Click on the links below to find out about Youthoria's policy on how we operate:

Accessibility - Making Youthoria available to everyone

Endorsements - Services/products referred to by Youthoria

Equality - Promoting Equality & working against prejudice

Ownership - An opportunity for all Young People to participate

Privacy - Protecting information and confidentiality

Acceptability of content - maintaining an appropriate site for our age group

   
Accessibility

Disability
Youthoria is committed to doing it's best to ensure that this website is accessible to all young people. For this reason we have chosen a design that is clear and easy to read whilst still retaining an attractive look.

Animations and flashing graphics can often prevent people with certain medical conditions from looking at a website therefore we have kept these features to a minimum and trust in the belief that the content of the website is what attracts visitors.

We have tried to ensure that Youthoria is accessible to people with visual impairment by taking advice about design and keeping to accessibility requirements. This means that people with a visual impairment who use special technology such as text readers and Braille writers can access Youthoria. 
  
We pride ourselves on maintaining accessibility but recognise that as our site grows there may be something which we have overlooked so if you should find something which presents an accessibility issue please contact us about it.

Download speed
We recognise that not everyone has a super high speed internet connection therefore we have chosen a design which we believe best balances the need to have an attractive site with a good level of graphic content, against keeping download times as short as possible.

Endorsements

Youthoria contains information about a whole range of services and products about which we try to ensure the appropriateness for young people.  However we cannot have detailed information/knowledge about every aspect of the companies/agencies represented.  Therefore we do not undertake to endorse any Services/products other than those which come under the direct control of the Cambridgeshire County Council Community Education Service.

Links or references to any company/agency who are found to be inappropriate or in conflict with our policies will be removed.

Equality

Youthoria believes in "equality of opportunity" and the suppression of prejudice, racism and sexism in any form. We will not knowingly publish any material that goes against this belief or link to any organisations that do.

Ownership

One of the core aims of Youthoria is the empowerment of young people.  It is therefore very important that all partners involved have an equal ownership of the website.  It is a requirement of Youthoria that young people play an active role in providing content, making decisions and guiding it's development.

Privacy

This policy covers the treatment of personal data that Youthoria may collect when you e-mail us, or when you complete and submit an online form on our web site.

When completing forms you may be asked for personal information such as name, address, postcode etc. It is only when you supply this type of information that you can be personally identified.

Information may be collected:

• to fulfil your request for information or services 
• as input to improving our site 
• as part of the process of consultation 

Youthoria holds and processes personal data in accordance with all current legislation relating to data protection. We will not sell or rent your personal data to anyone, or use the data for any other purpose than that for which it was originally collected.

Everyone working at Youthoria will take all possible measures to maintain privacy and protect all information we hold. 

Visitors should be aware that no information sent over the internet is totally secure and Youthoria cannot accept responsibility for intercepted emails or attacks by hackers etc.

Acceptability of content

Youthoria will do its best to make sure that it does not display material that is obscene, prejudice, racist, sexist, offensive, hurtful or illegal.  We adhere to the policies and codes of practice for youth workers as laid down by Cambridgeshire County Council.