Emergency Response - Volunteers

Simply Connect are supporting the COVID-19 Response

Are you looking to help your local community during the COVID-19 crisis, and support those most in need?

Simply Connect are working with voluntary sector partners and local authorities nationally to recruit local people to volunteer during the pandemic.

If you’d like to pledge your support, complete the form and we will share your details with the local authority, Volunteer Centre or volunteering services and voluntary sector agency who is leading the response in your area.

We are working nationally supporting vulnerable people during the crisis, you can find out more about systems we have to support this here.

If you are a volunteer centre, or local authority and need our help - please get in touch.

About you

First Name

Last Name

Date of birth

Day

Month

Year

Your Contact Details

Email address

Phone

House number

Street

Town/City

Postcode

Have you ever had a DBS check?

Have you ever volunteered before?

Upload a document in support of your application e.g. DBS check.

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How you can help

Please tick what support you could provide to those in need

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Tell us a little bit about yourself. You can also enter any other support you could offer people during the pandemic.

Consent

Please tick to accept the Volunteer Privacy Notice

Your details will be passed on to your local volunteer centre, local authority, local Council for Voluntary Service or charity partner leading the response in your area. Please tick this box to say you are happy to be contacted to support local people during this pandemic. You may be asked to provide photo ID and references to the local partner managing the COVID-19 response.

SIMPLY CONNECT PRIVACY NOTICE

Volunteers Privacy Notice

This Privacy Policy applies to the information we collect about you on this website ("Site"). If you provide us with your personal information you are agreeing to our use of that information on the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Who we are

Simply Connect Solutions Ltd ("we/"us"/"our") is incorporated with company number 11321193 and our registered address is Kemp House, 160 City Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 2NX. We own and manage the Simply Connect database and run this volunteering platform, and host your data further to the use of these services by you and by WCAVA. Your personal data will be given to us via this Site either because you have been in to a Volunteer Centre and they have put your data onto this Site or you have been introduced to this Site via a WCAVA’s website.

Data Controller

Your local volunteering service has passed your details to us. Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (WCAVA) (our 'partner') is the joint Data Controller with us. This means that we decide how your personal data is used, for what purpos(es) and with whom it may be shared. In the event that we are the data processor, Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (WCAVA) has authorised us to process your personal data on its behalf on the terms of this Privacy Policy. WCAVA’s contact details are set out below.

How to contact us

If you have any queries about how we process your personal data please contact either Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (WCAVA) (as set out below) or us at hello@simplyconnectsolutions.co.uk. If you have any queries about how this Site is operated please contact hello@simplyconnectsolutions.co.uk.

How we process your personal data

We will process your personal data in order to provide the service(s) you have requested, as further described below in the section "The Service We Provide". We may from time to time also contact you directly to inform you of changes in the service we are providing to you, notify you of new features or new services on the basis of our legitimate interest.

What type of data do we collect?

Personal data

Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from the data. We will process your personal data in accordance with the relevant data protection legislation including the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (the “GDPR”) ("Legislation").

When you register to use our service we may collect your:

name
postcode
date of birth
availability

We may also ask for the following information, which you may choose not to disclose:

disability
employment status
religion
how you heard about us
skills, interests and activities
personal profile

How we may use this personal information?

generate communications appropriate to your experience and interests;
to set up and administer your volunteer account in the Simply Connect volunteering platform;
share your personal information with voluntary organisations as directed by you;
customise and improve the service we provide;
moderate use of the Site;
contact you with relevant information about the programme and events;
to receive communications from WCAVA;
If you flag the volunteer bank of the Simply Connect platform and you will be directly contactable by voluntary organisations.

The service we provide

When you ‘register your interest’ in a role we will forward the following details on to the relevant organisation who is advertising the role you have expressed an interest in.

name
first half of your postcode
skills, interests and activities (where relevant)
personal profile
availability (where relevant)

It is only after you have selected the option to 'confirm interest in a role', that the organisation will have access to your email address.
We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other organisations you deal with further to the service we provide. Please review the privacy policy of the particular organisation you wish to work for before you "register your interest".
We then hold your data on the Simply Connect volunteering platform until you deactivate your account, to allow you to apply for another opportunity without having to complete a new registration form.
You can ask us to remove your data from our system at any time by contacting us.

Volunteer Bank Consent

If you have chosen to be in our volunteer bank, this means you have agreed to be contacted by other organisations.

Why we ask for your Date of Birth

Not all volunteering opportunities are open to all age groups (e.g. some are specifically for young people or older people and many organisations cannot involve volunteers under the age of 16 etc) so it helps our partners place volunteers in appropriate opportunities;
The volunteering service needs to monitor use of its services to ensure that they are involving all sections of their community in order to demonstrate this to funders.

Age discrimination laws do not currently apply to volunteering opportunities.

Organisations that Advertise Opportunities

Organisations that register with the volunteering service have to agree to the terms and conditions to use this service.

Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (WCAVA) ceases to provide the volunteering service

If Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (WCAVA) transfers to another provider, we have the right to transfer your personal data further to our legitimate interest.

Cookies Policy

Please see information on our Cookie Policy on our website.

Your Personal Data Rights

Please contact us or Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (WCAVA) to exercise your rights in relation to personal data laws. Our contact details are set out below.

Right of Access
Access to your personal data. Please see the section 'Subject Access Request' below.
Right to Erasure
The right to have all our records which contain references to your personal data deleted.
Right to Data Portability
On request we will provide your personal data to you, in a CSV format.
Right to be Informed
How your data is processed is explained in this Privacy Notice.
Right to Rectification
To have personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to Restrict Processing
To limit the ways in which we use your data.
Right to Object
You have the right to object to processing which is based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling).
Rights related to Automated Profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision when it is based on automated processing.

Complaints Procedure

If you have any queries regarding your account or if you wish to make a complaint about the service we provide please contact 0161 447 3035. Every effort will be made to resolve your issue. If you have concerns about how your data is being handled you can also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office contact details at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or call the helpline on 0303 123 1113.

Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action
19 & 20 North Street
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2AG
volroles@wcava.org.uk
01788 574258