There have been more reports of 'citizen journalism' and other 'auditing' type activities impacting the work of charities (and the people they support) we work with across the UK, including activity in some of the cities Local Welcome meals are hosted in.
We have reviewed our far right risk mitigation practices internally in response to this, and one of the actions we’ve made is to add advice and documentation to this page in your Leader Handbook which outlines our ‘door policy’: [Note: the link might say ‘no access’ but you’ll be able to open it if you’re logged into Notion on the device you’re using.]
The advice added is centred around ‘auditing’ and ‘citizen journalism’. Please be reassured that there is currently no evidence that any of our meals are at risk of being targeted in this way. However, we ask that you take a moment to review the advice in the pages above and reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
Please also take a moment to remind yourselves of our advertising policy which reduces the risk of information on when and where our meals are held landing in the wrong hands. [Note: the link might say ‘no access’ but you’ll be able to open it if you’re logged into Notion on the device you’re using.]
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