Policy Upload

Add your policies to the library to help others!

Share your policy

On this page:

Once you’re ready to upload your policy to the RadHR library:

Go to the Upload Form

If you feel unsure filling in the form you can book a call with us to get help.

Policy Upload FAQs

What can I upload?

Here’s some guidance based on things people tend to ask about this…

It’s okay if your policy isn’t perfect! None of ours are, they’re all works-in-progress. Uploading them doesn’t mean others can’t improve on them. It just means you’ve done some of the early work for them.

It’s okay if your policy isn’t finished! Many of ours aren’t, and it will likely still be hugely helpful for other groups working on a similar issue. Also, they might be able to come up with the final piece that you’re missing!

It’s okay if your policy is just slightly adapted! Even if it’s 90% based on another policy in the library, the 10% you adapted may well help another group that looks a bit more like yours get on with their own version of it.

It’s okay if it’s more of a process or an approach! We’re using the term ‘policy’ very loosely! We don’t just mean full, formal policies, we also mean more informal processes that you use in your group, or the underpinning beliefs and ideas your group approaches particular situations with. All of these things can help other groups work out how they can best live their values.

It’s okay if you’re worried your policy isn’t radical! Your group may have a solid understanding of gendered oppression and how it plays out, but you might have put less time into, or have less experience of, class oppression. Another group might have done the opposite. That’s okay. None of us have all of the knowledge. We all only have pieces. That’s why it’s so important that we share and learn from each other.

What other info do you want about my policy?

The kinds of questions we ask on the form (most of which are optional) are about things like: the size and structure of your organisation, how long the policy has been in use for, and how you’ve found using the policy. 

Why do we ask for this info? Well, imagine if you were searching the site for policies. You’d probably want to know a bit about the groups that had shared them and a bit about the context of the policy. By answering the questions on the form, you will give others the information they need both to find and to decide whether your policy is relevant to them.

Go to the Upload Form

How do I get my policy ready to share?

Getting it prepared

Make a copy of it first, so you don’t make any changes to your original version! 

Decide with others if you want your organisation/group to be named in the policy, or not, and if you’d like to be able to be contacted by other groups working in similar contexts on similar policies. 

Look through it and remove the following:

  • Individual’s names (but ideally not positions or titles, so others can understand the role that a named person would be playing in a process)
  • Individual contact details
  • Unaddressed comments or questions

Getting it approved

Getting sign-off to share a policy publicly is often a fairly high-level decision in many groups, given how significant internal policies and processes are to how a group functions. To help the decision to share your policies get made, try to book a slot at the appropriate meeting to discuss RadHR. It can help to emphasise the following about the project:

  • RadHR is free to everyone.
  • It is not a subscription service and will work best if lots of groups commit to sharing the work they have put into creating radical policies for one another to adapt and develop.
  • It is about being part of a community that can offer free feedback and mutual learning on specific policy areas that your group may struggle with.
  • All personal or confidential details will be removed before sharing and policies can be attributed to your group, or shared anonymously.

If you’re feeling unsure about if a part of a policy has the potential to get you—or another group using it—in trouble (with the law, insurers, funders, etc.), then take whatever steps you can to get it checked.

If you’re not able to, try checking some of the guides on our site for criteria that your policy might need to meet. If you know you are uploading something that will challenge an unjust law or other imposition on your work, but don’t want to be named, you can upload your policy anonymously. Though it is important that you mention if there’s an aspect of the policy that you think other groups should look into and discuss before they decide to adopt it. 

If everything on RadHR had to be triple-checked by solicitors, most of it likely wouldn’t be radical anymore. We recognise there are risks people may feel they are taking by sharing their radical policies and want to do whatever we can to support one another to take those risks in as informed a way as possible, and to have each other’s backs if there are challenges that arise from sharing something that creates problems for any of the groups involved.

Go to the Upload Form