Principles of the network
Principles of the network
Our approach to collaboration and alliances with other organisations – June 2020
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The Network of Regional Youth Work Units: England brings together independent organisations working to support the youth sector at regional level in the English regions. At present our members cover 6 of the 9 regions and we aim to recruit relevant organisations to join the network and support youth work in the other 3 regions over the next 1-2 years.
Regional Youth Work Units act as hubs for developing and supporting youth work in their regions, working with commissioners, providers and young people themselves to ensure the sector is well-informed, skilled and responsive to changes in government policies and young people’s needs.
The Network regularly works with organisations with a national (and sometimes international) footprint and role in supporting aspects of the work of the youth sector, in order to inform policy developments, engage parts of the youth sector who may otherwise not be able to access national initiatives and knowledge, and provide regional intelligence to national organisations while informing organisations in the region of national developments that could affect their practice and environment. This role is recognised and valued by national organisations and government bodies, and has resulted in positive outcomes for youth work, youth workers and young people.
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Our approach to collaboration and alliances with other organisations – June 2020
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The Network of Regional Youth Work Units: England brings together independent organisations working to support the youth sector at regional level in the English regions. At present our members cover 6 of the 9 regions and we aim to recruit relevant organisations to join the network and support youth work in the other 3 regions over the next 1-2 years.
Regional Youth Work Units act as hubs for developing and supporting youth work in their regions, working with commissioners, providers and young people themselves to ensure the sector is well-informed, skilled and responsive to changes in government policies and young people’s needs.
The Network regularly works with organisations with a national (and sometimes international) footprint and role in supporting aspects of the work of the youth sector, in order to inform policy developments, engage parts of the youth sector who may otherwise not be able to access national initiatives and knowledge, and provide regional intelligence to national organisations while informing organisations in the region of national developments that could affect their practice and environment. This role is recognised and valued by national organisations and government bodies, and has resulted in positive outcomes for youth work, youth workers and young people.
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Privacy policy
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Network of Regional Youth Work Units* Privacy Policy
Our contact details
Name: Network of Regional Youth Work Units
E-mail: update.pyl@gmail.com
Website: https://www.regionalyouthunits.com/
The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information:
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Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name, contact details and demographics)
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Email address
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Social Media ID’s.
How we get the personal information and why we have it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
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Personal identifiers, such as name – this is used in order to set up your account, manage your account, correspond with you and issue your certificate on completion. Your personal identifiers may also be referenced in relation to this course on Social Media platforms, you can opt out at any time. Personal identifiers may also be used in the event that you submit to us a testimonial, or agree to become one of our testimonials, in these instances we can use a pseudonym if you prefer.
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Demographic information, to ensure we are providing services in accordance with the Equality Act. We use this information to understand our stakeholder demographic and to improve our services. Provision of this information is always optional.
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Email address, this is used to manage your account and to correspond with you as necessary, in line with the requirements for the course(s) you have signed up for, or any information requested.
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Social Media ID’s, these are used for marketing purposes and to ensure that the copywritten designations are only being used as allowed.
We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:
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Your employer may provide information about you as part of them signing you up for the course. You will still have the applicable rights under the Data Protection Act 2018 about this information.
We use the information that you have given us in order to manage and provide the same services as if you had provided the information directly. Additionally your employer may ask questions about your completion of the course(s) you have been signed up for which we will need to share with them as the purchaser.
We may share this information with the platform host, thinkific, in order to ensure the course is working for you and others as designed. Any legal requirements about your data will also need to be complied with under UK legislation.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting update.pyl@gmail.com and citing your right to be forgotten.
(b) We have a contractual obligation.
(c) We have a legal obligation.
(d) We have a vital interest.
(e) We need it to perform a public task.
(f) We have a legitimate interest.
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How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored in an online database.
We may keep your personal identifiers, email address and social media ID’s indefinitely as the course(s) that you take will have an annual completion requirement and we need this information to manage those elements.
Additionally, as the courses are paid courses, we have a legal basis to be able to provide proof of payment for a requisite amount of time.
There may be other legal requirements, or administrative duties we are required to uphold and therefore need your personal identifiers and email address to do so.
We will never sell your personal data.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us at update.pyl@gmail.com if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at update.pyl@gmail.com.
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk