Petition for Pagan Events Code of Conduct

Pagan campaigner Yvonne Aburrow is asking people to sign a petition asking for all pagan events and organisations to have a code of conduct and safeguarding policy in place to prevent sexual abuse.

The petition says that the best way to keep the pagan community safe from sexual abuse is to make sure all events and organisations have a code of conduct and a safeguarding policy. The petition is asking people to sign a pledge:

• Not to attend, or give talks or workshops at, large public events for adults unless they have a publicly available code of conduct with a means of enforcing it;
• Not to attend or give talks or workshops at large public events where children may be present unless they have a safeguarding policy and a means of enforcing it;
• To resign from membership in, or not to join, Pagan organisations that don't have a safeguarding policy or a code of conduct.

It also calls upon all Pagan organisations, groups, and event organisers:

• To develop a code of conduct and a safeguarding policy;
• To publish these on their websites;
• To enforce them at all public events they run.

The pledge has already gained more than 200 signatures. To add your signature, click on this link: https://www.change.org/p/the-pagan-community-code-of-conduct-for-all-pagan-events