RadHR is a space where groups and organisations invested in building a fairer and more equitable society can come together to share the nuts and bolts—the policies, processes, practices and stories—of how we organise ourselves based on our values.
We are a free, open, and collaborative resource built by people like you: community groups, mutual aid organisations, cooperatives, activist groups and voluntary sector organisations interested in finding ways of working together that help us look after each other and challenge the power structures we find in the wider world.
94 policies uploaded by groups like yours, including…
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Maintenance meeting agenda
A template agenda for a regular group meeting which aims to offer: a deeper check-in on the experience of being in the group / space to raise issues and “have awkward chats”/ space to reflect together on our work, and our direction. This template is structured to help manage tensions and differences and to surface areas for improvement, but not to address significant conflict.
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Induction checklist
An adaptable induction process focused on wellbeing and support, as well as practical, legal and technical tasks.
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Long COVID/chronic illness
A policy to address the medium-to-long term impacts of Long COVID (and other types of chronic illness and disability) and outlines organisational processes for supporting staff affected, in a way which is aligned with disability justice and the needs of a small staff team to continue to work in a sustainable way.
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Safeguarding policy
A safeguarding policy for a small charity that works with adults, based on values of liberation, equity and anti-oppression and informed by Maslaha’s Radical Safeguarding workbook.
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Pay policy
A socially-just pay policy, including adjustments for: time worked; dependents; no recourse to public funds; experience of marginalisation; city living; and disability. It also includes adjustments for freelance pay; a process for implementation; an emergency pay system; and an emergency fund for workers.
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Internal hiring/promotion
A policy that provides two ways into a role for employees, acknowledging that not all hierarchical work relationships are equitable. It also involves staff members in the process and allows current workers to have a first go at a role.
16 guides to help you develop your own policies and processes…
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Performance
How to create a policy which supports capability rather than judging performance
How do we avoid replicating corporate doctrines of efficiency and productivity at all costs? This guide explores practical alternatives to individualised performance management processes.
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Pay
How to write a fairer, more equitable pay policy
From flat pay structures to needs based pay systems – how do we live our progressive values, meet everyone’s needs and avoid replicating the systemic inequalities of the corporate world? This guide explores the tricky topic of pay.
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Other Leave
How to write a supportive policy for other kinds of leave that respond to our real life needs
This guide explores different approaches to leave, relevant aspects of law, and alternative kinds of leave to support one another to live better lives.
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Recruitment
How to recruit new people without reproducing systemic inequality
This guide explores the frequently asked questions organisations often have about recruitment, particularly when thinking about how to design a recruitment process with equity in mind.
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Supervision
How to create a collaborative system for keeping track of how work is going
How can we create systems of accountability without hierarchy? This guide considers options for processes that assess how we are each managing in our roles and take into account wider factors when considering why work may not be being done.
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Safeguarding
Radical safeguarding: a social justice workbook for safeguarding practitioners
A guide designed for practitioners working with children and young people, particularly in school contexts, who might be wondering how to start doing things differently when it comes to safeguarding.
24 stories from the community, plus tools and updates from the core team…
Blog
Making the “case for space”: The value of peer-to-peer reflection across organisations
Back in 2025, Ort Gallery and RadHR came together for an in-person session with no agenda–just an aim to share, reflect, and support each other with whatever we had on our minds at work. Here’s how it went.
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Making Policies Radical? How we do collective policymaking
Members of the Common Knowledge coop reflect on the practicalities and challenges of developing policies as a small team
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What does it mean to advocate for internal policy transformation across power differences?
Tina Ajuonuma from The Better Org reflects on how power shapes our organisations and shares practical ways to advocate for internal policy transformation across power differences.
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Socially-just pay and anti-oppression work in practice
Reflections from our second RadHR Soapbox event: what does socially-just pay actually mean?
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Getting Started on RadHR
RadHR.org has gradually built-up a lot of different radical internal policy content. If you’re new to the site, or newer to collective policy making, this blog will guide you through some of the key resources we’ve been collecting here over the years.
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Safety is a collective responsibility—and we all have a duty of care
How a new wellbeing cooperative in Oxford is embedding safety in their policies and practices.
