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14 hours ago, stuie said:
They already said they are not.
Please can you move on now and not take over this thread with negativity. Oxfam have clear contact details and a complaints procedure if anyone wants to raise their issues.
Your an Oxfam Supervisor so you say What are their complaints procedure if you please
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13 hours ago, stuie said:
They already said they are not.
Please can you move on now and not take over this thread with negativity. Oxfam have clear contact details and a complaints procedure if anyone wants to raise their issues.
Absolute Rubbish I camped beside someone at a Oxfam festival who said on their application form they can't stand heights . Where do you think they put her.
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Just now, marathonsteve said:
Being old/fat/lazy/hanging is not a disability. The Company called Oxfam
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Being old/fat/lazy/hanging is not a disability. The Company called Oxfam
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2 minutes ago, marathonsteve said:
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15 minutes ago, marathonsteve said:
Hiya Some of us were wondering if you are you a Supervisor for Oxfam
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14 hours ago, tarw said:
I think that there is some confusion about what Reasonable Adjustments are.
They are a legal requirement to prevent people with a disability from being prevented from doing something. Being old/fat/lazy/hanging is not a disability.
If you have a disability such as SC does then you should have Reasonable Adjustments made by law as well as morally.
The idea that you have pots or quotas of volunteers eligible for RAs is morally wrong and illegal. To me the problem is people asking for adjustments when they don’t have a disability causes the problem.
If you have a disability then you know that you have it and can request RAs before the event. These need to be met if they’re reasonable.
An injury is temporary and not a disability and though supervisors might be understanding there is no requirement to make adjustments.
ps I do not volunteer for Glastonbury with Oxfam and am not an apologist for them. What they did to SC is totally wrongHiya Some of us were wondering if you are you a Supervisor for Oxfam
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8 minutes ago, marathonsteve said:
Hiya We were just wondering are you an Oxfam Supervisor
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12 minutes ago, amfy said:
I honestly think that one difficulty Oxfam, or any organisation Tbf, might have is around the number & range of reasonable adjustments they can reasonably accommodate. Reasonable adjustments have two levels. Firstly is it a reasonable thing for the volunteer to ask? Then can it reasonably be accommodated and still get the job Oxfam are employed to deliver done.
I think if volunteers are asking for quiet shifts, certain times if day, shifts where they can sit down, shifts that aren’t too far from base etc, those aren’t unreasonable to requests in themselves, but if they get too many volunteers needing this, they have a problem with covering what needs covering, and their recruitment process doesn’t seem to cover this eventuality.
i think that’s where they might run into problems as they have more and more returning volunteers who are getting older and needing more allowance to be made for their physical condition. Having been a supervisor, I know it can be heavy going trying to rotate people when half of them need to sit down for most of the time.
That’s not meant as a criticism of anyone with a genuine need, but Oxfam also have a job to get done with the people they employ, & their recruitment process doesn’t seem to do anything to protect themselves against the extremity of literally everyone turning up & needing to sit down!
So maybe that’s something they need to think about - maybe 2 volunteer pots - one for straightforward ‘I can go anywhere I’m put’ applications, & one for people who need to request adjustments, with a bit of wriggle room for people whose circumstances change.
It would be over simplifying it, but not as much as they are now.
Otherwise they are promising people with additional needs something they possibly can’t deliver.Hiya We were just wondering are you an Oxfam Supervisor
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23 minutes ago, StoneCircle said:
Thanks for your concern @marathonsteve I don't want to report them to CC just make others aware of the issues that can happen when your reasonable adjustments go wrong! They lost an experienced steward due to their own sheer arrogance.
You are not alone by any means from what people have have told me. Thank you for sharing your experiences on here, it must have been difficult for you to summon up the courage to do that. I salute you most emphatically for doing that.
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23 minutes ago, stuie said:
You’ve lost me, sorry.
All of the issues I have encountered are due to my RA's not being taken into account by whoever did the rota and at Glastonbury made worse by the way I was spoken to by Oxbox when I reached out to change them.
Oxbox also contacted me about an hour before my first shift (also at Glastonbury) asking me to go to the Oxbox to sign in for my shift. I explained I was not in Oxfield, I was in the Accessible Campsite and as my shift was at the Accessible Arrivals Marquee I physically couldn't get there and back in time. Yet again I was spoken to with a complete lack of respect as if I was a naughy school child.
