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At VEFN, we believe that transparency and clarity are essential for maintaining trust and ensuring a positive experience for all our website visitors, members and users.
Our policies, including our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and any other relevant guidelines, are designed to provide clear information about how we operate and how we protect and manage your data. By outlining these policies, we aim to set clear expectations and provide a framework for how we handle various aspects of our interactions with you.
Listing our policies on our website helps ensure that you are informed about your rights and responsibilities when using our services. It also demonstrates our commitment to adhering to legal and ethical standards, creating a safe and respectful environment for all users.
If you have any questions or concerns about our policies, we encourage you to review them regularly and contact us if you need further clarification.
These are our policies which regulate how we at VEFN conduct ourselves, how we are managed and how we interact within our network. This maintains ethical operations across the organization and promotes fair conduct in a shared community space for positive growth.
VEFN Rules
The full constitution of our organisation as required by Consumer Affairs Victoria.
VEFN Rules document
VEFN Governance Principles
Outlining the structures for operation at the highest levels with management protocol that are fully transparent. Governance Principles document
Code of Conduct Policy
For members at all levels within our network, this code maintains guidelines to allow respectful interactions across all VEFN activities. Code of Conduct document
The VEFN member focused policies allow streamlined procedures for better engagement with community environmental projects. To ensure our work reaches local groups throughout the state, it’s essential for all to follow membership guidelines, outlined below.
Membership Policy
Membership Criteria: (Provides outlines for eligibility and a breakdown of expectations and responsibilities). [Link to Membership Criteria Document]
Membership Benefits:
Welcome Pack Document
Award Policies
Guidelines for best practice and procedure to select awards candidates. [Link to the VEFN Awards Policy]
The ethical operation and maintenance of community engagement and participation in all environmental project remains essential in upholding VEFN’s core ethos. All guidelines and procedures must meet ethical conduct in environmental operations. These are our guide principles for operations and engagements with any levels of governing body.
We support our volunteer safety first by outlining health and safety best practices within the VEFN operational areas.
This guides the environmental practices at all group levels, with standards that are in accordance with best environmental practices and standards for restoration and protection [Link to Environment Policy Guidelines]
All policy frameworks are designed for proactive changes with best practices being developed and documented frequently. Regular revisions and feedback ensure our policies meet a functional and relevant level with our community as a constantly adapting environmental space.
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