HUMANITY AT HEART Working in Romania: December 2010

Thursday 16 December 2010

Help for the Elderly

In a recent blog you will have seen that we are setting up a program to care for some of the elderly residents in the Colony area. Adina and the volunteers have met, the planning has been done and the program has now started.

Several of the beneficiaries came to the centre to receive clothes that had been donated. They will be invited to the centre for some Christmas activities when they will also receive a shoe box gift sent out by Link Romania UK.

A big Thank you to all our supporters who answered our Christmas appeal. We have the funds we needed and the 20 elderly people on our program will now receive a much needed food parcel of essential items this Christmas.

Due to all the support and the efforts of the staff and volunteers in Romania these poor people will have a much happier Christmas than they could have expected.

Visit to The Social Centre of Lonea

The Children at the Colony Community Centre have visited the elderly people who go to the Social Centre in Lonea. This is the third year of visiting and their 5th visit. The children take gifts of home made cards and fruit and entertain the elderly people with songs and poems.
This little project has meant a lot to the elderly people and the children have said how much they enjoy it too. It is a real community building event.

About the Charity

Humanity at Heart (Reg. Charity No. 1042937) is a small, independent charity, based in a village called Hassocks in West Sussex, England, where we have a charity shop.

Opening hours are:

Monday to Friday 9.30-4.30.

Saturday 9.30-5pm

Established in 1990, in response to the media coverage of conditions in Romania following the Revolution, Humanity at Heart started by sending out lorry loads of aid to the orphanages. Subsequently our focus has changed to long term community based projects.

We provide funding for Romanian-led initiatives in the community, thereby fostering and supporting an ethos of self-help. We fund a voluntary project helping the elderly in Petrila, and provide significant funding for a therapy centre for children on the autistic spectrum, a day centre in Arad for poor families and street children, a day centre helping a poor Roma community, as well as project which provides a small home for 6 youngsters with special needs in Birlad.

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PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY NOTICE

Humanity at Heart (HaH) is a small charity with a limited need to collect and process data from our donors, other supporters, volunteers and other contacts (collectively, “our Contacts”) . As such we have not considered it necessary to register under the Data Protection Act 1998.

However, the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2019 and the upcoming new Data Protection Act impose new obligations on HaH in relation to personal data, which this notice addresses.

Personal Data

For the purpose of this notice, the term “personal data” means data relating to a living individual which allows that person to be identified. Such identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller’s possession or likely to come into such possession.

HaH is unlikely to acquire personal data from any source other than the individual identified by the data or someone acting on such individual’s behalf and with their knowledge.

Data Controller

HaH is the data controller (contact details below) as it decides how personal data is processed and for what purposes.

How HH Uses Personal Data

HH acquires personal data in various ways.

We use your personal data for the following purposes: -

· To maintain records of our contacts who have expressed an interest in HaH’s work and to send communications about the activities of HaH , to such individuals from time to time;

· To fundraise for HH, which will include processing of donations by means of Gift Aid or similar tax efficient arrangements;

· To manage our employees (if any) and volunteers;

· To maintain HaH’s accounts and records;

HaH does not access bank account, credit card or similar financial data from donors.

Security and Other Matters

HaH is committed to ensuring that personal data is maintained securely and is protected from loss, unintended destruction or damage and from unauthorised or unlawful processing; it has put in place suitable physical, electronic and organizational procedures.

HaH will not collect or retain excessive amounts of personal data and will, to the extent it is able, keep the personal data it needs up to date.

Retention

Personal data will be retained in relation to each of our contacts and volunteers as long as relevant law requires or, if longer, so long as we consider there to be an ongoing relationship to an individual. After that time such data will be securely destroyed.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

Personal data is processed on the following bases:

· For our contacts and volunteers, explicit consent of the individual in relation to one or more of the data uses set out above.

· For employees, processing necessary for carrying out obligations under employment, social security or social protection law, or other relevant laws;

Sharing Personal Data

Subject to the following or to the requirements of any relevant law, personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared among the trustees of HaH and HaH will not share personal data with third parties. Personal data may also on occasion be shared with volunteers working with HaH.

Personal data may also need to be shared with tax authorities to allow for tax reclaims or other processing of donations qualifying for tax benefits.

Rights in Relation to Personal Data

Unless subject to an exemption under the GDPR, individuals have the following rights with respect to their personal data: -

· The right to request a copy of any personal data which HaH holds;

· The right to request that HaH corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;

· The right to request that personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary for HaH to retain such data;

· The right to withdraw consent to the processing at any time

· The right to request that HaH provide a copy of personal data, and where possible to transmit that data directly, to another data controller, (where applicable).

· The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;

· The right to object to the processing of personal data, (where applicable)

· The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.

Further processing

If HaH wishes to use any individual’s personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this notice, then we will provide that person with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, HaH will always seek such individual’s prior consent to the new processing.

Contact Details

To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints please in the first instance Ann Heroys via email, humanity@humanityatheart.org.uk or by phone 01273 846135

You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.

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