East Mainland Church Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy covers the way in which the congregation of East Mainland Church, Orkney will use and disclose personal information that members, employees, volunteers, donors and other associates may provide us with.
Personal information includes any information that identifies you personally, such as your name, address, email address or telephone number.
The congregation recognises the importance of your privacy and personal information and we have therefore outlined below how the congregation collects, uses, discloses, and protects this information. We are registered with the Information Commissioner through the umbrella registration of Orkney Presbytery and strive to comply fully with data protection law.
How We Collect Information
The congregation receives and stores personal information provided by members, employees, volunteers, donors and other associates. This information can be supplied to us:
How We Use Information
We may use the information we collect:
Disclosure of Information
The congregation may require to share personal information held for a number of reasons including to provide pastoral or other assistance, process donations or carry out any other contractual obligations. This data may be disclosed to:
The congregation may also need to disclose your information if required to do so by law.
Your Consent
By providing us with your personal data, including sensitive personal data such as on your health, you consent to the collection and use of any information you provide in accordance with the above purposes and this privacy statement.
Storage and Security of Personal Information
The congregation via its office bearers and employees will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that personal information is held in a secure and confidential environment and when the information is no longer needed it will be destroyed or permanently rendered anonymous.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee £10 may be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please contact the Parish Minister.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email as soon as possible to the address below*. Any information found to be incorrect will be corrected as quickly as possible.
Rev. Wilma A. Johnston
The Manse,
Holm,
ORKNEY
KW17 2SB
01856 781797
Wilma.Johnston@churchofscotland.org.uk
Parish Minister: East Mainland Church of Scotland, Orkney SC019770
This Privacy Policy covers the way in which the congregation of East Mainland Church, Orkney will use and disclose personal information that members, employees, volunteers, donors and other associates may provide us with.
Personal information includes any information that identifies you personally, such as your name, address, email address or telephone number.
The congregation recognises the importance of your privacy and personal information and we have therefore outlined below how the congregation collects, uses, discloses, and protects this information. We are registered with the Information Commissioner through the umbrella registration of Orkney Presbytery and strive to comply fully with data protection law.
How We Collect Information
The congregation receives and stores personal information provided by members, employees, volunteers, donors and other associates. This information can be supplied to us:
- in writing or via email, by telephone conversation or on our website (e.g. when an individual is becoming a member); or
- by otherwise associating with the congregation or its organisations, (e.g. by enquiring about our work, activities, employment and volunteering opportunities); or
- when donating money to the congregation or its organisations.
How We Use Information
We may use the information we collect:
- in connection with membership records, for pastoral care purposes or in relation to your participation in our activities;
- in order to fulfil individual employment contracts with our employees (e.g. personnel administration) or for agreements with volunteers;
- in order to communicate with you (e.g. by letter, email or telephone) for example to provide information relating to our work or new developments;
- in order to further our charitable aims, e.g. such as for fundraising activities;
- for internal administration, such as for accounting purposes, or for analysing how we may better advance the Kingdom of God.
Disclosure of Information
The congregation may require to share personal information held for a number of reasons including to provide pastoral or other assistance, process donations or carry out any other contractual obligations. This data may be disclosed to:
- the relevant Presbytery;
- other bodies within the Church of Scotland;
- relevant agents and third parties;
- employees and/or volunteers including the charity trustees/ office bearers.
The congregation may also need to disclose your information if required to do so by law.
Your Consent
By providing us with your personal data, including sensitive personal data such as on your health, you consent to the collection and use of any information you provide in accordance with the above purposes and this privacy statement.
Storage and Security of Personal Information
The congregation via its office bearers and employees will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that personal information is held in a secure and confidential environment and when the information is no longer needed it will be destroyed or permanently rendered anonymous.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee £10 may be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please contact the Parish Minister.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email as soon as possible to the address below*. Any information found to be incorrect will be corrected as quickly as possible.
