From time to time our spiritual journey requires us to take risks. As adults, taking risks is easier when we know we are supported by others and have confidence in our personal experience. Our children are more vulnerable with limited experience and their protection is a paramount responsibility.
Some adults in our meeting may also be at risk of abuse because they need help with daily living tasks, and may be unable to protect themselves against harm or exploitation. Adults at risk of abuse includes people with a wide range of disabilities and circumstances.
As Quakers we are committed to Safeguarding children and Adults at risk by bringing together what our faith expects of us and the law requires.
Norfolk & Waveney Quakers’ Safeguarding Policy follows the legal requirements of the 1989 & 2004 Children Acts. We have tried to write it in a spirit that allows our children and those that work with them, to grow in the spirit. In order to do this, we want to create a framework that lets our children and vulnerable adults know that they are both physically and emotionally safe and allows sufficient freedom for them to choose the paths and challenges of their own spiritual journey.
We also aim to inform and support adults in what action to take if they are concerned about a child’s welfare or that any child may be suffering harm.
https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisation/safeguarding
Our Contact Details
Postal Address: 26 Pottergate, Norwich, NR2 1DX
Phone: 01603 624854
Email: clerksnandwam@gmail.com
Web address: norfolkandwaveneyquakers.org
Point of contact for data protections matters: trustees@norfolkandwaveneyquakers.org
We collect:
We collect contact details and other necessary information for members, their family members, and long term attenders under legitimate interests for the necessary administration of this membership organisation.
To create a shareable contact book (Book of Members)
To pass contact details to other organisations (for example Britain Yearly Meeting)
We do not share data without consent and we will never sell personal data. We mainly use personal email for meeting business and this may require sending data outside the UK.
We store all personal data on PCs, laptops and mobile devices of our volunteer roleholders. We ensure we give guidance on digital security. All devices should be password protected and have suitable antivirus software. We store some data in paper form. Sensitive data is stored in locked cabinets where possible. We have selected some meeting records for permanent archiving and these are regularly transferred to the Norfolk County Archives. All other data is destroyed securely when no longer required.
You have the right to:
If you wish to exercise any of your rights under GDPR, please contact: trustees@norfolkandwaveneyquakers.org
If you wish to complain, please contact: trustees@norfolkandwaveneyquakers.org in the first instance. If your complaint is not dealt with satisfactorily, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office: https://ico.org.uk/
Norfolk & Waveney Area Quaker Meeting – DATA CONSENT FORM
These forms are to gather personal data for use by Norfolk & Waveney Area Quaker Meeting. The Area Meeting aims to comply with UK Data Protection Act (2018) and UK GDPR. You can read our Data Protection policies above.
There are sections of the form for:
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is the charity which supports Quaker Meetings, individuals, and the activities of the national Church, as well as performing other activities such as outreach and work on Quaker concerns. BYM collects names and basic contact information from Members and long-term attenders under legitimate interests. You can read their privacy policy here: www.quaker.org.uk/privacypolicy
Our contact list operates as follows: A paper booklet is updated every two years; it is available to all Friends in the area meeting. An electronic version is updated more regularly (normally several times a year); it is emailed to local meeting clerks, who distribute it to Friends in their meetings. It is made clear that the information contained in the list should not be shared outside the area meeting.
[1] Under GDPR membership societies can consider someone with a long-term relationship akin to membership as a ‘de facto’ member in data protection terms. Someone attending meetings regularly for two or more years would be a good rule of thumb to use.