've taken that framework and written it in our own language, for the work we're doing and the people we're doing it for.
If we fall short of any of these, say so.
We will show up for the people the system misses.
We will tell the truth, even when it costs us.
We will follow what works on the ground, not what works on paper. We will change course when the ground tells us something new.
We will answer to the people we serve first.
We will share what we learn. The wins and the failures.
We will name what's broken, including in ourselves.
We will model the work, not outsource the hard parts.
Written in our own language, for the work we're doing and the people we're doing it for.
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