CODE OF CONDUCT

This Code helps everyone understand what behaviour is and is not acceptable at Southpaw Company. When you participate in Southpaw activity, you agree to abide by this Code of Conduct, which is informed by our legal obligations and our values.

Principles 

  • Southpaw is a safe place for all members of its community; a place that everyone enjoys coming to and where everyone can feel valued, comfortable, supported and secure. 

  • Southpaw has zero tolerance of violence, abusive behaviour and disorderly conduct. Where such behaviour does occur, action will be taken to deal with the person or persons concerned. 

Conduct 

We expect everyone visiting Southpaw and participating in any Southpaw activity to observe the following: 

  • Ensure that communications from Southpaw are read and understood.

  • Ensure that you arrive on time for your activity.  

  • Model considerate and respectful behaviour, being mindful of the impact your communications and behaviours might have on others, and vice versa, recognising differences as innate and to be appreciated. 

  • Comply with requests from Southpaw staff so that we may comply with our legal and moral obligations, e.g., Health and Safety 

  • When appropriate, work with Southpaw to correct behaviours and resolve issues which are detrimental to other participants. 

  • We expect adults fulfilling parental roles to ensure that children arrive on time for their activity and that no child within their care is left unsupervised at any time.  

  • Refrain at all times from disorderly conduct. 

Disorderly Conduct 

Disorderly conduct is defined as verbal abuse, threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or any behaviour whereby a person is caused alarm or distress. A non-exhaustive list of examples include: 

  • Disruptive behaviour which interferes or threatens to interfere with Southpaw’s operations.

  • Use of offensive language.

  • Displaying temper.

  • Threatening or carrying out actual bodily harm.

  • Damaging or destroying property.

  • Sending abusive or threatening emails, text/voicemail/phone messages or any other form of communication.

  • Defamatory, offensive or derogatory comments on social media.

  • Smoking or consuming drugs whilst in our building, consuming alcohol on our premises that was not purchased from the Sheepfolds Stables.

  • Invading another’s privacy, such as photographing or videoing others without consent.

Action 

If Southpaw considers that conduct is breaching this code, action will be taken as set out below.

Step 1 – Verbal warning
The Executive Director will speak to the person or persons privately and it will be made clear that such behaviour is unacceptable and cannot be repeated.  

Step 2 – Written warning
If a second incident occurs involving the same person or persons, the Executive Director will write to the person or persons, again making it clear that this conduct is unacceptable. 

Step 3 – Ban 
If a third incident occurs, the Executive Director will write to the person or persons excluding them from all future Southpaw activity. 

Southpaw reserves to right to go straight to Step 3 and to involve the police and other authorities as necessary. 

This policy was reviewed in June 2026.