Complete Your 3Yr SunSmart Review

Welcome to your service’s 3 year SunSmart Policy and Program review (SunSmart status/membership renewal). Upon successful completion, Cancer Council ACT can confidently renew your service’s nationally recognised SunSmart status for another 3 years. It is recommended that the Director, or equivalent, completes and submits this online form. Please note that you should receive a confirmation email from Cancer Council upon completion, if you do not please contact the SunSmart Services Coordinator on 6257 9999 or email.

Please note that your service's national SunSmart status (which may include a photo) is displayed on Cancer Council ACT's website in acknowledgment of its efforts and contribution in combating skin cancer in the Canberra region (click on SunSmart status link below). If you do not wish for your service's SunSmart status to be displayed please contact Cancer Council ACT's SunSmart Services Coordinator.

There are several important steps to renewing your service’s national SunSmart membership for another 3 years:

  1. search for your service's current SunSmart status
  2. complete and submit this electronic review.
  3. consider uploading the free SunSmart Widget to your service’s website
  4. (ongoing) encourage ALL staff and Educators to complete our free Generation SunSmart online training modules. Upon successful completion receive a Certificate of Completion from Cancer Council Australia.
  5. if you have not done so consider hosting a SunSmart Masterclass at a time and place that suits you and your Educators.

Please enter the contact / coordinator / ambassador details:

How do you keep families, workers and children informed and involved in the SunSmart Early Childhood Program?

Your privacy and contact details: Your service’s details will only be used to provide you with information and resources relating to Cancer Council’s National SunSmart Early Childhood Program. All contact information received by Cancer Council ACT will be at all times kept private and confidential, and no identifying information will be used for statistical purposes. Your documents or photos will not be used unless prior permission is obtained. As a member of the National SunSmart Early Childhood Program your service’s name and SunSmart status will be acknowledged on Cancer Council ACT’s website and may be reported in Cancer Council ACT’s annual report. If you wish to discuss the storage and use of your details, please contact Cancer Council ACT on 02 6257 9999 or view our Privacy Policy on our website.

Policy Review and Membership Checklist

Staff and families can access our policy via:

(please tick all that apply)

Our sun protection practices and procedures

In June and July or when UV levels are below 3

Ongoing

Attachments

Please upload a copy of your service's current UV Protection Policy (a Word Document version ONLY please, 4MB file size limit).

SunSmart Terms and Conditions

ACT childhood services participating in the National SunSmart Early Childhood Program have been awarded SunSmart status (view here) and must agree to the following terms and conditions to maintain their nationally recognised SunSmart status:

  • to enforce your service’s UV protection policy as documented
  • to take all reasonable steps to ensure that all workers, children and families are aware of your service’s sun protection policy and its requirements
  • actively encourage all Educators to complete (free) online Cancer Council Generation SunSmart Educator Learning Modules
  • to inform Cancer Council ACT of any changes to your policy and practices and anything else that may relate to or affect its inclusion in the National SunSmart Early Childhood Program, and
  • to participate in a Cancer Council ACT SunSmart Review every 3 years - and to update your policy if necessary.

Agreement

We are SunSmartDoes your service display a large ''We are SunSmart'' sign at its entrance as a general reminder to all that your service takes sun protection seriously and is SunSmart? If not, contact Cancer Council ACT to purchase your new sign today ($66.00 including delivery and posters).

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Cancer Council ACT

ABN

33 113 296 601

Phone

(02) 6257 9999

Fax

(02) 6257 5055

Email

Address

Unit 1 (The Annex)
173 Strickland Crescent
Deakin ACT 2600

Postal Address

PO BOX 75
Deakin West ACT 2600
Australia