Cookie information
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small files saved on your phone, tablet, or computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The information stored in cookies is used to make websites work or contains things about how you use the website. For example, that you have acknowledged a pop-up or the pages you visit.
Cookies are not viruses or computer programs. They are very small text files, so they do not take up much space on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. Most modern websites use them to enable functionality, to help the site work more efficiently, or to provide information about the use of the site to the owners.
This statement refers to ‘cookies’ but covers similar browser storage technologies, such as HTML local storage. Our cookies do not contain any personal information about you and do not hold any information about which sites you visited before you came here.
How we use Cookies
We use cookies to:
- make our website work, for example by keeping it secure
- measure how you use our website, for example, which links you click on.
Each cookie listed shows the cookie name, type, duration, and purpose.
We use cookies only for the purpose described.
The following cookies may be used on this site:
Essential Cookies
These essential, or ‘strictly necessary’, cookies enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
Our website and services cannot function properly without these cookies, so we do not provide a way to manage them. They can only be blocked or deleted by changing your browser preferences, as described in the Managing Cookies section in this statement.
| Cookie | Service | Purpose | Expiration |
| userConsent | Cookiebot | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year |
| wp-wpml_current_language | WordPress (WPML) | Stores the current language selection | End of session |
| wp-wpml_current_admin_language_* | WordPress (WPML) | Stores the current WordPress Admin Control Panel language selection | 1 day |
| wp-settings-time-* | WordPress | Stores user preferences for the current authenticated session | End of session |
|
wordpress-test-cookie |
WordPress | Determines if cookies are working | End of session |
| wordpress-sec-* | WordPress | Security key for the current authenticated user session | End of session |
| wordpress_logged_in_* | WordPress | Authenticated user details | End of session |
| wfwaf-authcookie-* | Wordfence | Authenticated user details | 1 day |
| wfls-remembered-* | WordPress | Maintains MFA between sessions for authenticated users |
1 month |
| cf_clearance | Cloudflare | Confirms that the current session has cleared Cloudflare security and anti-bot checks | 1 year |
Website Usage Cookies
We use tools such as Google Analytics to help us anonymously measure how you use our websites. This allows us to make improvements based on our users’ needs.
These tools set cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, and how you interact with the site. We do not allow these tools to use or share the data about how you use this site and all data stored is anonymised.
Website usage cookies can be managed on this website, as described in the managing cookies section in this statement. Each of the services we use to record website usage provides a way to opt out of cookies.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics for usage analytics like page views and link clicks.
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies. View Google’s privacy policy for more information.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiration |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | 2 years |
| _ga_ | Used to distinguish users in Google Analytics 4. If Google Analytics 4 is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _ga_<property-id>. | 2 months |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property-id>. | 1 minute |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | 1 day |
| _tempCid | Copy of _ga used to track successful sign-in from the server rather than client side. | 30 minutes |
Third-Party Cookies
We embed some content on our website from external providers. These providers may set cookies, known as ‘third party’ cookies.
We do not control these cookies and cannot prevent these sites or domains from collecting information on your use of this content. Check the relevant third-party website for more information about them and how to opt out:
| Service | Usage | Information |
| SoundCloud | Embedding audio clips and podcasts |
SoundCloud privacy policy SoundCloud cookie policy |
| X (Twitter) | Embedding tweets and timelines |
X’s use of cookies X’s privacy policy X’s privacy controls for personalised ads |
| YouTube | Embedding videos |
Google privacy policy Ad settings on Google |
| Canva | Embedding social media posts, presentations, posters, videos & logos |
Canva privacy policy Canva cookie policy |
Managing Cookies
Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org, or use the “Help” function within your browser.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
Further Information
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, Please contact us: Telephone: 029 2022 7744
Statement Updates
We may update this cookie statement from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. You will be prompted to re-consent to the cookies when we update this statement.