Data Protection & GDPR in 2026

Event venue:  Thank you to RBC Brewin Dolphin - Time central, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4SR
 

Data Protection in 2026: Understanding what GDPR & recent changes mean for you

Organisations have a responsibility to comply with Data Protection law by ensuring that staff understand the rules with regards to safeguarding personal data. With recent legal changes, plus the increased use and availability of Artificial Intelligence (AI), this is more relevant than ever.

Protecting the privacy of our beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and stakeholders is paramount, and staying informed helps ensure data is handled responsibly and breaches can be prevented.  

This training will cover:

• Recent updates to data protection law and your key responsibilities
• Concerns relating to the use of AI and measures to remain compliant  
• Top tips to help you comply with GDPR & data protection law, including managing data breaches
• Insights to help us understand privacy laws surrounding direct marketing and electronic communications, and how to communicate with people effectively in this landscape .

The workshop is delivered by:

Kerry Peach - Data Protection Manager at Home Group. Kerry has a wealth of experience advising organisations across various sectors on data protection and data compliance issues.

Andy Crawley - Brand And Campaign Manager at Home Group.  Andy has over 24 years of experience in graphic design and brand management. 

Who is this workshop for?
This Sector Connector workshop is free to all VCSE organisations operating in the Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside and Northumberland areas.

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Connected Voice is committed to reducing our environmental impact and want to champion environmental sustainability to all organisations in the VCSE sector.  To reduce the carbon footprint of our events, we would like to politely request that all attendees make the best effort, where viable, to travel to our events in the most environmentally friendly way possible.  

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Attendance and value Our team have dedicated significant time and resource to create and deliver our excellent range of training and events. Connected Voice is funded for this work, allowing us to offer these events free of charge. However, we expect people who have registered to prioritise attendance and let us know as soon as possible if there is a barrier to attending. We may follow up with you if you are absent without letting us know.

Accessibility Please let us know in advance if you have any accessibility requirements that would help you get the most out of this session. We will do everything we can to accommodate them. We can provide a BSL interpreter for training and events on request, but ask you to give us enough advance notice to enable this to be organised. To maximise resources, we are unable to provide BSL interpreters for all sessions unless we know this is essential.

Evaluation This event is free to attend but all participants will be required to complete a short evaluation on completion. This feedback enables us to continue delivering a free programme of training and events.

For security and practical reasons: You can only book one place for yourself. If a colleague wants to attend, they will need to book separately themselves. You must give us all the essential information requested so that we know your registration is genuine.

If circumstances change, you must advise us as soon as possible so that the place isn’t wasted as we have limited spaces for each event. You must also advise us if a substitute person from your organisation is attending in your place. We will be monitoring non-attendance, and may not accept future bookings from regular non-attenders.