Winter Wellness Privacy Notice: How your data is used

Winter Wellness

Winter Wellness is a seasonal project focused on promoting good health and reducing social isolation amongst Council tenants aged 65 and over in Islington. The project aims to take a preventative approach to older peoples’ wellbeing by reducing the harm of cold homes and social isolation during the winter months.

Through this project, an Islington-commissioned provider called Elizabeth House will ring Council tenants to help them stay warm, safe, active and connected. Winter Wellness seeks to support older people to:

• Get connected with organisations who will help keep their homes warm and safe.
• Access health services and information.
• Learn about and connect with local groups and activities.
• Connect with organisations that can help with practical tasks.
• Obtain small grants for people in difficult circumstances.

How your data is used

If you have any questions or concerns about how Islington Council uses your personal data, you may contact the Data Protection Officer via email at dp@islington.gov.uk or send a letter for the attention of the Data Protection Officer at 7 Newington Barrow Way, Islington, London, N7 7EP.

The council has a duty under the Care Act to support people to stay healthy and to help people be able to live independently. This is known as a task in the public interest and in order to help and support you we need to be able to collect some information about you. If we need to make a referral to support services on your behalf, we will usually ask for your consent to do so, unless we were to have concerns for your safety.

We will only share your data with approved services who help the council provide support to Islington residents. We will not share your data with any other organisation or business.

Your data will be stored securely in the UK. We will retain your data for the duration of this project in case we need to offer you support in the future. This means your data will be kept for approximately six years and then at the end of the project it will be securely deleted.

Where you have given us consent to make a referral on your behalf, you have the right to withdraw that consent and if at any point you wish to see a copy of the data held on you, details of how the council uses and stores your data, or receive further details regarding your rights, you can request this from us by following instructions on our website, by emailing dp@islington.gov.uk or by sending a letter for the attention of the Data Protection Officer at 7 Newington Barrow Way, Islington, London, N7 7EP.