Heritage Volunteering Group - Cookie Policy

Heritage Volunteering Group – Cookie Policy
Last updated: April 2026

Heritage Volunteering Group (“HVG”, “we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website to ensure it functions properly, to understand how people use it, and to improve your experience. This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and the choices you can make.

1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites work, improve security, and provide information to site owners. Some cookies are essential for the site to function; others help us understand how visitors use the site or support embedded content such as videos.

2. How we use cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:

Necessary cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They do not store personally identifiable information.

Examples include:

nevercache‑b39818 — used by our website’s caching system to ensure pages load correctly.

Analytics cookies
These help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it.
We use Google Analytics via Google Consent Mode, which means analytics only run after you give consent.

Functional cookies
These support features such as embedded videos or social media content. They may be set by third‑party providers (e.g., YouTube) and only load after consent.

Marketing/advertising cookies
These may be set by YouTube or social media platforms when content is embedded on our site. They help those platforms understand your interests. These cookies are disabled by default and only load if you accept them.

3. Third‑party services that may set cookies
Our website may include content from:

Google Analytics

YouTube (video embeds)

Social media platforms (e.g., X/Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)

These services may set cookies when you interact with their content. They will only load after you have given consent through our cookie banner.

4. Managing your cookie preferences
When you visit our website, you will see a cookie banner powered by CookieYes. You can:

Accept all cookies

Reject all non‑essential cookies

Customise your preferences

You can change your choices at any time by selecting the revisit consent icon displayed on the website.

5. How we protect your data
We do not use cookies to collect personal information without your consent.
We do not use cookies for personalised advertising.
We do not share your data with Google for advertising purposes.

All analytics data is anonymised where possible and processed in line with UK GDPR.

6. How long cookies last
Cookies may be:

Session cookies — deleted when you close your browser

Persistent cookies — stored for a set period

You can view the full list of cookies detected on our site via the CookieYes cookie manager.

7. Contact us
If you have any questions about how we use cookies, you can contact us at:

Heritage Volunteering Group
Email: heritagevolunteeringgroup@gmail.com