Society Information

Like all well run societies Farnham Astronomical has a constitution and rules that guide our activities and the way we are organised.

The societies takes matters like respecting our members privacy and GPDR very seriously, which is why we maintain our current policies on our website. We also take great care over making sure that we strike a balance between making our meetings inclusive and accessible, while protecting young people or vulnerable adults. The society also has insurance and is very careful about the health and safety of our members.

You can read more by clicking on the headings below.

Constitution and Rules

1. The Name of the Society The Society shall be called The Farnham Astronomical Society, hereafter called the Society. 2. Objectives The objectives of the Society shall be to promote and encourage an interest and understanding of astronomy as a science and as a hobby by: 3. Membership Membership of the Society shall consist of …

Child Protection

Farnham Astronomical Society (FAS) takes the welfare of children and young people very seriously and the policy extends to all those under the age of 18 (Young People or Young Person). This policy sets out the principles under which adult members of FAS (Members) should act with regard to Young People. The FAS committee will …

Privacy Policy

Who we are Our website address is: https://www.farnhamas-co.uk. 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. Messages When visitors send a message via the site we collect the data shown in …

Policy and Procedures relating to GDPR

Introduction As part of the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) in May 2018, Farnham Astronomical Society (FAS) has reviewed its policies and procedures in relation to the data held (electronically) on its membership. These have been further updated (in Aug 2022) to reflect recent changes to the hosting of membership data, which …