- Privacy notice name
- Green Volunteers Privacy Notice
- Last updated
- Monday, 30 March 2026
- Introduction
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You can help us make lasting improvements to your local environment by becoming a Green Volunteer. We provide training, equipment, protective clothing and everything else you need to be on the team. Anyone over the age of 16 can volunteer. Whoever you are, you'll be made welcome as a Green Volunteer. You can attend volunteer activities during the week or at weekends and at a variety of sites.
- What personal information we collect
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We collect personal information to make sure that we can carry out our work. The personal information we collect includes:
- Name.
- Age and date of birth.
- Address.
- Email address.
- Telephone number.
- Health.
- Who we collect personal information about
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When we collect personal information it may be about:
- Volunteers.
- Emergency contacts.
- How we use personal information
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We use your personal information to:
- Maintain accounts and records.
- Support and manage volunteers.
- Communicate about voluteering activities.
- Support and manage councillors.
- Promote the services we provide.
- Conduct surveys or reviews.
- Commission services.
- Monitor participation levels and actvity outputs.
- Produce anonymised reports for service planning and funding justification.
- Why we use your personal information
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We are allowed to process personal and sensitive data for the following reasons under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Articles and the Data Protection Act:
- Consent of the individual.
- For legitimate interests.
- Substantial public interest.
- Who we share your personal information with
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We collect information from and disclose information to individuals and organisations that can support our work including:
- Council departments.
- Organisations or contractors supporting volunteer activities.
- Employers.
- Third-party service providers who distribute email communications on our behalf.
- Automated decision about your personal information
- This service doesn't make any decisions using computers or programmes that don't involve a human being when using your personal information.
- How long we keep your personal information
- We keep personal information for as long as necessary to provide volunteering activities and to meet legal, administrative and audit requirements.
- Transferring personal information beyond the EEA
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This service doesn't transfer your information outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Where online services are used, data may be accessed securely by authorised staff or parties. - Related content
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