Hampshire Achieves – Charter to Promote British Values
Our service strives to promote and exemplify British Values through all areas of work including directly delivered services and sub-contracted provision. Our Charter highlights a variety of ways to integrate British Values into practice through policies, procedures and delivery.
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How We Promote Democracy
- Learner forums
- Negotiated group contracts
- Class debate, discussion and voting
- Learner focus groups
- Consultation of community partners and learners on course content, delivery and timings
- Volunteers trained to provide in-class support for individual learners where necessary
- Groups encouraged to become self-supporting and managing
- Responsiveness to the needs of individuals and communities
- Encouraging and welcoming diversity
How We Promote The Rule of Law
- Learners well informed about safeguarding and how to express concerns
- Centres all risk-assessed
- Tutors are DBS checked
- Tutors are trained in safeguarding and Prevent awareness
- Learners well informed about equality and diversity and their rights and responsibilities
- Learners aware of Prevent duty and how to spot early signs of radicalisation and extremism
- Tutors challenge discriminatory, offensive and extremist views
- Compliance with the Equality Act 2010
- Respect for others
- Cooperation and collaboration
- Safe and welcoming environment
How We Promote Individual Liberty
- Promotion of wellbeing through learning
- Support with additional needs
- Providing opportunities to develop English, literacy, ESOL and maths skills in areas of interest
- Wide range of courses to appeal to diverse needs and aspirations
- Positive progression opportunities
- One-to-one advice and guidance
- Raising awareness of support groups within the local community
- Opportunities to become involved in arts & community projects
- Responsiveness to and enrichment of individual lives
- Recognition of rights and responsibilities
How We Promote Mutual respect
- Encouraging debate and discussions that include contributions from all learners
- Encouraging learners to learn from each other about different cultures
- Encouraging critical thinking to challenge prejudice and assumptions
- Single Equality policy
- Developing active listening skills
- Warm and welcoming learning environment where diversity is encouraged and respected
- Creative and collaborative relationships with partners
How We Promote Tolerance of Different Faiths & Beliefs
- Celebrating different religious festivals
- Raising awareness days: mental health, homelessness, Black History month, LGBT month, stress, poverty, disabilities
- Wide range of courses to appeal to diverse needs and aspirations
- Developing group projects and teamwork activities which encourage interaction between people from different cultures
- Materials reflect cultural diversity of our local communities
- Responsiveness to different aspirations
- Promotion of opportunities for diverse groups
- Transforming lives through diverse learning opportunities
*Hampshire Achieves is part of the Skills & Participation Service in Hampshire County Council’s directorate of Children’s Services. These courses are being run by Boogie Mites UK Limited via Hampshire County Council’s Adult Community learning (ACL) contract.