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PRIVACY POLICY

Who we are

The Good Life Farm Limited (ABN 60 166 003 854) is a self sustainable farm that provides environmental, life skills and animal studies programs to at-risk youth. It is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) as a charity, and operates under a governing constitution.

Our website address is: https://goodlifefarm.org

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

If you would like to contact us about our work, any events which we are holding or making a donation through this website then you may need to provide us with certain information. For example, if you would like to receive information from us electronically or through the mail then you will need to provide us with your contact details such as your name and email, or contact address.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

As we are always looking to improve our site to ensure that it accurately meets our users’ and supporters’ needs we may collect general anonymous information from the users. This data may include a user’s domain name or IP address, browser type, desktop system and resolution, and will be used to analyse trends, manage and administer the site, improve usability and monitor how the site is being used.

Who we share your data with

Protecting confidential information is fundamental to our relationship with our clients and to our business. All information received in connection with our business from clients, supporters or visitors to our website will be maintained in confidence. We will not disclose that information except in accordance with applicable legal or regulatory obligations, as authorised by the provider of the information or as contemplated by this policy.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Our contact information

If you have any queries regarding the Good Life Farm privacy policy or wish to gain access to personal information we may hold about you please contact our office.

Alternatively, you can write to us at 568 Chum Creek Road Chum Creek VIC 3777.

Additional information

Where another website is linked on our website, The Good Life Farm does not warrant that the site complies with its legal obligations regarding privacy and accessing the site is at the users’ own risk in respect of such matters as bugs, inaccuracies, viruses, collection of personal information and the content on the site.

Protecting confidential information is fundamental to our relationship with our clients and to our business. All information received in connection with our business from clients, supporters or visitors to our website will be maintained in confidence. We will not disclose that information except in accordance with applicable legal or regulatory obligations, as authorised by the provider of the information or as contemplated by this policy.

How we collect personal information

We may collect personal information by way of face-to-face meetings, telephone conversations, emails, information provided to us through this website and from third parties such as regulatory authorities. We only collect personal information by lawful and fair means.

Why we collect personal information

‘Personal information’ is information relating to an individual which can be used to identify that individual. In general, we will only use and disclose your personal information for the purposes for which it was collected and for related purposes, such as to:

  • communicate with you
  • provide receipts for donations
  • comply with legal requirements and professional obligations.

Principal, Chum Creek Primary School

Lesley and the staff at Good Life Farm build a wonderful rapport with participating students and this facilitates open discussion about appropriate behaviours and the effects of inappropriate behaviours on others.

Participant Parent

W’s involvement in the Farm this term has certainly been beneficial.

He is finding ways to deal with his anger and anxiety that has impacted his ability to go to school the past few years.

He is in a much happier space and the consistent approach farm has provided him has improved his self-esteem and wellbeing.

I wish to thank all the Good Life Farm staff for their hard efforts.

Participant Parent

The impact of the program has meant that S has been able to build an identity of self and to connect with people from a strengths based perspective – solid ground.

S found the environment at the Farm a very safe place which I am sad to say he has not had at school or in some family environments.

This term I have seen S grow into a young person who is taking some first steps into the world such as his first job.

Prior to his attendance at the Farm, his experience was too overwhelming for him to make sense of it.

S has a direction forward and concrete experiences of kindness, respect, excellence and commitment that he gained through his time at the Farm.

It takes a village to raise a child – and the Farm has been part of that village for S.

Participant Parent

I want to thank you for all that you have done to help J become the amazing person that he is. He shared with me your reflections on him and his journey at The Good Life Farm and it brought me to tears to think how much pain he was in before he found you.

I am so grateful for the loving kindness, support and space you and the animals have shown him. I am so proud of my young man and know that moments he shared with you are going to help him for the rest of his life.

In a super stressful time where we often didn’t know what to do next, he found a place at Good Life Farm where he could recover his sense of self and heal from the traumas and misunderstanding and school. I am excited for him to face the world with all that you have helped him know about himself.

Thank you for all that you do.

Assistance Principle, Healesville Primary School

“In our experience, students attending the program have become more engaged with school, developed greater resilience and strategies to assist with conflict resolution and recognition of the impact their behaviour has on other people.”

We acknowledge and respect the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, the traditional custodians of this land since time immemorial. We are learning that the land is not ours to own, but to look after and that if we listen, we may hear in it the calling of the eternal Spirit. Responding to this call, we commit ourselves to work for justice, reconciliation and care of the earth.