Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Dove Cottage Day Hospice uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit this website.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies can include local storage and scripts that remember preferences or measure website performance.

How We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies

We currently use the following categories:

Strictly necessary: required for core site behaviour and your cookie preference settings.
Analytics (optional): used to understand page visits and improve content and user journeys.

Technologies in Use on This Site

Cookie consent preference storage: we store your consent choice in browser local storage under the key dc_cookie_consent_v1.
Analytics: if you accept analytics cookies, we load our analytics script from dotwallstats.co.uk (Plausible-based analytics implementation).
Embedded forms and services: certain pages load third-party form scripts (for example Beacon forms and Fillout) only when those pages are used; these services may set their own cookies according to their policies.
Embedded media: video embeds may use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced domain youtube-nocookie.com; third-party cookies may still be set after interaction.

Your Choices

On your first visit, our cookie banner lets you accept all, reject optional cookies, or choose preferences. If you reject optional cookies, analytics tracking is not loaded.

You can also clear cookies and local storage from your browser settings at any time. This may reset your consent preferences.

Third-Party Services

We use selected third-party providers for forms, payments, maps, and media embeds. Where those services set cookies, their own privacy/cookie policies apply in addition to this policy.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect legal, technical, or operational changes. The latest version will always appear on this page.

Contact Us

If you have questions about cookies or data use on this website, contact us at admin@dovecottage.org.