The supervisors I have worked with have always been supportive. We didn't have one at Glastonbury despite the close proximity to Gate A hence why they wanted me to spend 2 hours signing in due to their oversight.
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9 minutes ago, stuie said:
You’ve lost me, sorry.
I wonder if you would be so kind as to post where people can apply to the charity Commission Thanks
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2 hours ago, Leyrulion said:
Just if anyone is reading this, the charity commission investigate serious complaints of harm and illegal activity about a charity. Being spoken to in a sh*tty way and told to sign in to your shift in a field you can't get to are really unlikely to meet that threshold.
Glad they apologised and I'd agree with what other people have said that sometimes you need some self advocacy to ensure your needs are met. Everyone is a volunteer with different abilities.
Totally !!!!!!!! Its like saying you can only report something to the police if its only something they will investigate.
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13 hours ago, stuie said:
And how was your experience? What about the company called Festaff? Have you ‘volunteered’ with them?
I wonder if you would be so kind as to post where people can apply to the charity Commission Thanks
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2 hours ago, Leyrulion said:
Just if anyone is reading this, the charity commission investigate serious complaints of harm and illegal activity about a charity. Being spoken to in a sh*tty way and told to sign in to your shift in a field you can't get to are really unlikely to meet that threshold.
Glad they apologised and I'd agree with what other people have said that sometimes you need some self advocacy to ensure your needs are met. Everyone is a volunteer with different abilities.
I wonder if you would be so kind as to post where people can apply to the charity Commission Thanks
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2 hours ago, Leyrulion said:
Just if anyone is reading this, the charity commission investigate serious complaints of harm and illegal activity about a charity. Being spoken to in a sh*tty way and told to sign in to your shift in a field you can't get to are really unlikely to meet that threshold.
Glad they apologised and I'd agree with what other people have said that sometimes you need some self advocacy to ensure your needs are met. Everyone is a volunteer with different abilities.
What Thresholds Misinformation
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1 hour ago, Leyrulion said:
Just if anyone is reading this, the charity commission investigate serious complaints of harm and illegal activity about a charity. Being spoken to in a sh*tty way and told to sign in to your shift in a field you can't get to are really unlikely to meet that threshold.
Glad they apologised and I'd agree with what other people have said that sometimes you need some self advocacy to ensure your needs are met. Everyone is a volunteer with different abilities.
Absolute rubbish . Any one is entitled to to bring something to them no matter what . Who are you to say what the Charity Commission investigates. One more Bizarre post
Being spoken to in a sh*tty way !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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23 hours ago, StoneCircle said:
It was in 2022 and eventually I got a suitably apologetic response. Due to my appalling treatment I do try and warn people with reasonable adjustment needs that they need to assertive with Oxfam if they are given a role or shift times not agreed to in their reasonable adjustments. And to stand up to the management team and Oxbox staff, some are lovely but some are absolutely despicable.
I have volunteered with the Company called oxfam twice
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Just now, marathonsteve said:1 minute ago, marathonsteve said:
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12 minutes ago, marathonsteve said:
I would encourage you to let the Charity Commission know about your experiences, if not for you, but for other people, maybe in the same situation or dare I say even more worse off.
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On 3/14/2024 at 2:16 PM, StoneCircle said:
All of the issues I have encountered are due to my RA's not being taken into account by whoever did the rota and at Glastonbury made worse by the way I was spoken to by Oxbox when I reached out to change them.
Oxbox also contacted me about an hour before my first shift (also at Glastonbury) asking me to go to the Oxbox to sign in for my shift. I explained I was not in Oxfield, I was in the Accessible Campsite and as my shift was at the Accessible Arrivals Marquee I physically couldn't get there and back in time. Yet again I was spoken to with a complete lack of respect as if I was a naughy school child.
The supervisors I have worked with have always been supportive. We didn't have one at Glastonbury despite the close proximity to Gate A hence why they wanted me to spend 2 hours signing in due to their oversight.
I would encourage you to let the Charity Commission know about your experiences, if not for you, but for other people, maybe in the same situation or dare I say even more worse off.
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20 hours ago, StoneCircle said:
Scroll up and read my comments, or in a brief summary - Oxfam bullies people with disabilities to do their shifts or they will cut off their wristbands and they are forced to leave the Oxfield. They couldn't do that to me as I was in Spring Ground Accessible Campsite within the festival. I will happily share their letter of apology that I forced them to make by calling them out.
OMG
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