Central London Humanists (CLH) respectfully requests all members, supporters, and anyone who joins our activities, programmes, and forums online and offline, to please follow this code of conduct.

In case of any potential breaches of the code of conduct, please contact the CLH committee, as per the process described in the CLH complaints policy.

1. Use English primarily when communicating with others in CLH. Posts in other languages are welcome too, if they have easily-accessible translations attached.

2. Treat others with empathy, politeness, and respect, in line with humanist values.

3. Do not engage in:

   • personally-directed insults or derogatory remarks;
   • aggressive, prejudiced, bigoted, racist, discriminatory, disruptive, belittling, or otherwise abusive behaviour;
   • the use of sexualised language or sharing of sexualised imagery, and unwanted sexual attention or advances;
   • public or private harassment;
   • trolling — including repetitive behaviour intended to provoke a reaction;
   • (self) promotion, or sales marketing for events, books, and other products that are not directly related to humanism, or to CLH and its partners;
   • any behaviour that could reasonably be seen as bringing CLH into disrepute.

4. Do, in the humanist spirit of freedom of thought and enquiry:

   • come prepared to hear other people’s views, guided by the dialogue approach
   • engage with divergent views
   • offer scrutiny and criticism of ideas
   • accept constructive feedback gracefully

5. Anyone under the age of 18 may not attend CLH events without an accompanying adult who will take responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of the younger individual.