In the course of your volunteering with Vinnies Connect, you may become privy to some personal information about the person you are meeting with.

As well as basic identification information such as name, age and contact details, you may gain more sensitive information related to such things as beliefs, affiliations, health issues etc.

The name of the person you are supporting, all information about them and information on the assistance they are receiving must not be disclosed or discussed with other volunteers, family members or other people not involved in the provision of assistance to that person.

Information can be discussed with:

• the person you are supporting
• Vinnies Connect staff
• Relevant support people and other health professionals

In signing this Agreement, you acknowledge that you understand your responsibility to maintain confidentiality regarding the person you support, and you agree that you will not obtain, use or disclose information in any way which is contrary to the conditions set out above.

In addition, when you become available as a Vinnies Connect volunteer you are providing consent for your initials, suburb, age range as well as interests and availability information to be able to be viewed on a web page that can (only) be accessed by waitlisted applicants