Cookie Policy
This is the Cookie Policy for Francis House Children's Hospice which explains what cookies are as well as how and why we use them on our website. If you do not wish to accept cookies, simply press 'reject'.
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
When you visit our website for the first time, a banner will appear along the bottom of the website asking you whether or not you want to accept the use of cookies on our website.
Alternatively, you can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of many websites. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
| Cookie Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _GRECAPTCHA | Necessary | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
| rc::a | Necessary | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
| rc::b | Necessary | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| rc::c | Necessary | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| _ga | Analytics | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gat | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. |
| _gid | Analytics | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Analytics | This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visted by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. |
| _hjFirstSeen | Analytics | This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website. |
| _hjid | Analytics | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Analytics | Determines if the user's navigation should be registered in a certain statistical place holder. |
| _hjTLDTest | Analytics | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
Third Party Cookies
In order to monitor usage and improve our website, we use cookies provided by trusted third parties.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce informative content.
Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
Details of cookies used:
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
More Information
We hope this page has helped clarify how and why we use cookies on the Francis House website. However if you are still looking for more information then please email us at rachael.taylor@francishouse.org.uk or call us on 0161 443 2200. Alternatively you can also write to us at:Francis House Children’s Hospice
Fundraising Office
390 Parrswood Road
Didsbury
Manchester
M20 5NA