Who We Are

This website is operated by The Well Church (Whitley Community Church Trust), a registered charity in England and Wales.

What Data We Collect

We collect personal data through the following forms on our website:

Contact form — name, email address, phone number (optional), and your message.

Prayer request form — first name, phone number (optional), and your prayer request.

Building hire form — organisation name, contact name, email address, phone number, and booking details.

How We Use Your Data

We use the personal data you provide to:

  • Respond to your enquiries and messages
  • Pray for your prayer requests within our prayer team
  • Process and manage building hire bookings
  • Communicate with you about your request

We do not use your data for marketing purposes, and we do not sell or share your personal data with any third parties for their own purposes.

Under UK GDPR, our legal basis for processing your data is:

  • Legitimate interest — for responding to contact form enquiries and processing building hire requests. It is in our legitimate interest to reply to people who contact us.
  • Consent — for prayer requests. By submitting a prayer request, you consent to your request being shared with our prayer team.

Third-Party Services

Our website uses the following third-party services that may process your data:

Service Purpose Privacy Policy
Cloudflare Workers Processes form submissions (self-hosted) cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA protection on forms cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
Google Maps Embedded map on contact page google.com/privacy
Facebook Embedded video on homepage facebook.com/privacy
GitHub Pages Website hosting github.com/privacy
Cloudflare CDN and security cloudflare.com/privacypolicy

Cookies

We do not use analytics cookies or track your browsing behaviour ourselves. However, third-party embeds on our site may set cookies:

  • Facebook embeds may set tracking cookies when you view pages with embedded videos.
  • Cloudflare Turnstile sets functional cookies necessary for CAPTCHA operation on forms.

You can control cookies through your browser settings.

Data Retention

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary:

  • Contact form enquiries — up to 12 months, then deleted.
  • Prayer requests — up to 3 months, then deleted.
  • Building hire enquiries — up to 12 months after the booking date, then deleted.

Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Rectification of inaccurate data
  • Erasure of your data (the “right to be forgotten”)
  • Restrict processing of your data
  • Data portability — receive your data in a structured format
  • Object to our processing of your data

To exercise any of these rights, please use our contact form.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.

Last updated: February 2026