Councils, Partnerships & Data Protection
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Councils are natural allies for Freegle - reuse helps them hit landfill reduction targets, and a partnership can bring your group funding, publicity and credibility. This section covers how to approach a council and what to ask for once they're on board, plus Freegle's obligations around the personal data volunteers handle every day.
Start here: Contacting Councils for how to get a foot in the door, then Council Help for what to ask for once you are.
Working with councils
- Contacting Councils - a phased approach to getting your council's attention, from a friendly first email to lobbying your MP if you're getting nowhere.
- Council Help - practical things to ask a council for once you're in contact, from website links and leaflets to banners and staff training, with real examples of what other councils have provided.
- Information for Councils - the councils section of the main Freegle website, kept up to date for councils to browse.
- Council Newsletters - "Freegle Bites", the regular newsletter sent to UK councils, with a full archive of past editions.
- Council Projects/Partnerships - a running log of Freegle's partnerships with individual councils, from Bassetlaw to Westminster, including the Essex sponsorship and Wandsworth cost-of-living project.
- Freegle Cumbria County Council Partnership - a detailed case study of the long-running Cumbria partnership: Give and Take days, funding, and a LARAC awards shortlisting.
- Housing Associations - notes on early exploratory work linking Freegle with housing associations via their tenancy-management software.
Data protection
- Data Protection Policy - Freegle's policy on personal data: what's held, for how long, and members' rights to see or remove it.
- Data Protection Guidelines - practical guidance for moderators and volunteers on handling personal data day to day, including Subject Access Requests.
- Data Protection Compliance - Volunteer Task list - the task list used to track Freegle's GDPR compliance work when it was first introduced.
Prefer to browse? Every page here is also listed A-Z in the Councils, Partnerships & Data Protection index. Back to the home page.
