Who we are
ABOUT RADIANT AND BRIGHTER
Radiant and Brighter Community was founded in 2012 and became a registered Community Interest Company in 2014. We aim to promote diversity through education, inspiration and changing perceptions, applying the insights gained by our founders on their own journey to deliver greater societal integration and economic participation.
The organisation was founded by Micheal and Pheona Matovu after experiencing years of unemployment as a result of immigration controls and gaps in employment support provision. From their personal experience and learning acquired during this period, they started up an initiative to provide much needed support for migrant communities.
The Radiant and Brighter approach aims to bridge the gap between the needs of the growing BME refugee and migrant communities and existing support provision in Scotland. We partner with a range of expert organisations and a voluntary team of highly experienced individuals from recognised businesses and minority ethnic communities. Our partners include; Taylor Wimpey, Marks & Spencer, Centrestage, and Street Soccer. We also have links with Women’s Enterprise Scotland, GrowBiz and Latta and Co Solicitors.
We are proud to be supported by the Scottish Government Social Innovation Partnership fund in partnership with The Hunter Foundation – in recognition of the innovative practices we are piloting and delivering. Radiant and Brighter is also part of the ‘ScotlandCanDO’ eco-system for Enterprise.
Our success has been recognised in a number of press and media articles in addition to a variety of awards. Examples include; being featured on STV, an Employability Impact Award from the Council for Ethnic Minority and Volunteers Organisations (CEMVO) and receiving The Evening Times Community Award. Radiant and Brighter is also featured in the Scottish Entrepreneurship government paper as a good practice case study.
MEET THE TEAM
Micheal Matovu
Marketing Director
Pheona Matovu
Strategic DirectorMicheal and Pheona Matovu
Unable to work for five years due to immigration controls Micheal and Pheona had to depend on family, friends and the local community for basic needs on a daily basis. During this time, they discovered that there were no identifiable organisations dedicated to offering practical help to immigrants arriving Scotland for meaningful integrate into the local community and workplace. They found that people not only lost hope due to difficult circumstances but also lost their confidence and previously acquired skills due to structural barriers. However, they knew that by reaching out they could support others rediscover their skills and talents and improve their situation.
Peter Kitchen
DirectorPeter is a General Practitioner who is also very passionate about community, pastoring a growing church in his local community. Peter has been with Radiant and Brighter since it was founded. He enjoys spending time with his young family, playing football and writing music.
Helen Ormiston
DirectorHelen has worked in several roles, originally working for the NCH as a residential social worker in a unit for looked after children at the end of the care system, who had been unable to be placed in families and now needed independence training. After a break to raise her own children she then managed a team delivering health education lessons in schools across Scotland and as an international development manager for the Positive Steps Partnership, supporting HIV/AIDS education across parts of India and Africa as well as in Scotland. In 2002 she became practice manager in a large teaching practice in Glasgow and graduated with an MBA from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2005. Helen was a quality and outcomes framework reviewer and sat on the Glasgow Practice Manager Forum for several years before joining the MDDUS as a practice advisor in 2013. As well as Director for Radiant and Brighter, Helen’s role now involves offering medical legal advice to doctors, associated clinicians and managers both in the NHS and private sector.
OUR MISSION
To provide a holistic person-centred approach engaging and empowering minority ethnic communities to share experiences, build relationships and reach their full potential to become an integral part of the local community contributing socially, economically and culturally. To raise awareness of cultural diversity within private, public and third sector organisations through educational programs, creating a platform to explore the impact of culture and diversity within the workplace and society. To influence policy driving systemic change for the promotion of inclusive practices for a radiant and brighter future.
OUR VISION
Developing a true understanding of culture and diversity through education, inspiration and changing perceptions, building stronger communities and a brighter future.
OUR VALUES
- Respecting one another’s differences
- Equal opportunities for everyone
- Everyone is unique, gifted and of value
- Believe in shared learning
- Positive participation for everyone in the community
OUR AIMS
- Support people to build careers for life.
- Create a self-sustaining culture among marginalised communities.
- Raise awareness of opportunities available to the community.
- Improve and encourage diversity and integration within communities
- Expand culture awareness within the private, public and third sector.
- Support mainstream organisations to understand and reach marginalised communities
- Influence policy
OUR FUNDERS
Data Protection Policy
Radiant and Brighter Community Interest Company
This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you or you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following information carefully.
Radiant and Brighter Community Interest Company is a not-for-profit organisation, constituted as a Community Interest Company trading as Radiant and Brighter Community Interest Company.
Radiant and Brighter Community Interest Company and www.radiantandbrighter.com (“we”, “us” or “our”) are committed to protecting the privacy of our clients, potential clients, and users of our website. We want to provide a safe and secure user experience. We will ensure that the information you submit to us or which we collect, via various channels (including our website, through written correspondence including e-mail) is only used for the purposes set out in this policy.
