Privacy Policy
A. How we use your information
B. How we look after your information
C. Your rights
D. Disclosure of personal information
E. Changes to this privacy policy
A. How we use your information
This privacy policy is to let you know how Culham St Gabriel’s Trust promises to look after your personal information. It explains how we do this and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
In order for us to use your personal information, including sharing it with others, we must have a lawful basis to do so. This will be one or more of:
- When it is in our legitimate interest – for example, in order for us to decide to award a grant and administer it we need some information from you
- To fulfil a contract we have with you – for example, a contract for the supply of goods or services.
- When you consent to it – for example, if you sign up to receive our newsletters.
- To fulfil a legal obligation – for example, sending our annual accounts to the Charity Commission.
This privacy policy applies to information we collect about:
- Visitors to our website
- General enquiries
- Individual grant applications
- Scholarship Programme applications
- Project grant applications
- Home educators’ fund grant applicants
- Individuals taking our Culham St Gabriel’s Courses
- Individuals submitting research reports
- Individuals applying for events
- Individuals applying for the Expert RE Mentor Programme
- Competition entrants
- Social media
- E-Newsletter subscription
- Other grant-giving trusts and foundations
- RE:ONLINE contributions
- Leadership Programme Mentors
- Home educators’ fund research volunteers
- Trustees
- Suppliers
- Consultants
- Job applicants
- Employees
1. Visitors to our websites
When someone visits our website we use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect information about the use of the website – for example, how many pages people visit, what browser and operating systems they use, and how long they spent on each page. The information is anonymous and is only used to help improve the site. The information is stored by Google according to their privacy policy
The websites that are owned and run by Culham St Gabriel’s Trust are:
http://www.cstg.org.uk/
https://www.reonline.org.uk/
http://www.courses.cstg.org.uk/
Information you enter into our websites
In order to apply for funding, grants, or a Scholarship Programme; take a Culham St Gabriel’s course; submit a research report or any other such interaction with ourselves, it may be necessary for you to enter personal information into one of our websites. Our websites are built and run by third parties who act as a data processors. We have a contract in place with them. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do so. They will not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us.
http://www.cstg.org.uk/ and http://www.reonline.org.uk/ are built and run by One Ltd
http://www.courses.cstg.org.uk/ is built and run by Titus Learning
Search engine
Any search queries you perform and their results are logged anonymously to help us improve our website and search functionality. No user-specific data is collected by either ourselves or any third party.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en
Links to other websites
This privacy policy does not cover the links within our websites to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.
2. General enquires
Why we need your data
You may contact us by email, phone or post with an enquiry about any aspect of our work.
What we do with your data
We will use the personal information in the legitimate interest of responding to your enquiry. We will not share your data with any other third party without first seeking your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
3. Individuals grant applications
Why we need your data
When you apply for an individual grant from Culham St Gabriel’s Trust, you submit your information in an online application form. Any personal information that is provided in the application is used for the legitimate interest of evaluating the grant application and the ongoing administration and management of any grants that are awarded.
You can give your consent to receive one or more newsletters from Culham St Gabriel’s Trust via email by opting in when you apply for a grant, or at a later date by emailing enquiries@cstg.org.uk.
For more information see E-Newsletter subscription
What we do with your data
When you apply for an individual grant we share your first name, surname, postcode, project title, and total amount applied for with the Association of Church College Trusts (ACCT), of which we are a member.
Sharing information between GDPR compliant ACCT members is in the legitimate interest of the members and of applicants for the following reasons:
- An ACCT member receiving an application for a grant or award may be aware of another member that may be able to provide a grant or award;
- To ensure that trusts can make award decisions in the light of other award decisions concerning an applicant;
- To support the statistical analysis of awards and grants made by ACCT members;
- To prevent fraud.
We will not share your data with any other third party without first seeking your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
4. Scholarship Programme applications
Why we need your data
When you apply for a place on one of our Scholarship Programmes you submit your information in an online application form. Any personal information that is provided in the application is used for the legitimate interest of evaluating the application and the ongoing administration and management of any scholarships that are awarded.
You can give your consent to receive one or more newsletters from Culham St Gabriel’s Trust via email by opting in when you apply for a grant, or at a later date by emailing enquiries@cstg.org.uk.
For more information see E-Newsletter subscription
What we do with your data
Depending on the type of Scholarship Programme you apply for we will share your name and email address as follows:
Masters and Doctoral Scholarship funding – we share your name and email address with the Culham St Gabriel’s Lead Consultant for Research who oversees and manages the Masters and Doctoral Scholarship programmes
Leadership Scholarship – your name and email address will be shared with members of the Leadership Programme Steering Group. Steering Group members are listed on our website.
Your name and email address will be shared with your mentor.
Your name and regional location will be published on our website.
CTeach Scholarship – we share your name and email address with the Culham St Gabriel’s Lead Consultants for Professional Development who oversee and manage the CTeach Scholarship programme.
We will not share your data with any other third party without first seeking your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
5. Project grant applications
Why we need your data
When you apply for a grant from Culham St Gabriel’s Trust, you submit your information in an online application form, provide details of your proposal and a breakdown of the costs of the project. Any personal information that is provided in the application is used for the legitimate interest of reviewing the grant application and ongoing administration and management of any grants that are awarded.
You can give your consent to receive one or more newsletters from Culham St Gabriel’s Trust via email by opting in when you apply for a grant, or at a later date by emailing enquiries@cstg.org.uk.
For more information see E-Newsletter subscription
What we do with your data
When you apply for a project grant we share your first name, surname, organisation, postcode, project title, total amount applied for and years for which applied with the Association of Church College Trusts (ACCT), of which we are a member.
Sharing information between GDPR compliant ACCT members is in the legitimate interest of the members and of applicants for the following reasons:
- An ACCT member receiving an application for a grant or award may be aware of another member that may be able to provide a grant or award;
- To ensure that trusts can make award decisions in the light of other award decisions concerning an applicant;
- To support the statistical analysis of awards and grants made by ACCT members;
- To prevent fraud.
Culham St Gabriel’s Trust is committed to transparency and we work with 360Giving to publish information about our project grants on our website at http://www.cstg.org.uk/how-we-help/grants/previous-grants/. The information that will be made public on our website is:
Name of the funder (Culham St Gabriel’s Trust)
Title and description of the grant
Value of the grant
Currency of the grant
Date it was awarded
Name of recipient of the grant
Recipient ID.
Please note, we do this only with project applications, not individual ones. For more information, visit http://www.threesixtygiving.org/ We will not share your data with any other third party without first seeking your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
6. Home educators grant fund applicants
Why we need your data
When you apply for a grant from Culham St Gabriel’s, you submit your information in an online application form or by phone/video call. Any personal information provided in the application is used for the legitimate interest of evaluating the grant application and the ongoing administration and management of any grants awarded.
What we do with your data
Your name, email and address will be kept confidential to Culham St Gabriel’s who are responsible for administering the fund. We will use your name and email address to contact you about your grant application. We will use your address to verify that you are eligible to apply for a grant, which is only open to applicants from specific areas of the UK. We will share your project proposal, but not your contact details, with the members of our decision-making panel and our consultant evaluator who adhere to our policies on confidentiality, privacy and data protection. If you are awarded a grant, we will ask for your bank account number and sort code to pay the grant to you. This information will be stored by Culham St Gabriel’s for the sole purpose of administrating the grant, and will not be shared with anyone else.
We will not share your data with any other third party. If there is any reason to share your data, we will first ask for your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
7. Individuals taking our Culham St Gabriel’s Courses
Why we need your data
In order to take a Culham St Gabriel’s course it is necessary to create an account on our eLearning platform (http://www.courses.cstg.org.uk). Any personal information that is provided is used in the legitimate interest of administering the course.
When you take a course any information you enter in response to the questions in the course will be held within the eLearning platform. The only data that will be accessed is the course evaluation, this data is used in the legitimate interest of improving our courses.
What we do with your data
We will not share your data with any third party without first seeking your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
8. Individuals submitting a research report
Why we need your data
When you submit a research report it is reviewed by our Lead Consultant for Research prior to publication on RE:ONLINE. We ask for your name and email address so that we may contact you about the research report.
