Supporting your new rebels

Access needs

Gather your new rebel's access needs and safeguarding concerns. These may include any disclosed disability that might affect their participation in our community (such as the use of assistive technologies to read emails and the web) as well as participation in events (such as physical access needs, mental-health issues and dietary or other invisible needs).

Gathering this information must always take account of someone's right not to disclose anything, as well as their need of proper support if they do disclose something.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding is a legal requirement for any organisation, and we need to make sure that we know if anyone in our community might be classed as vulnerable. And, in particular, whether anyone has disclosable safeguarding concerns (e.g. failed DBS checks).

If you find any safeguarding concerns, you must pass them on to the appropriate people within XR. This means that (a) support plans can be correctly drawn up where needed, and (b) other Rebels can be protected from anyone who might harm them, either deliberately or accidentally.

Support Plan

Produce a support plan if needed. Once you have gathered any needs the new Rebel has for support, you should provide them with a support plan to assure them what we want them to take part and have provided them with the support they need to do this.

Where else can rebels get support?

Please signpost your New Rebels to the pages How do we care for one another? and How do we protect one another? in the Rebel Next Steps Pack where they can access information on:

• The Trained Emotional Support Network
• Grief Tending
• Self-care
• XR Community Groups
• XR Open Homes
• National Helplines

Please check your New Rebels have read How do we protect one another? in the Rebel Next Steps Pack and understand the behaviour they are expected to follow.