Navigating the ‘hard conversations’ in collective policymaking
A conversation with Jo Verrent of Unlimited.
Category Stories
Sharing the journey
A (republished) blog by Jo Verrent of Unlimited, a disability arts organisation, about their collective policy-making process and goals.
“We will not, we will not… we will not do fluffy ‘values’ talk”
The members of GRIPP reflect on their November 2023 residential, and the “We Will Not” process they used to spark conversation.
The importance – and challenge – of creating internal policies with those affected
Kat Hobbs reflects on over a decade of collective policy making experience and what it means to be the person leading the process of creating those policies, when you’re also deeply affected by them.
Salary review: Moving from an awkward topic to a trust-building process
A blog by the WeAll Amp Team about bringing the often awkward and uncomfortable topic of salaries out into the open.
An honest reflection on the inevitably slow and uncomfortable journey towards equity in a community organisation
Thoughts from Josephine Reichert, co-founder of Ort Gallery in Birmingham, about the sometimes painful (but ultimately rewarding) process of stepping back & making space.
Contracts and covenants: The roles of radical policy in bigger and smaller organisations
This is part of an ongoing discussion we’re having about the roles of bigger voluntary organisations and charities using RadHR. It’s something we actually have some differing perspectives on within the team, and wanted to share them so that others could chime in. This is Liam’s view.
Welcoming workplaces for working-class people
A blog by Tanya Hawkes. The classism across society and its structural violence towards those at the lower end of the class system is often out of our control. However, our organisations have the potential to be a space where some of the inequalities of the class system can be mitigated and the contribution of working-class knowledge and experience can be valued and appreciated.
Experience-based policy writing
At People Support Co-op we’ve been working with several organisations to introduce a radical approach to policy writing, as developed by our associate member Kiri Langmead. We call this the experience-based policy writing process because it involves identifying positive and negative past experiences of group members to explore how to create a policy that works for everyone and avoids replicating patterns of harm.