What we do with your data
When you submit a research report your details are only used in the legitimate interest of administering the report.
The website is built and run by a third party, One Ltd., who act as a data processor. We have a contract in place with One Ltd. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do so. They will not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us.
We do not share your data with any other third party without first seeking your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
9. Individuals applying for events we organise
Why we need your data
We use a third-party provider, Eventbrite, to manage event bookings for the Trust. We need your name and email address to communicate with you directly about the event. Eventbrite is based in the United States and participates in and comply with the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. For more information, please see Eventbrite’s privacy policy
What we do with your data
When you register for an event your details are only used in the legitimate interest of administering the event.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
10. Individuals applying for the RE Mentors Programme
Why we need your data
When you apply to join the RE Mentors Programme any personal information that is provided is used in the legitimate interest of managing the programme.
What we do with your data
When you enter apply your details are only used in the legitimate interest of managing the programme. The information in the application form will be shared with the Expert Mentoring Programme Team. These will be the people from different ITE providers running the community of practice sessions.
We do not share your data with any other third party without first seeking your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
11. Competition entrants
Why we need your data
When you enter a competition any personal information that is provided is used in the legitimate interest of processing entries and managing the competition.
What we do with your data
When you enter a competition your details and that of the children and young people are only used in the legitimate interest of managing the competition. We do not share the data with any other third party without first seeking your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
All entries except those of the winners and highly commended will be destroyed after the judging process. Winning and highly commended entries will be kept in line with our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
12. Social Media
Why we need your data
We use a third-party provider, Hootsuite, to manage our social media interactions on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
What we do with your data
When you like or connect with us via social media your personal details are used only within the social media platform. We do not use them for any other purpose.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
13. E-Newsletter subscription
Why we need your data
When you subscribe to any of our e-newsletters your first name, surname and email address are passed to Mailchimp, who are a third-party provider we use to deliver our e-newsletters. Mailchimp is based in the United States and participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. For more information, please see Mailchimp’s privacy policy.
We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter.
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe at any time by following the links in the newsletter.
What we do with your data
We will not share your data or use it for any other purpose.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
14. Other grant-giving trusts and foundations
Why we need your data
CSTG works closely with several other grant-giving trusts and foundations. In some cases, we give a link to their website from ours. We hold the email addresses and phone numbers of some staff and trustees. In holding this information, we have a legitimate interest in ensuring close strategic collaboration with other funders, as it helps potential grant applications.
What we do with your data
We will not share your personal data with anyone else without your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
15. RE:ONLINE contributors
What we do with your data
Some articles display your name, job/role, and a photograph on the RE:ONLINE website. Culham St Gabriel’s Trust has a legitimate interest in allowing users of RE:ONLINE to know who is writing, what their educational role is, and to relate to the writer’s message by being able to see their face. We will only display these details with your explicit consent.
Where payment for writing is due, we share information with NatWest Bank via their online banking service Bankline.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
16 .Leadership Programme Mentors
What we do with your data
Leadership Programme mentors tutors correspond with their mentee by email and/or phone. Culham St Gabriel’s Trust has a legitimate interest in doing so in order to give support to those students taking the course.
We will only share your contact details with a student with your explicit consent.
To pay you for your tutoring we share information with NatWest Bank via their online banking service Bankline.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
17. Home educators’ fund research volunteers
Why we need your data
To inform and guide the co-design and delivery of the religion and worldviews home educators’ fund pilot, we enlist support from those with experience of home educating. This role involves engagement as a community panel member, reviewing and making decisions on how funds are distributed.
What we do with your data
We use your name and email address to contact you about the fund and to organise meetings. These details will be shared with other panel members, which comprises a small, defined group. With consent your email address will also be shared with our consultant evaluator who adheres to our policies on confidentiality, privacy and data protection. With your consent, your name, photo and a short bio may be shared on the Culham St Gabriel’s website. To reimburse you for expenses, we share information with Natwest Bank via their online banking system, Bankline. We will not share your data with any other third party without first seeking your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
18. Trustees
What we do with your data
We display the name of each Trustee and a short biography on our website. We also mention the names of some individuals associated with our history. Culham St Gabriel’s Trust has a legitimate interest in letting others know who our Trustees are, and this information is also available via the Charity Commission website.
