Caritas Hearts 4 Climate

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1 Caritas Hearts 4 Climate Working in solidarity makes it much easier to tackle climate change. Join us by taking part in Caritas Hearts 4 Climate and make your own personal pledge for climate justice, draw strength from your fellow campaigners and send a clear message to our Prime Minister that, out of love and compassion, you are asking for strong climate action. The action Small heart Write down something you ll do to better care for our common home and our neighbours. Keep this as a personal reminder. Big heart Write down what you love and want to protect, and also a message asking our Prime Minister to take action on climate. This one goes to the Prime Minister. Host a group action For each person, print off one small and one big heart using the template. Once everyone has written on their hearts, stick the big hearts into a giant heart shape on a piece of paper. Take a photo of the group with their giant heart. Post your big hearts, along with the Return Form, to Caritas Hearts 4 Climate, Caritas Australia, O Riordan Street, Alexandria NSW We will deliver your hearts to the PM s office at key campaigning moments. Share the love Sharing your action is important for raising awareness and encouraging others to support climate justice. With your MP Invite your MP along to your Caritas Hearts 4 Climate event for a photo opportunity. Ask them to add their own heart to the group effort! For a template press release and tips on how to engage MPs and the media, see our MP and Media Engagement Kits at caritas.org.au/climate/resources With media Invite your local media along to the event too, or send them your group photo and a press release. With Caritas Australia Send a photo of your Caritas Hearts 4 Climate action to act@caritas.org.au On social media Use the hashtag #OurCommonHome and #PopeforPlanet and tag

2 Future actions Sign up to our campaign list, inside Caritas campaigns, to get our latest news on climate justice and future actions. We ve provided a sign-up sheet for groups or you can sign up online at Love, overflowing with small gestures of mutual care, is also civic and political, and it makes itself felt in every action that seeks to build a better world. Pope Francis, Laudato Si Why campaign on climate justice? Climate change is the single biggest threat to reducing global poverty. While every person on the planet is affected by climate change, the impact is especially severe for women, men and children most vulnerable to extreme poverty those who have done the least to contribute to global warming. The communities we work with have told us of the increasing ferocity of cyclones and other extreme weather-related events, of rising sea levels, of the increasing unpredictability of farming seasons and food security, of water supplies contaminated with salinity, and of the negative impacts on community wellbeing and health. We can achieve climate justice if we all work together in solidarity. To learn more about climate justice, visit Gestures of generosity, solidarity and care cannot but well up within us, since we were made for love. Pope Francis, Laudato Si WHY HEARTS? Caritas means love and compassion in Latin. Love and compassion are two core values that impel us to care for our common home and each other, especially the children, women and men who are most vulnerable to and affected by climate change. Through love and compassion, together we will find the solutions. Put your love and compassion in action by writing these love letters for climate justice on hearts. Children from an education program on the Thai-Burma border making a heart to represent Caritas or love and compassion. God s love is the fundamental moving force in all created things. Caritas is a manifestation of that love which translates global warming into a worldwide warming of our hearts to the poor. - Cardinal Luis Tagle, Caritas Internationalis President, July 2015 RETURN FORM Pop this in the envelope with your hearts and post to: Caritas Hearts 4 Climate, Caritas Australia, O Riordan Street, Alexandria NSW 2015 This will help us record how many people have taken part in the action. This information is really powerful when showing our politicians how much we care about climate justice. Name of your group: Address: Post Code Your address: How many people took part in this activity? We would love to see your photos of the action. If you would like your group to be featured in our marketing communications, including on our website, media, social media or publications, please provide your details below. Please ensure you have the correct permissions (including from parents/guardians where required) before sending your photos to us at act@caritas.org.au Tick the box to receive updates about our campaigns

3 Caritas Our Common Home Hearts 4 Climate Print them on one-sided scrap paper, or get creative with your group and make your own from reused cardboard or paper. I love. which is why I love caring for our common home. Prime Minister, I ask you to protect our climate by: Name: Address: I love. which is why I love caring for our common home. Prime Minister, I ask you to protect our climate by: Name: Address:

4 Sign up to Caritas Australia s campaigner list* to get updates on social justice news and action including on climate justice. Name Address (please print clearly in block letters) Please post this form to Caritas Australia, O Riordan Street, Alexandria NSW 2015 or scan and to act@caritas.org.au * By opting in, you agree to receive communications from Caritas Australia and have read and agree to the data collection statement provided overleaf

5 Caritas Australia data collection policy Caritas Australia is the Catholic agency for international aid and development in Australia. Our national office is based in Alexandria, New South Wales with state offices based in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Our contact details are: Caritas Australia, O Riordan Street, Alexandria, NSW 2015 Call: questions@caritas.org.au What personal information we collect We collect personal information about individuals including supporters, volunteers, contractors and job applicants. The personal information which we collect and hold generally includes your name, address, date of birth and contact details (such as your phone number, fax number and address). We use personal information you provide us for the purpose for which it was provided to us, other related purposes or as permitted or required by law. Such purposes include: Processing donations and completing financial transactions, including issuing receipts Communicating with you via mail, or phone Responding to your questions, comments or other requests Undertaking marketing activities Analysing our effectiveness Any other purpose identified at the time of collecting your information You do not have to provide us with your personal information. However if you do not provide us with your personal information, it will be difficult for us to contact you and complete requests or transactions initiated by you. Without your personal information, we may not for example, be able to issue you with a receipt for taxation purposes, offer you employment, or provide you with more information about our work. If we collect personal information about you other than directly from you, we will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to notify you that we have collected your personal information. Third parties Any personal contact information you provide to us may be disclosed, if appropriate, to third parties who provide services on our behalf, such as mail, database, telephone, IT, audit, professional advice, payment processing and research services. We may also disclose your personal information to our volunteers who assist with many of our tasks. Strict confidentiality agreements are in place with our service providers and external agencies, and with staff and volunteers who handle your personal information. We will only disclose your personal information for the purposes for which it was initially collected, other directly related purposes or purposes to which you otherwise consent. Caritas Australia will not disclose your personal information to overseas recipients without your prior consent. Before disclosing your personal information to an overseas recipient, Caritas Australia will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the recipient will not breach the Australian Privacy Principles. From time to time we may provide your contact details to other like-minded charitable organisations or data collectives to contact you with information that may be of interest to you. We will endeavour to provide you with an opportunity to opt out of receiving such communications. If you do not wish to have your contact information shared with other like-minded organisations, please contact us by mail at Supporter Care, O Riordan St, Alexandria NSW 2015, by phone at , or by at questions@caritas.org.au. Other than as stated above, we will we not share your personal information. However, it is possible, though unlikely, that we might be forced to disclose personal information in response to legal processes or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, for example, in response to a court order, subpoena or a law enforcement agency s request. Further information in our privacy policy Please refer to our Privacy policy available on our website ( for information on how you can access and correct your personal data or make a complaint. Alternatively, contact us by calling our Supporter Care Team on during business hours (9 am 5 pm AEST) or questions@caritas.org.au Our privacy policy is subject to the overarching Privacy Policy of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference ( org.au/index.php/docman/policies/ acbc-privacy-policy).