We will usually contact you via email unless you notify us otherwise. When you join us as a volunteer, your email address will be added to our mailing list for the Healthwatch Cornwall newsletter and our volunteer specific newsletter. These are one of the main ways we communicate updates, news and volunteering information - if you wish to opt out from the mailing list please let us know.
Please provide information below about the volunteer role you are applying for, and why you want to volunteer with Healthwatch Cornwall. This can include, what you hope to get from your experience with us as well as any relevant voluntary or paid experience, or any qualifications, hobbies or interests that you have had that you feel would help you undertake the role that you are applying for.
Certain volunteering opportunities are dictated by scheduled events and days our staff work. Please note the role descriptions may mention a minimum commitment per week.
Please provide us with the names of two people to provide a reference. For some roles we will only contact one referee e.g., office-based volunteering. Referees must be over the age of 18 and must not be related to you. These can be previous employers, college or university tutor, personal acquaintances or anyone else who can comment on your suitability for the volunteer role. Referees should have known you for at least two years.
Some of Healthwatch Cornwall’s volunteering opportunities may involve direct contact with potentially vulnerable members of the public. These roles are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (amended). This means that if you are applying for a role which will involve contact with vulnerable people you will be required to declare your entire criminal record including cautions, reprimands, final warnings and criminal convictions categorised as spent under the above legislation. This information will only be disclosed to specific Healthwatch Cornwall staff.
As part of the volunteer recruitment procedure, we will collect and store sensitive personal data about you. We are required by law to obtain your consent to such data being recorded. It is our policy to store data relating to the volunteer recruitment procedures for a minimum of 12 months after the date on which it is submitted. Any information of this nature will be treated confidentially. Sensitive personal data is defined as information relating to any of the following; racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, trade union membership, health, sexuality or sex life, offenses and/or convictions. For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Data Controller is Anna Pascoe – Chair of Healthwatch Cornwall.
