Last Updated: 20 February 2025

Go Flourish ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency in how we collect, use, and store your personal information. This Privacy and Cookies Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights in accordance with UK data protection laws, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).

1. Who we are

Go Flourish is a registered charity in the UK dedicated to creating exceptional school gardens to enhance children's education and well-being. Our website, www.goflourishcharity.org, provides information about our work, volunteering opportunities, and ways to support our cause.

For any questions regarding this policy, you can contact us at:

• Email: info@goflourishcharity.org

• Address: Old Allangrange, Munlochy IV8 8NZ

2. What information we collect

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

• - Information about your browser, network and device

• - Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

• - Web pages you view while on this website

• - Your IP address

We collect and process different types of personal data, including:

• Information you provide to us: When you sign up for newsletters, make a donation, fill out a contact form, register as a volunteer, or engage with us in any other way, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, postal address, and payment details (if applicable).

• Automatically collected information: When you visit our website, we may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and pages visited through the use of cookies (see Section 6 on Cookies).

• Third-party data: If you donate via a third-party platform (e.g., PayPal), they may share some details with us, such as your name and donation amount, depending on your privacy settings.

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalised form.

3. How we use your information

We use your personal data to:

• Provide you with information about our work, events, and volunteering opportunities.

• Process donations and maintain financial records.

• Improve our website and services based on usage data.

• Respond to inquiries and communicate with supporters.

• Comply with legal obligations, such as accounting and fundraising regulations.

We will never sell your data and will only share it with trusted third parties when necessary (e.g., payment processors, website service providers) and only in compliance with data protection laws.

4. Legal basis for processing data

Under UK GDPR, we rely on the following lawful bases for processing personal data:

• Consent – When you opt into receiving communications from us.

• Legitimate interests – When we process data to further our charitable mission while ensuring it does not override your rights.

• Contractual necessity – When processing is required to fulfill a service you have requested (e.g., donation processing).

• Legal compliance – When we are required to process data for legal reasons.

5. How we store and protect your data

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data from unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. Your data is stored securely and is only retained for as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.

6. Cookies and tracking technologies

6.1 Cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit our website. We use cookies to:

• Improve website functionality and performance.

• Understand how visitors interact with our site.

• Provide relevant content and marketing communications (where applicable).

Types of cookies we use:

• Essential cookies – Required for the website to function properly.

• Analytical cookies – Help us understand website traffic and improve our services.

• Marketing cookies – Used to provide relevant promotions (only used if you consent).

These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

6.2 Fonts

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

• Information about your browser, network, or device

• Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it

• Your IP address

7. Analytics

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

• - Information about your browser, network, and device

• - Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

• - Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

• - Clicks

• - Internal links

• - Pages visited

• - Scrolling

• - Searches

• - Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

You can manage your cookie preferences via your browser settings.

8. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

• The right to access – You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

• The right to rectification – You can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.

• The right to erasure – You can request that we delete your personal data in certain circumstances.

• The right to restrict processing – You can ask us to limit how we use your data.

• The right to data portability – You can request that we transfer your data to another organisation.

• The right to object – You can object to processing where we rely on legitimate interests.

• The right to withdraw consent – You can withdraw your consent for marketing communications at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@goflourishcharity.org

9. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party sites, so we encourage you to review their policies before providing any personal data.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy and Cookies Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we recommend checking back periodically to stay informed.

By using our website, you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy and Cookies Policy.

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@goflourishcharity.org.

Go Flourish Charity – Registered Charity Number: SC052791