ABTT Guidance Note W3: Mental Health & Well-being in the Workplace: Respect & Dignity Policy Template  now updated to include an additional section on Witnessing Bullying. Guidance Note W3 captures guidance for developing an organisational respect and dignity policy promoting a healthy working culture backstage. The guidance note offers concise recommendations, outlining 10 principles that employers and the workforce are encouraged to adopt and use in the workplace. The guidance sets out how to outline the behaviour that each person  is expected to exhibit, but more importantly, what is considered  not to be ‘OK’  and clearly indicate that it will not be tolerated.

Guidance Note W3 is part of the Code of Practice for the Theatre Industry in the UK which is produced by the ABTT with the support of the national Theatre Safety Committee and which is recognised by the HSE as an Established Standard. This Guidance includes the September 2025 updates.

You can access the seminar on the updated  W3 Guidance note here.