Who are we?
Heads Up Kids is a registered charity (1205781) promoting positive mental health through our bespoke social and emotional wellbeing curriculum. Our website is www.headsupkids.org.uk. We are the data controller for any personal data collected via cookies on this site. This policy explains what Cookies are and how we use them.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that store on your device and remember information about you when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, and to provide information to the website owner. They are used primarily for saving login details, remembering website preferences, keeping track of online shopping baskets, and tracking browsing habits across the web for targeted marketing.
They contain two key pieces of information. A site name and a unique user ID. By user unique ID we are referring to your IP address. This is defined as personal data. Please see our Privacy Policy to see how we handle your personal data.
When you visit our site and accept our cookies, they are downloaded onto your device. This ensures that future use of the site is quicker, easier and more personable.
What cookies does Heads Up Kids use?
We use cookie compliance to remember your choice about cookies on Headsupkids.org.uk.
Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function. They cannot be switched off. They do not store any personally identifiable information.
Analytics cookies: We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use our website. This helps us improve the site and better serve our users. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.
Functional cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your cookie preferences) and provide enhanced features.
Legal basis for using cookies
We use cookies on the following legal bases under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR):
- Strictly necessary cookies: These do not require your consent as they are essential for the website to work.
- Analytics and functional cookies: We use these only with your consent. You can give or withdraw consent at any time using our cookie preference tool.
Your Cookie choices
When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie notice asking for your consent to non-essential cookies. You can:
- Accept all cookies
- Accept only strictly necessary cookies
- Change your preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of our website
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View cookies that have been set
- Block all or certain types of cookies
- Delete cookies already stored on your device
Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect how our website functions. You don’t need cookies to navigate our website.
Third-party cookies
Some cookies are set by third parties. We are in the process of implementing Google Analytics, provided by Google Ireland Limited. Google may use the data collected through its cookies for its own purposes in accordance with Google’s privacy policy. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We do not control third-party cookies and recommend you review the privacy and cookie policies of any third-party services.
We also have some video content on our website. If you don’t enable video player cookies, video content will appear as standard links, which will take you to YouTube to watch the videos. YouTube may set cookies when you use their sites. Or, if you enable video player cookies, you’ll see videos embedded in our pages and YouTube may receive information about the videos you watch for analytics and advertising purposes. We embed videos from our official YouTube channel, using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode.
If you visit a page containing a YouTube video and are logged in to a YouTube or Google account, Google may use cookies for security purposes, remember your preferences, and receive information about the videos you watch for analytics and advertising purposes cookies and collect data linked to your Google account. For more information, see the Google Privacy Policy.
We are in the process of implementing Google Analytics which will help us to understand how users interact with our website, what their journey through our website is, and how our website might be improved.
Do cookies make my devices less secure?
Cookies are specific to the server that creates them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means they cannot be used to track your movements around the web. Cookies are only deployed on the site to make the experience better for you, along with collecting statistical data for the charity’s benefit. For example: How many visitors the site receives a week.
Do I have to provide consent?
Essential cookies that are required for the site to function will be used but we will ask for your consent to use non-essential cookies. This is done through an initial notice when you enter the site for the first time and you can amend your choices at any time via your settings by clicking the cookie settings button available at the bottom of our website.
How can I control the use of cookies?
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser by clearing your cookies, if you choose to use this method you will be asked to confirm your preference the next time you visit our site.
You can change your browser settings through entering the menu tab and going through to your settings.
You can withdraw consent for non-essential cookies at any time.
Where can I find out more information?
You can find out more information about managing cookies on your devices at the following websites: