Cookie Policy

Version: August 2026

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Village Africa (“we”, “our” or “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website at villageafrica.org.uk.

This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them and how you can control your cookie preferences.

This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files or similar technologies that are stored on, or access information from, your device when you visit a website.

Some cookies are necessary for a website to operate correctly. Other cookies and similar technologies are used for optional purposes, such as enabling third-party content or collecting information about how a website is used.

Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by another organisation providing a service on the website (third-party cookies).

3. How we use cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies in the following ways.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies and similar technologies are necessary for the website to function properly, securely and to remember certain essential settings.

They do not require your consent where they are strictly necessary for a service you have requested.

These may include technologies used by WordPress and other services supporting the operation and security of our website.

Optional cookies and third-party content

We use optional technologies to enable certain third-party content on our website.

At present, this includes YouTube videos embedded on our website.

YouTube is a third-party service. When you have not given consent to optional cookies, our cookie consent system prevents the embedded YouTube content from loading and displays a consent message instead.

If you choose to accept optional cookies, the YouTube content can be loaded.

YouTube may then process information and use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with its own policies.

We do not control the cookies or other technologies used by YouTube once its content has been enabled.

4. YouTube

Some pages on our website contain embedded YouTube videos.

YouTube is operated by Google.

The YouTube content on our website is blocked until you give consent to the relevant optional category. If you reject optional cookies, the YouTube content remains blocked.

If you accept the relevant optional cookies, the YouTube video can be displayed and YouTube may use cookies or other technologies on your device.

You can find out more about how Google/YouTube uses cookies and similar technologies in Google’s own privacy information.

5. Your cookie choices

When you first visit our website, our cookie consent banner gives you choices about optional cookies.

You can:

Accept optional cookies;
Reject optional cookies; or
open Cookie Settings to manage your preferences.

We do not treat simply continuing to browse the website as consent to optional cookies or similar technologies.

Our consent system prevents optional third-party content from loading until the relevant consent has been given.

The ICO’s guidance states that consent for non-essential storage and access technologies must involve a clear positive action and cannot simply be inferred from someone continuing to use a website.

6. Changing or withdrawing your consent

You can change or withdraw your optional cookie preferences at any time by using the Cookie Settings facility on our website.

You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.

Please note that blocking or deleting strictly necessary cookies may affect the operation of the website.

7. Third-party services

Third-party services may use their own cookies or similar technologies when their content is enabled on our website.

Our current configuration includes embedded YouTube content.

Third-party providers are responsible for their own processing of information through their services. We recommend reviewing their privacy and cookie information for further details.

8. How we keep this policy up to date

We may update this Cookie Policy when our use of cookies or similar technologies changes, or where there are changes to applicable legal or regulatory requirements.

We will review our cookie configuration periodically to help ensure that this policy remains accurate.

The latest version of this Cookie Policy will be published on this page.