At Rainbow Parents Carers Forum, we are committed to keeping member’s information confidential and it is used solely for the purpose of serving you better. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully (in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and GDPR 2018). In order for us to provide the best possible level of service, we need to gather certain information about you and your child(ren). The information you provide will be kept confidential and used to support your relationship with Rainbow Parents Carers Forum. We will not share our information with any other organisation for marketing purposes.

The personal information we may collect

Your name

Your address

Your telephone number[s]

Your email

Information about your child(ren) – name, date of birth, gender, school (mainstream, home, special),  additional needs

Information about other services you may use & how you found out about the forum

Optional information – ethnicity, children’s disability

Rainbow Parents Carers Forum will use your information for the following reasons

For research and funding purposes

To keep you updated with our development as an organisation

To send you our regular bulletins

Retaining your personal information

We will not keep your personal information for longer than is necessary for our purpose.

External websites

Our website contains links to other websites. Rainbow Parents Carers Forum is not responsible for the data protection and privacy practices for other websites. We encourage you to be aware of other websites’ privacy policies.

Complaints about how we process your personal information

Any complaints should be addressed to:

Rainbow Parents Carers Forum

2A Cross Street, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 7BL