Elders Project Privacy Notice
Last updated: 30 November 2026
Who we are
The Elders Project is run by Uddiyana Trust, trading as the Urgyen Sangharakshita Trust (charity number 1046398), Urgyen House, Adhisthana, Coddington, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1JL. We are responsible for the information described here. Our contact is Mokshapriya, Elders Project Manager, at mokshapriya@urgyenhouyse.org.
Until 30th November 2026, the Project was run jointly with the Triratna Trust. All Project records have now passed to us. The Triratna Trust continues to fund the Project but no longer holds any records.
Why we hold your recording
To preserve first-hand memories of Bhante and the early Movement for the Order and for future generations.
What we hold
Your name, Order name and contact details; your video recording, any transcript and a catalogue description; your signed consent form; and what you say in your interview. This may include sensitive information, such as your beliefs, health or relationships, and information about other people.
Our legal basis
We keep and use recordings because we have a legitimate interest in preserving the history of the Order. We have weighed this against the interests of the people involved. We keep sensitive information about you only with your explicit agreement, which you give on the consent form and can withdraw at any time.
Who sees it
The small team at the Urgyen Sangharakshita Trust who look after the archive, including our volunteer interviewer, who works from Ireland.
Researchers, usually Order members but occasionally others (for example a biographer of Bhante), who sign a confidentiality letter first.
The public, through edited extracts only.
Before anything is published or given to a researcher, two people check that it will not harm you or anyone you mention. We may ask the Triratna Trust for its views on some extracts. We never sell information or use it for fundraising.
Where and for how long
Recordings are kept securely in the Triratna Video Archive, with a back-up. They are kept permanently as part of the archive, together with your consent form. We keep contact details only while we need them.
Your rights
You can ask to see the information we hold about you, have it corrected, or object to how we use it. You can withdraw your agreement for us to keep sensitive information, or ask us to close or delete your recording. We will do this for anything not yet published; material already published cannot always be recalled. Contact Mokshapriya to make any of these requests. If you are unhappy with how we handle your information, please tell us first; you can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office: ico.org.uk or 0303 123 1113.
Urgyen House. Adhisthana, Coddington Court, Coddington, Ledbury HR8 1JL, Herefordshire, UK
info@urgyenhouse.org