Colleague Handbook
Colleague Handbook
At Barnardo’s, we believe in children regardless of their circumstances, gender, race, disability or behaviour. We believe in the abused, the vulnerable, the forgotten and the neglected. We will support them, stand up for them and bring out the best in each and every child.
We work in a multi-cultural society and are proud of our roots, with values enriched and shared by many people of different faiths and of no religious faith, which provides the basis of our work with children and young people, their families and communities. We value the contributions of everyone who works or volunteers for Barnardo’s – whether directly with children, young people and their families, or in areas such as fundraising, retail, administration and support services.
Barnardo’s structure comprises of Business Services, Children’s Services Operations and Development and Innovation, each led by an Executive Director and Barnardo’s Trading Companies led by a Managing Director, who make up Barnardo’s Executive Leadership Team.
Respecting the unique worth of every person. We believe that every person is different but equal, and that everyone’s unique talent should be recognised and encouraged. Encouraging people to fulfil their potential.
We all need encouragement at some time in life. Barnardo’s aims to create opportunities for people to make the most of their abilities.
Working with hope. Our hope for a better future for all children is the source of much of our inspiration.
Exercising responsible stewardship. The commitment of our colleagues to making the best use of all our resources enables us to help children, young people and their families across the UK.
Together, our Basis and Values help us to give every child the chance to fulfil their potential.
We have a set of behaviours that reflect our core values. By adopting these behaviours, we will make sure everyone at Barnardo’s is living and breathing our values. This will help us become an even more effective, ambitious, inclusive charity that achieves meaningful, positive change for children, and where everyone feels heard, respected, and able to thrive. To find out more information about our behaviours go to Our behaviours | Inside Barnardos.
At Barnardo's our purpose is clear - Changing Childhoods and Changing Lives, so that children, young people, and families are safe, happy, healthy, and hopeful.
Barnardo’s new three-year Strategy, which was launched earlier in 2024, will help us address the challenges facing the children, young people, and families who need us most.
Our Strategy has been co-created in partnership with our colleagues, volunteers, young people, and external partners. It’s important we collectively own this Strategy so that whatever your role is, whatever your responsibilities are, we all play a role in delivering for the charity and working towards our purpose.
Barnardo’s Commitment to Tackling Racism.
In 2020 Barnardo’s made a promise which sets out our intent to stand up and be counted as an anti-racist charity. Three core commitments have been developed and published which outline how we intend to achieve this:
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Since then work has been going on to ensure the success of our promise through the delivery of our commitments. To find out more information about our commitments and how we intend to achieve them go to Anti-Racism Commitments | Inside Barnardos