Cookie policy

What are cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on a visitors device (like a phone, tablet or PC).

Why do we use them?
Some cookies are essential for the secure functioning of our website.

Others cookies help us to understand how people use our site.

Functional cookies - these are always in use
We use some necessary cookies so visitors can navigate and use key features on the website. For example if you are kind enough to make a donation or if you fill in the application form. And just generally in order to allow a secure, functioning online experience.

Another example would be if you agree/disagree to our use of analytics cookies (see below) - there’s a special cookie to allow our website to remember your decision.

Analytics cookies - these are optional
These are used only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. We use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site. It’s useful for us to know basic (but anonymous) things such as how many visitors we have and which pages they view.

Other examples would be:

• are our visitors using a mobile or desktop device to view the site

• did they come to the site via social media, search engines, simply keying in our domain name or via some other route.

As a charity, having access to information like this helps us to run efficiently on a limited budget.

Third party services
If you watch our video via YouTube or make a donation via Stripe or PayPal then we may need to share some visitor information with these organisations and they will likely use their own cookies to fulfil their function.

You stay in control
For the most common browsers (Safari, Chrome, Edge & Firefox etc), you can:

• review which cookies are active in your browser’s settings.

• and you can clear cookies from your browser or device, either globally or from a specific website.

This means you can always remain in control as to whether cookies remain on your device.

Policy reviewed : April 2022