Active Communities Grant Programme - Privacy Notice

For the processing to which this notice relates to be carried out we use the following information: ​​
personal information – such as: your name, email address, address, telephone number​

We collect your information from ​you directly (e.g. by asking you to complete one of our online forms etc.).

Your information might be used to:

• Process your grant application
• Facilitate communication with you about your application and the grant should it be successful
• Monitor the success of the programme by gaining your feedback

The council relies on Article 6(1)(e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority.

We sometimes need to share your information within the City of Doncaster Council or with other organisations. We will only share your information when necessary and when the law allows us to, and we will only share the minimum information we need to.

In certain cases we may also share your information with other individuals and organisations. For example, if you make a complaint to your Councillor, or if the sharing would help with a safeguarding issue, or help prevent a crime. Sometimes, we might share your information without your knowledge.

The City of Doncaster Council will never sell your information to anyone else.

We will keep your information for different periods of time, depending on what we are using it for. We only keep your information for as long as we need to, after which we will securely delete the information

We will keep your information for only so long as is necessary – the table below sets out typical timescales for each activity:

Activity	Time information kept for
Grant Application Forms	Retained for 7 years from the award of the grant or at the end of the programme, whichever comes latest
Monitoring forms	Deleted 6 months from the end of the data collection period in March 2025

The law gives you specific rights over your information. These rights are:

• to be informed of our use of information about you;
• of access to information about you;
• rectify information about you that is inaccurate;
• to have your information erased (the ‘right to be forgotten’);
• to restrict how we use information about you;
• to move your information to a new service provider;
• to object to how we use information about you;
• not to have decisions made about you on the basis of automated decision making;
• to object to direct marketing; and,
• to complain about anything the City of Doncaster Council does with your information (please see the ‘Complaints’ section below).

Some of the rights listed above apply only in certain situations, and some have a limited effect. Your rights are explained further in the Individuals’ Rights Procedure on our website, as is how to make a request under one or more of them.

You can request information about yourself by making a subject access request on this page of the City of Doncaster Council’s website.

This notice is kept under regular review to make sure it is up to date and accurate.

The City of Doncaster Council is required by law to have a DPO. The DPO has a number of duties, including:

• monitoring the City of Doncaster Council’s compliance with data protection law;
• providing expert advice and guidance on data protection;
• acting as the point of contact for data subjects;
• and, co-operating and consulting with the Information Commissioner’s Office (see ‘Complaints’ below).

The City of Doncaster Council’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted by email at information.governance@doncaster.gov.uk 

If you are unhappy with the way in which your information has been handled you should contact the City of Doncaster Council’s Data Protection Officer so that we can try and put things right.

Alternatively, and if we have been unable to resolve your complaint, you can also refer the matter to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO is the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights, and they can investigate and adjudicate on any data protection related concerns you raise with them. They can be contacted via the methods below:

Website: www.ico.org.uk 

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Post: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF