Bringing Creuynni as an informal collection of trusted sole traders and organisation into a formal incorporated CIC has brought so much to the surface organisation wise. Working together informally as sole traders has come with a lot of learning opportunities that working as a CIC with written policies and procedures can help us to formally address.
Many of us have found, while there are many aspects to professional life that many of us would take for granted as common sense, or a common practice, that this really is not the case for everyone. There are also those aspects of deep ethics that bring us together in our particular kind of CIC.
The code of ethics and conduct policy gives us a chance to set these out in written word. To give guidelines, and agreements that practitioners make on formally joining the CIC.
After some drafting, some discussions – and awareness that more detail may be needed for additional policies and procedures such as environmental policies, conflict transformation procedures – the Practitioner Code of Ethics and Conduct policy has just been agreed by the current stewards of the organisation!
It’s a big step, and it will inform the Individual and Organisational Practitioner application form that is to come shortly. Interested practitioners can check this to see if our ethics align with theirs, and if they agree and they wish to be formal members they can. Formal memberships will be available for practitioners, clients and other interested individuals and organisations, and will be free. All members also will agree to attend at least four general meetings outlined in the articles of association that Co-operatives UK helped us create, to give input and understanding how the organisation is run. Supporters and interested parties that agree with our ethics, though are free from formal obligations of meetings will also be welcome to play a part.
If you would like to read our code of ethics and conduct policy, you can find this here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g7H7nyWNxfVGu94ly0ywfZaOmOfZskzA/view?usp=share_link
If you would like to read our articles of association you can find this here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ykAmCIpBScZXSxBRl9YQ30o2kDa8wdQ/view?usp=share_link