THE MICHAEL AND BARBARA BELL FOUNDATION (CIO)
COOKIE POLICY
Our website at www.mbbellfoundation.org.uk 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 file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These essential cookies are always enabled because our website won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website.
- Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie Name | Cookie Type | Purpose | Duration and expiry of the cookie |
| _ga | Analytical or performance cookie | This cookie enables us to distinguish unique users and track user interactions. | 2 years from the last visit to our website. |
| _gid | Analytical or performance cookie | This cookie enables us to distinguish users for analytics tracking. | 24 hours after being set. |
| gat_gtag (or _gat) | Analytical or performance cookie | This cookie enables us to throttle the request rate to Google Analytics. | 1 minute after being set. |
| wordpress_ | Strictly necessary cookie | This cookie is needed for our website to work properly, such as keeping you logged in or managing your session. | Session-based: the cookie expires when you close your website browser. |
Choices About Cookies
You can choose to switch on or off all the analytical or performance cookies we set by clicking on the buttons below:
ACCEPT ALL ANALYTICAL / PERFORMANCE COOKIES
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To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics (including those we set) across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You may also use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) but you may not be able to access all or parts of our website if you do so.
MICHAEL AND BARBARA BELL FOUNDATION (CIO)
August 2025
