Privacy Notice – Stakeholder Feedback

Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention Guidance and Training Framework for Further Education in Wales

WISTE Consulting is collecting stakeholder feedback as part of a project commissioned by ColegauCymru and funded by Medr to develop suicide and self-harm prevention guidance and a training framework for further education colleges across Wales.

Who is responsible for your information?

WISTE Consulting (Wellbeing, Inclusion & Safeguarding in Tertiary Education Limited) is the data controller responsible for the information collected through this questionnaire.

For any questions about how your information is managed, please contact info@wiste.co.uk.

How will your information be used?

The information you provide will be used exclusively for the purposes of this project, including to:

• Identify common themes, challenges, priorities and examples of good practice.

• Inform the content and development of the guidance, practical resources and training framework.

• Identify areas requiring further investigation or consultation.

• Inform project findings and recommendations.

Responses will be analysed and reported in an anonymised or summarised format. Individual respondents will not be identified in published findings.

Consent and voluntary participation

Participation in this questionnaire is entirely voluntary. The lawful basis for processing your personal information is your consent, in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

You may choose not to answer individual questions and can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting info@wiste.co.uk. Withdrawal will not affect the lawful use of your information before consent was withdrawn.

Where responses have been submitted anonymously, it may not be possible to identify and remove an individual submission once received or incorporated into anonymised findings.

Confidentiality and information security

Responses will be collected through Microsoft Forms and accessed only by authorised members of the project team. Information will be stored securely and handled in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Please do not include identifiable personal information, details of individual safeguarding cases, or sensitive personal or health information relating to yourself or others.

If you choose to provide contact details for further engagement, these will be used only for project-related communication and will not be included in published findings.

Anonymised findings and recommendations may be shared with ColegauCymru and relevant project stakeholders to inform the development of the guidance.

How long will information be retained?

Information collected through this questionnaire will be retained only for the duration of the project and securely deleted at its conclusion, and in any event no later than 29 April 2027.

Anonymised findings incorporated into the final project outputs may be retained as part of the published guidance and project reporting.

Your information rights

Under UK data protection legislation, you have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to request access, correction or deletion, and to withdraw your consent.

To exercise these rights or raise a concern about how your information is handled, please contact info@wiste.co.uk.

You also have the right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Before proceeding

By choosing to participate, you confirm that you have read this privacy notice and understand how your information will be used.

Thank you for contributing to the development of this important guidance for the further education sector in Wales.