Through this Privacy Policy, we aim to inform you about the types of personal data we collect from users, the purposes for which we use the data and the ways in which the data is handled. We also aim to satisfy the obligation of transparency under the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”), Data Protection Act 2018, and other relevant laws.
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, the data controller of personal data is Radiant and Brighter Community Interest Company and is registered with the Information Commissioner with registration number ZA083050.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, you can contact us at Contact – Radiant and Brighter
Last updated: 15/07/2024
Definitions
- Community Interest Company: means Radiant and Brighter is a registered Community Interest Company.
- Company: means Radiant and Brighter Community Interest Company.
- GDPR: means the General Data Protection Regulation.
- Responsible Person: means the person responsible for data protection within the Company.
- Register of Systems: means a register of all systems or contexts in which personal data is processed by the Company.
Data Protection Principles
The Company is committed to processing data in accordance with its responsibilities under the GDPR. Article 5 of the GDPR requires that personal data shall be:
- Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to individuals;
- Collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes;
- Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed;
- Accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date; every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that personal data that are inaccurate are erased or rectified without delay;
- Kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
- Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organisational measures.
General Provisions
This policy applies to all personal data processed by the Company. The Responsible Person shall take responsibility for the Company’s ongoing compliance with this policy. This policy shall be reviewed at least annually. The Company is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as an organisation that processes personal data.
Lawful, Fair, and Transparent Processing
To ensure its processing of data is lawful, fair and transparent, the Company shall maintain a Register of Systems. The Register of Systems shall be reviewed at least annually. Individuals have the right to access their personal data and any such requests made to the company shall be dealt with in a timely manner.
Lawful Purposes
All data processed by the company must be done on one of the following lawful bases: consent, contract, legal obligation, vital interests, public task, or legitimate interests. The Company shall note the appropriate lawful basis in the Register of Systems. Where consent is relied upon as a lawful basis for processing data, evidence of opt-in consent shall be kept with the personal data. Where communications are sent to individuals based on their consent, the option for the individual to revoke their consent should be clearly available and systems should be in place to ensure such revocation is reflected accurately in the Company’s systems.
Data Minimisation
The Company shall ensure that personal data are adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed. We may ask for your consent to use your contact details for future marketing purposes.
The kind of data we collect:
- Name: first name(s) and last name
- Email address
- Ethnicity, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation
- What support is required (e.g., Business start-up support, training, volunteering)
We also have a contact form asking for name, email and a free-type area for a message. If you contact us, we may keep a record of your email or other correspondence. When you contact us we collect and use the following data:
- A record of your email or other correspondence
- The Personal Data you have provided to us (e.g., Curriculum vitae, supporting letter, contact number, date of birth, gender identity, employment history)
How We Share Your Personal Information
We may disclose your personal information to relevant third parties who will supply services you requested, and other authorities to whom we are legally obliged to pass your data and to relevant third parties.
Trusted Third Parties: We will only share your personal information with trusted third parties where we have retained them to provide services that you have requested or for our legitimate business purposes, such as IT, website or professional support services.
Transfer of Information outside the EEA: Under the General Data Protection Regulation, we are required to tell you if we transfer or intend to transfer information which we hold on you to countries outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). We currently do not transfer such information outside the EEA.
Visitors to Our Website
When someone visits www.radiantandbrighter.com, we may collect personal data. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.
Email Campaign
We gather statistics around email responses and communications including reason for contact to help us monitor and improve our services.
Accuracy
- The Company shall take reasonable steps to ensure personal data is accurate.
- Where necessary for the lawful basis on which data is processed, steps shall be put in place to ensure that personal data is kept up to date.
Internet-Based Transfers
Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we
will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site via third-party networks; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Right of Access
You have the right at any time to ask us for a copy of the personal information about you that we hold. Where we have good reason, and if the GDPR permits, we can refuse your request for a copy of your personal information, or certain elements of the request. If we refuse your request or any element of it, we will provide you with our reasons for doing so.
Right of Rectification
If personal information we hold about you is not accurate, out of date or incomplete, you have a right to have the data rectified, updated or completed. You can let us know by contacting us.
Archiving / Removal
- To ensure that personal data is kept for no longer than necessary, the Company shall put in place an archiving policy for each area in which personal data is processed and review this process annually.
- The archiving policy shall consider what data should/must be retained, for how long, and why.
Security
- The Company shall ensure that personal data is stored securely using modern software that is kept-up-to-date.
- Access to personal data shall be limited to personnel who need access and appropriate security should be in place to avoid unauthorised sharing of information.
- When personal data is deleted this should be done safely such that the data is irrecoverable.
- Appropriate back-up and disaster recovery solutions shall be in place.
Breach
In the event of a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data, the Company shall promptly assess the risk to people’s rights and freedoms and if appropriate report this breach to the ICO (more information on the ICO website).
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