Privacy policy

Who we are and what we do

This website is maintained by Culture Within Newham. We are a cultural and creative activity programme for Newham funded by Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places funding. This policy explains how the information we collect about you is used and kept securely. It also explains your privacy choices when using our website as well as your right to access your information.

Where we collect information about you from:

When you give it to us directly – this could be when you register as a subscriber on our website to receive information about our activities, sign up to one of our events, respond to an open call or engage with our social media

When you give permission to third party organisations to share it with us, for example if you sign up to one of our events through Eventbrite or Facebook.

When you visit our website. Like most websites, we use “cookies” to help us make our site – and the way you use it – better. Learn more about how we use cookies here.

What information do we collect?

Below is an example of the type of the data that we may process in the course of our contact with you:

  • Full name

  • Telephone number

  • Postal address

  • Current interests and activities

  • Email address (Email Newsletter)

  • Your application for a grant from us

How we use your information

We may use your personal information for a number of purposes, including:

  • To deal with your requests and enquiries

  • To contact you for reasons related to your enquiry

  • To share news and updates via our newsletter 

  • To notify you about updates to the Culture Within Newham website

How long we store your data for

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity. If you request that we stop sending you marketing materials we will keep a record of your contact details and appropriate information to enable us to comply with your request not to be contacted by us, we won’t keep any information that we don’t need.

Get in touch

If you have any concerns about the way in which your information is used when working with us, please feel free to contact us on the following email address newhamcpp@community-links.org.