About Us
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The Garfield Community Association Inc is a small but dynamic community committee that acts as a conduit between our local government and beyond.
Some of our ongoing commitments and responsibilities are organising the annual community festival’s such as the Christmas Festival and the Food & Wine Festival (in recess at present)
Other features of what we do: The Association auspice's some of Garfield's community groups such as the Community garden, the Youth group & the Blue tree, Mental health programs and the Rail town Garden maintenance.
This allows these volunteer groups to do what they do best which is to provide programs and assistance for our local residents. Garfield Community Association being an incorporated body covers their public liability insurance; we assist in the grant process by being their financial banker and assist in paying their accounts.
Another asset of our organisation is that we provide letters of support when local communities are seeking grants from the various levels of government.
The Garfield Community Association Inc committee usually meet on the second Tuesday of most months.
A Sample of some of the items discussed at our monthly meetings:
- Christmas festival-music & stalls
- Community garden -programs
- Mental health program
- Youth group program
- Speed restrictions on Main Street
- New Bus Stop on Main Street
We also have representation at some of our meetings from the local and federal council members where issues such as the following are raised:
- Sealing with the provision of car parking for and in Beswick St.
- New Football club rooms
- Bus stop issues
- Swimming pool maintenance
- Walking and riding track between Garfield & Bunyip
- New streetscape for Main Street commercial area
- Speed reduction on Main Street
Garfield Community Association Inc welcomes your input and views regarding all things Garfield. We meet regularly on the second Tuesday of the month (excluding January) at Brewsters Foodstore & Café at 5.30pm.
For more details please contact Brewsters on 0407 151 202
Contact details for Garfield Community Association Inc
Address:
PO Box 140
Garfield Vic 3814
Ph: 0407 151 202
Our Privacy Policy
Garfield Community Association Inc in conjunction with West Gippsland Rail Towns is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.
We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.
A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.aoic.gov.au
What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?
Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect include: names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.
This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including interviews, correspondence, by telephone, by email, via our website www.garfield.au, from your website, from media and publications, from other publicly available sources, and from third parties. We don’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties.
We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, providing information to our clients and marketing. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure.
When we collect Personal Information we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.
Sensitive Information
Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.
Sensitive information will be used by us only:
• For the primary purpose for which it was obtained
• For a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose
• With your consent; or where required or authorised by law.
Third Parties
Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.
Cookies
Cookies are a very small files that a website transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables our website to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your web browser settings. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:
• Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and
• Where required or authorised by law.
Security of Personal Information
Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.
Access to your Personal Information
You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.
Garfield Community Association Inc will not charge any fee for your access request, but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.
In order to protect your Personal Information, we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.
Maintaining the Quality of your Personal Information.
It is important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.
Policy Updates
This Policy may change from time to time and is available on our website.
Privacy Policy Complaints and Enquiries
If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy please contact us at:
PO Box 140
Garfield Vic 3814
Email us at: garfieldcommunityassociation@gmail.com
or phone us on 0407 151 202