The "Home Education UK" network on Ning is a community resource to help, support and encourage you in your home education, with a forum, groups, a profile page where you can blog, post photos, videos, music and more.

Owing to the nature of the subject, you are advised to use your discretion and be careful about disclosing too much information about your children, your address and so on.

That being said, I hope you will benefit greatly from being part of this network!

Enjoy!

Please be aware the ChatBox below is a public forum. Do not give out personal information! This is experimental, we'll see how it works out!

Forum Participation Code and Role of Moderators

Welcome to the Home Education UK Network!

Forum Participation Code

This code includes the rules for participating in the groups and forum.

* Write in a constructive manner. Negative comments such as personal (ad hominem) attacks, accusations or insults are not allowed under any circumstances. Make your arguments based on the merits of your case, not on the personal failings of those individuals who disagree with you.

* Stay on topic. Topics must be related to the topic of the group or forum you're posting in. If you are uncertain if your post is off-topic for a specific group or forum, e-mail the moderator for advice.

* Do not post complaints or concerns about others or about the groups or forum in the groups or forum. Send complaints and concerns about the groups or forum, or about other forum members, directly to a moderator. Moderators will respond to issues related to forum guidelines through private e-mail, not on the public message boards.

If a post does not follow the above rules, moderators may remove it and return it to the sender, either for editing or with a suggestion for posting in a different folder. Moderators may also simply move a post to a more appropriate topic folder. A notification will be posted if this is done.

Role of the Forum Moderators / Administrators

Forum moderators volunteer their time and energy to make this network a success. In most cases, they are full-time homeschool parents who have made a commitment to check their forums regularly.

To contact a moderator, look for the name linked with each category on the homepage of the group or forum. All moderators communicate with each other regularly to sort out any moderating issues. If a moderator takes a bit more than 24 hours to respond to you, please be patient.

Moderators are responsible for maintaining a healthy climate for discussion so that participants' comments will be heard by the widest possible audience.

Moderators monitor their groups very closely and only posts that are in accordance with the Forum Participation Code will be allowed.

There may come a time when a moderator will remove a post you have written and return it to you, either for editing or with a suggestion for posting in a different folder. Please don’t take this personally. Moderators may also simply move a post to a more appropriate folder without returning it to you. You will be notified if this happens. Moderators will deal with any issues related to guidelines through private e-mail, not on the message boards.

I hope these rules are helpful, but they're not set in stone. If you have any comments or suggestiions, let me know.