City of Chelmsford Mencap is committed to best practice in volunteer recruitment and will ensure that those working directly with children and vulnerable adults as a volunteer are appropriately screened. We will conduct an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check at no cost to you. Once suitable clearance and references are received we will proceed with your application and offer a volunteer placement, this can take up to six weeks. The information provided on this application form will remain confidential and will be used for the purpose of selection. If your application is successful, City of Chelmsford Mencap may, from time to time, wish to process this information for personnel, administration and business management purposes. Where this is the case, processing, whether by means of a computer or otherwise, will take place in accordance with the provision of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018. City of Chelmsford Mencap's data protection policies can be viewed at
www.cityofchelmsfordmencap.org.uk City of Chelmsford Mencap does not sell, rent or forward this data onto third parties unless required to meet any relevant law, regulation, legal process or lawful governmental request, or protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of City of Chelmsford Mencap, the people we support or the public, as required or permitted by law. By signing this form you will be providing City of Chelmsford Mencap with your consent to these uses.