Community Guidelines
At Doors Open Days we are committed to ensuring Scotland's places and stories can be enjoyed by everyone.
We ask that everyone in the Doors Open Days community do their part in creating a festival environment that is welcoming, safe, and enjoyable to all, by acknowledging and committing to the statements below:
- Doors Open Days entry criteria should be followed, in particular:
- Your festival offer will be free
- Your festival offer should fall on your region’s assigned weekend
- Your festival offer should aim to be something new/different from your typical programming. You can use our annual theme to design your event/activity. Digital events and resources can be reused.
- A risk assessment should be completed and adequate insurance coverage should be arranged/confirmed for your event/s. Find advice here.
- Requested deadlines will be met and accurate venue/event information for website and print listings will be provided to the best of your ability. Updates/edits for venue/event information should be shared promptly with the regional coordinator. In the event a venue/group misses a deadline the local Regional Coordinator may review and extend the deadline.
- All staff and volunteers commit to being inclusive and respectful of people of all races, ethnicities, nationalities, immigration or economic status, disability, sexuality, gender identity, religion, age and physical appearance by refraining from discriminatory/demeaning/harassing behaviour or speech.
- Accurate accessibility information should be supplied in order to make your venue/activity as accessible as possible. Find advice here.
- Sustainable practices are encouraged to reduce the environmental impact of the festival. Find advice here.
Doors Open Days will reserve the right to remove participants from our programme if they are found to be violating the above community agreement.