We will not display or share contact details of Trustees without explicit consent.
In order to pay expenses we share information with NatWest Bank via their online banking service Bankline.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
19. Suppliers
What we do with your data
We contract the purchase of goods and services from suppliers. In doing so we have personal information such as names and email addresses of employees of the supplying organisation. Culham St Gabriel’s Trust has a legitimate interest in maintaining contact with our suppliers in order to facilitate our core business and office functions. This information is for our internal use only and will only be shared with your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
20. Consultants
What we do with your data
We contract the services of consultants and writers to provide services to Culham St Gabriel’s.
With consent, we display the name of some consultants, a photograph, and a brief biography on www.cstg.org.uk. In order to pay you, we share information with NatWest Bank via their online banking service, Bankline. Culham St Gabriel’s Trust has a legitimate interest in doing this so that our beneficiaries can know which RE people provide services on our behalf, and so that we can respond to their invoices efficiently.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
21. Job applicants
What we do with your data
When you apply for a job with Culham St Gabriel’s Trust, you provide personal information in relation to the advertised job. Any personal information that is provided on the application is used for the legitimate interest of reviewing your application.
This information is for our internal use only and will only be shared with your explicit consent.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy, a copy of which is available upon request.
22. Employees
What we do with your data
With consent, we display the name of each employee, a photograph and a brief biography on www.cstg.org.uk
In order to administer your pay, tax, national insurance and pension we share information with Wenn Townsend our payroll provider. In order to fulfil our legal obligation we share information with HMRC.
In order to protect our employees we have a personal alarm which is kept close at hand when any employee is working alone in the office. This is for use in a medical emergency or if an intruder should enter the building. With your consent your name, mobile phone number any medical information you deem to be relevant is shared with the alarm provider Sky Guard. This is in order for them to be able to respond in the event of an emergency.
How long we keep your data
We keep your data according to our data retention policy. A copy of which is available upon request.
B. How we look after your information
We take all reasonable steps to keep your data safe. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers which are password protected and encrypted. We have a firewall in place. We regularly review our privacy policy and will update it or make minor changes when necessary.
A change log which details updates to our privacy policy can be found here.
C. Your rights
Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you have rights as an individual which you can exercise in relation to the information we hold about you.
Right of access
Culham St Gabriel’s Trust tries to be as open as it can be in terms of giving people access to their personal information. Individuals can find out if we hold any personal information by making a ‘subject access request’ under the Data Protection Act 1998. If we do hold information about you we will:
• give you a description of it;
• tell you why we are holding it;
• tell you who it could be disclosed to; and
• let you have a copy of the information in an intelligible form.
To make a request to us for any personal information we may hold about you please email enquiries@cstg.org.uk.
Right of rectification or deletion
If we do hold information about you, you can ask us to correct any mistakes or delete any information by emailing enquiries@cstg.org.uk.
Right to withdraw consent
If you have consented to receive any of our newsletters you may alter or withdraw this consent at any time by following the links in the newsletter or by emailing enquiries@cstg.org.uk.
Complaints or queries
Culham St Gabriel’s Trust tries to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate.
If you want to make a complaint about the way we have processed your personal information, you can contact us via email at enquiries@cstg.org.uk
If you are not satisfied with the way in which we have handled your compliant you can raise your concern with the Information Commissioners Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
D. Disclosure of personal information
Culham St Gabriel’s Trust will not sell your personal information to any outside organisation. Your information may however be shared with regular contractors or suppliers only under our direct contract, only if necessary as detailed in this policy and with confidentiality assured.
If required to do so by law, Culham St Gabriel’s Trust will disclose personal information.
E. Changes to this privacy policy
We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This privacy policy was last updated on 10/7/2023.
A change log which details updates to our privacy policy can be found here.
F. How to contact us
If you want to request information about our privacy policy, you can email us at enquiries@cstg.org.uk