Please read the terms of this cookie notice carefully before using the website.
This cookie notice (the ‘notice’) relates to your use of our website govo.org (each a ‘Site’ or a ‘website’).
This notice contains important information about the cookies and other similar technologies we use on the Site. The notice should be read together with our website privacy information, which sets out information about how and why we collect, store, use and share personal data in connection with the Site, as well as your rights in relation to your personal data and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.
The Site is operated by Royal Voluntary Service (‘we’, ‘our’, ‘us), a charity registered in England and Wales under number 1015988 and in Scotland under number SC038924. Our registered office is at Hanley Centre, 29 Charles Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 3JP.
We are regulated in England and Wales by the Charity Commission and in Scotland by OSCR, the Scottish Charity Regulator.
This notice only relates to your use of our site govo.org.
Throughout the site, we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties. These other third-party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third-party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.
Our site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. your computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use a website, creating a unique ID. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive and enable a website to recognise a user’s device and collect and store information about that user’s visits to the website.
Some of the information collected by cookies will be aggregated or statistical (meaning that it cannot be used to identify an individual). Other information may be capable of identifying an individual and therefore constitute personal data and be protected under data protection law.
The cookies we use on the Site fall into the following categories:
Detailed information about the cookies we use on the site can be found in the section below ‘The cookies used on the site’.
Cookies may be planted by the website itself (i.e. when a user visits the website) or by third parties (such as where a website incorporates media or plugins from other websites).
Generally speaking, cookies can only be placed on your device with your consent. However, an exception applies where a cookie is essential for the operation of a website (referred to above as a ‘Strictly necessary cookie’).
You can choose which analytical, functionality and targeting cookies we can set by clicking on the Cookie Management Platform from One Trust, or click on ‘cookie settings’ in the footer of this website. Our Cookie Management Platform gives you the ability to indicate whether or not you consent to a particular cookie using ‘adjust slides’. Please note that we only ask for your consent in relation to cookies which are not strictly necessary.
The table below/at the bottom of this page lists the cookies we use on the site. For ease of reference, cookies are grouped into the categories referred to above. In relation to each cookie the table also specifies:
If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) are not accepted. If you do this, however, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our site.
If you change your mind about consenting to any of the categories of cookies listed above (other than strictly necessary cookies, you can update your preferences at any time by clicking on ‘cookie settings’ in the footer of this website.
If you wish to discuss our use of cookies, please contact our Data Protection Officer. You can do this by emailing dataprotection@royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk, writing to our Data Protection Officer at Royal Voluntary Service, PO Box 565, Unit B, RD Park, EN11 0RF or calling 029 2073 9184.
This notice was published on 18 June 2025
We may change this notice from time to time.