Rev. Wilma A. Johnston
The Manse,
Holm,
ORKNEY
KW17 2SB
01856 781797
Wilma.Johnston@churchofscotland.org.uk
Parish Minister: East Mainland Church of Scotland, Orkney SC019770
Getting Married in East Mainland Church.
It’s Spring – and thoughts turn to love – weddings are in the air. The first weddings of this year are being booked. If you are getting married, or a son or daughter has announced the happy news – congratulations – the congregation wish the couple every happiness for their future.
If you would like to have the wedding in East Mainland Church please call me. The sanctuary has a warm welcoming feel with traditional pine pews and a lovely space for the ceremony which with an intimate atmosphere will suit the smallest of weddings just as well as the larger gatherings. Please ask for a wedding leaflet.
The couple will be invited to meet for a chat and we will talk about ways to make the ceremony personal to you. It will be a Christian ceremony and the bride and groom will be committed to each other so that they can make their promises to spend the rest of their lives together. If you have special circumstances please ask me and I will be happy to advise. It is becoming popular for couples with young families to have a blessing for their children during the ceremony.
You do not need to be a church member to be married in the Kirk. Everyone who lives in East Mainland can ask to be married here, and those too, who have a connection with the old parishes of Deerness, St Andrews and Holm – so even if you live elsewhere in Orkney or further afield if a parent or grandparent is a church member the minister will be very happy to meet with you and discuss your wedding day.
Getting married in the Italian Chapel and St Magnus Cathedral
It is the Minister’s duty and the right of East Mainland residents to ask the Parish Minister to conduct their marriage ceremony. Some couples choose to marry in the Cathedral or the Italian Chapel neither of which have a connection with East Mainland Church. If the couple live in East Mainland, are members of East Mainland Church or have parents or grandparents who are members, the minister will be happy to speak with them about their wedding day.
It is usual for the minister in the parish where you live to conduct your marriage ceremony and maintain a link with you and if in doubt I will be happy to advise you who to contact.
To find out more contact
Rev. Wilma Johnston
Wilma.Johnston@churchofscotland.org.uk and 01856781797.
It’s Spring – and thoughts turn to love – weddings are in the air. The first weddings of this year are being booked. If you are getting married, or a son or daughter has announced the happy news – congratulations – the congregation wish the couple every happiness for their future.
If you would like to have the wedding in East Mainland Church please call me. The sanctuary has a warm welcoming feel with traditional pine pews and a lovely space for the ceremony which with an intimate atmosphere will suit the smallest of weddings just as well as the larger gatherings. Please ask for a wedding leaflet.
The couple will be invited to meet for a chat and we will talk about ways to make the ceremony personal to you. It will be a Christian ceremony and the bride and groom will be committed to each other so that they can make their promises to spend the rest of their lives together. If you have special circumstances please ask me and I will be happy to advise. It is becoming popular for couples with young families to have a blessing for their children during the ceremony.
You do not need to be a church member to be married in the Kirk. Everyone who lives in East Mainland can ask to be married here, and those too, who have a connection with the old parishes of Deerness, St Andrews and Holm – so even if you live elsewhere in Orkney or further afield if a parent or grandparent is a church member the minister will be very happy to meet with you and discuss your wedding day.
Getting married in the Italian Chapel and St Magnus Cathedral
It is the Minister’s duty and the right of East Mainland residents to ask the Parish Minister to conduct their marriage ceremony. Some couples choose to marry in the Cathedral or the Italian Chapel neither of which have a connection with East Mainland Church. If the couple live in East Mainland, are members of East Mainland Church or have parents or grandparents who are members, the minister will be happy to speak with them about their wedding day.
It is usual for the minister in the parish where you live to conduct your marriage ceremony and maintain a link with you and if in doubt I will be happy to advise you who to contact.
To find out more contact
Rev. Wilma Johnston
Wilma.Johnston@churchofscotland.org.uk and 01856781797.
