Privacy

RUHX (formerly known as The Forever Friends Appeal) is the working name of Royal United Hospital Charitable Fund) has been formed under an RUH Deed dated 10 September 1996 as amended by a Supplemental Deed dated 9 December 2009. It is registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales (Registered number 1058323) and the Fundraising Regulator.

As a charity we are committed to protecting your personal information and privacy. This Privacy Policy describes exactly how we collect and use your personal information.

The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is viewed as a connected organisation by virtue of its position as Trustee of the Charity. There are no other connected organisations.

Please view the Royal United Hospital Charitable Fund privacy policy here.


Cookies

Cookie‘ is a name for a small file, usually of letters and numbers, which is downloaded onto your device, like your computer, mobile phone or table when you visit a website.

They let websites recognise your device, so that the sites can work more effectively, and also gather information about how you use the site. A cookie, by itself, can’t be used to identify you.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you come to our website and also allows us to improve the user experience.

The cookies we use

We use the categorisation set out by the International Chamber of Commerce in their UK Cookie Guide.

We use all four categories of cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies are essential for you to move around our website and to use its features.
  • Performance cookies collect anonymous information about how you use our site, like which pages are visited most.
  • Functionality cookies collect anonymous information that remember choices you make to improve your experience, like your text size or location. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
  • Targeting or advertising cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising relevant to you and your interests. As such if you visit the Mind website you may then be more likely to see adverts about Mind’s work on other websites as your browsing suggests that this is an area of interest.

No cookies, please

You can opt out of all our cookies (except the strictly necessary ones). Find out how to control and delete cookies in your browser.

But, if you choose to refuse all cookies, our website may not function for you as we would like it to.


*Please visit The Forever Friends Appeal website to see the Royal United Hospital Charitable Fund privacy policy in full.