Welcome and rules of use

[Administrator]

Welcome to Family Rights Group’s FGC and Lifelong Links Network Discussion Forums.

Our forum provides an informal space where network members come together, reflect and listen to each other’s experiences, comment on the latest research, share resources and discuss standards and practice.

We have written some rules to help make sure that the forums stays safe, friendly and respectful.

If you are a registered member of our FGC or Lifelong Links network and have not received your login, please contact Yasmin at ychoudhury@frg.org.uk.

Please note you will need to sign in again (top right of the forum home page) to reply, post and subscribe on the forum.

Forum discussions will be archived periodically.

Rules of use

1. Before you can post (put a message) on the forums you will need to have been registered and allocated a login by the forum administrator.

2. Our quality assurance policies: Confidentiality and Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults Policy, Privacy Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy all apply to the forums.

3. Make sure that your messages and language used are respectful of other users' views, experiences and opinions (even if you do not agree with them).

4. If you are concerned about a message someone else has left, click on the ‘report now’ button and an alert will be sent to the moderator who may review and possibly remove the message.

5. To help make sure that messages can be easily read and understood by everyone using the forums, there is a limit on the length of messages that can be posted. This limit is 500 words.

6. A moderator will oversee the forums regularly but not daily. The moderator can, at any time: delete messages (or part of a message), move messages to a more appropriate topic heading, and refer messages to an adviser for legal and/or practical help.

7. If you are sharing resources or accessing shared resources from other forum users, please ensure the resources you share are aligned with the values and principles of the Lifelong links and FGC model. Please note, these resources are not FRG guidance or endorsed by the FRG.

8. Make sure you don’t give out any personal information that may identify any children or anyone else.

9. You must make sure that any message (or part of it) you post (or intend to post) in the forums do not or is not:
• rude, disrespectful or insulting;
• likely to provoke, incite or attack others or contain words or language intended to offend other users;
• racist, sexist, homophobic, ageist or otherwise discriminatory in nature;
• defamatory, harassing, abusive, obscene, threatening, harmful, profane, sexually orientated or otherwise objectionable;
• unlawful or encourages unlawful activity, whether criminal or civil;
• advertises and promote commercial products and services;
• copied from a third party without their permission, or is otherwise likely to infringe the rights of a third party;
• contain personal contact details – email addresses, phone numbers, addresses or identify individuals in other ways;
• encourage action that may harm the wellbeing of others.

10. Any user who doesn’t stick to these rules may be prevented from having access to the forums.