These policies are suggested by our members and agreed by Guild Summit or via a student vote. These policies are are statements of belief or intent on key issues, they can be a statement of the Guild's position, or a commitment to doing things in a certain way or campaign on a particular issue. These policies are made democratically and remain in place for three years. 

If you have an idea for a new policy or feel that we should amend one of our existing policies you can make a submisison to Change It.

Code	Title	Lapses	Activity
2017/02	Shuttle buses during strike days	2020-11
2018/01	Support Our Staff - stop attacks on pensions	2021-02
2019/01	Abortion Rights - Liverpool Guild is Pro-Choice!	2022-03
2019/02	Single-use Water Bottles	2022-12

Preferendum Decisions

The following are decisions taken by Preferendum which did not necessarily result in a policy position:

Code	Title	Result	Activity
2018/02	Rename Roscoe & Gladstone Hall	No, do not change the name but install an informative plaque detailing Gladstone’s politics, good and bad.
2017/01	Campaign for students to boycott the National Student Survey	Yes, the Guild should begin a campaign for students to boycott the 2017 National Student Survey
2015/06	BDS	Support the BDS motion

Referendum Decisions

The following are decisions taken by Referendum which did not necessarily result in a policy position:

Code	Title	Result	Activity
2019/01	Abortion Rights - Liverpool Guild is Pro-Choice!	Yes

Procedural Policy

These policies are proposed by our staff and are approved by the Board of Trustees. These policies related to operational matters and are usually reviewed every three years.

Code	Title	Review	Area
G050	Drugs Policy	2022-03	Licenced Premises
G065	Door Entry Policy	2019-07	Licenced Premises
G068	Search Policy	2019-07	Licenced Premises
G027	Health & Safety Policy	2022-12	Health & Safety
G046	Disciplinary Procedure (Members)	2019-07	Governance
G070	Code of Conduct	2019-07	Governance
G054	Student Media Policy	2022-12	Membership Services
G010	Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy	2022-10	HR
G031	Sustainability Policy	03/2024	Sustainability
G034	Data Protection and Information Security Policy	2021-06	Governance
G074	Ethical Investment and Exclusions Policy	2021-06	Marketing

Media Sales

The Guild has a framework for decisions realting to those organisations it does not wish to engage into partnerships, investments or commercial media sales agreements with whether for political, ethical, moral or organisational integrity reasons.

Those exclusions which are based on positional policy above will lapse with those policies.

Those exclusions which have not previously been subject to student opinion (i.e. those listed as passed on June 2018) will be reviewed in June 2021 after which they will remain in place until challenged via the democratic process.

Code	Title	Review	Origin	Reasoning
M011	Sustainability Policy	03/2022	Staff	Compatibility with the Guild's sustainability objectives
M001	Gambling Organisations	03/2022	Students	The Guild should not promote gambling as it can cause financial hardship and welfare issues.
M002	ATOS	03/2022	Student Officers (Maev McDaid)	Participation in harmful government disability benefit assessments.
M003	The Sun newspaper	03/2022	Students	Unjust and unethical coverage of the Hillsborough tragedy.
M004	International volunteering organisations	03/2022	Staff	High financial and systematic risk to students and the Guild.
M005	Religious Groups	03/2022	Staff	The Guild is a secular, pluralist organisation and thus does not actively promote any religious organisation or tendency.
M006	Banks and similar financial organisations	03/2022	Staff	The Guild provides confidential, non-judgmental and impartial advice on issues relating to our members finances. We thus do not wish to actively advocate for any particular financial institution.
M007	Personal Injury Solicitors	03/2022	Staff	The Guild provides confidential non-judgmental and impartial advice on legal and financial issues. We thus do not wish to actively advocate for any particular solicitors in this regard.
M008	Anti-abortion organisations	03/2022	Student Officers (Sean Turner)	Organisations founded on the belief that abortion is immoral, unethical or sinful cannot provide such advice and to platform such organisations would contradict our own service provision.
M009	Housing providers, letting agents and landlords	03/2022	Student Officers (Rory Hughes)	The Guild provides confidential non-judgmental and impartial advice on legal and financial issues. We thus do not wish to actively advocate for any particular solicitors in this regard.The Guild provides confidential non-judgmental and impartial advice on legal and financial issues. We thus do not wish to actively advocate for any particular solicitors in this regard.The Guild provides confidential non-judgmental and impartial advice on legal and financial issues. We thus do not wish to actively advocate for any particular solicitors in this regard.The Guild provides confidential non-judgmental and impartial advice on legal and financial issues. We thus do not wish to actively advocate for any particular solicitors in this regard.The Guild provides confidential, non-judgmental and impartial advice on the issue of housing. We thus do not wish to actively advocate for any particular housing provider, letting agent or landlord.

Policy Precedent

These are old policies which have expired, but are kept here to provide a non-binding indicator of student opinion.

Code	Title	Lapsed	What was done?
2012/02	Gender Neutral Policy	2015-05
2013/02	Zero Tolerance to Homophobia	2016-02
2014/01	Zero Tolerance to Sexual Harassment	2017-12
2011/04	Hidden Course Costs	2014-08
2011/06	University Accomodation Policy	2014-08
2011/05	Human Rights in a Globally Connected University	2014-08
2011/03	Group Work Policy	2014-08
2011/02	Equality Monitoring in Higher Education Policy	2014-08
2011/01	Developing a Student Centred Culture within Liverpool University	2014-08
2012/01	Teaching Quality Policy	2015-05
2012/04	Peer Mentoring Policy	2015-05
2012/03	International Students Policy	2015-05
2013/01	Equal Marriage Policy	2016-02
2013/03	Internationalisation Policy	2016-05
2015/01	Bus Policy	2018-08
2015/02	Frack Free Zone	2018-11
2015/03	Fossil Fuel Divestment	2018-11
2015/04	Protest Against Fees and Cuts	2018-11
2015/05	Student Parking	2018-11
2015/06	BDS	2018-12
2016/01	Affordable Gym & AU Membership	2019-05
2016/02	NUS National Ballot (NSS)	2016-12
2016/03	Safe Taxis Policy	2019-03
2016/02	Accomodation for Commuters	2019-11