Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 2026
At Flourishing Childhood, your privacy matters. I understand that when you contact me for parenting support, attend a course or workshop, or share information about your family, you may be trusting me with personal and sometimes sensitive information.
This privacy notice explains what information Flourishing Childhood collects, why it is collected, how it is used and protected, and the rights you have in relation to your personal information.
Who I am
Flourishing Childhood is run by Rebecca Sheikh and provides parenting support, Aware Parenting guidance, courses, workshops, mentoring and related services.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, Flourishing Childhood is the data controller for the personal information covered by this notice. Flourishing Childhood is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as a data controller.
Contact:
Rebecca Sheikh
Flourishing Childhood
flourishingchildhood@gmail.com
Information I may collect
Depending on how you interact with Flourishing Childhood, I may collect information including:
your name and contact details, such as your email address and telephone number;
information you provide when making an enquiry, booking a discovery call or purchasing a service;
information relating to courses, workshops, groups or events you attend;
payment and transaction information;
your communication preferences and newsletter subscription;
correspondence between us;
information you choose to share about your parenting experiences, family circumstances or relationships;
information about your child or children that you choose to share when seeking parenting support;
information relevant to providing you with appropriate support, which may include information about wellbeing, health, neurodivergence, trauma or other sensitive personal circumstances; and
technical information generated when you use the Flourishing Childhood website, which may include IP address, browser/device information and cookie or analytics information.
I aim to collect only information that is relevant and necessary for the purpose for which it is being used. Please do not share anything too sensitive due to the nature of the internet.
Information about children
My work supports parents and families, so parents may sometimes share personal information about their children with me.
This could include a child's first name or age, behaviour, emotional wellbeing, sleep, development, health, educational experiences, neurodivergence or family circumstances.
I ask parents to share only the information that is relevant to the support they are seeking.
Where Flourishing Childhood collects personal information directly from a child or young person, appropriate privacy information and safeguards will be provided according to their age and circumstances.
How I use your information
I may use personal information to:
respond to enquiries;
arrange discovery calls and appointments;
provide 1:1 parenting support and other Flourishing Childhood services;
understand your circumstances and provide appropriate support;
administer courses, workshops, groups, mentoring programmes and events;
process bookings and payments;
communicate with you about services you have booked;
maintain appropriate records relating to the services I provide;
send newsletters, resources and information where you have chosen to receive them;
manage the Flourishing Childhood website and understand how it is being used;
meet professional, safeguarding, insurance, accounting or legal obligations; and
establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary.
Lawful bases for using personal information
UK data protection law requires me to have a lawful basis for processing personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, Flourishing Childhood may rely on:
Contract – where processing your information is necessary to provide a service you have requested or to take steps before entering into an agreement with you.
Consent – for example, where you have chosen to receive certain marketing communications or where consent is otherwise the appropriate lawful basis. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Legitimate interests – where it is reasonably necessary to operate and improve Flourishing Childhood, communicate appropriately with clients or protect the business, provided those interests do not override your rights and interests.
Legal obligation – where information must be processed to comply with a legal requirement.
Email newsletters and marketing
If you choose to join the Flourishing Childhood mailing list, I may use your name and email address to send you parenting resources, articles, news, events, courses and information about Flourishing Childhood services.
Where marketing relies on your consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
Every marketing email will include a way to unsubscribe. You can also contact me directly if you would like to stop receiving these communications.
Unsubscribing from marketing does not prevent me from sending necessary administrative communications relating to a service, booking or event you have requested.
Payments
Where you make a payment for a Flourishing Childhood service, payment processing may be handled by a third-party payment provider.
Flourishing Childhood does not intentionally store full debit or credit card details.
Current payment providers: Stripe, PayPal, Squarespace Payments, Bank Standing Orders.
Who I share information with
I do not sell your personal information.
I may use trusted third-party service providers to help operate Flourishing Childhood. Depending on the services you use, these may include providers of:
website hosting;
email and newsletter services;
appointment scheduling;
video conferencing;
payment processing;
accounting;
secure digital storage;
event or course registration; and
other administrative or technology services.
Current key providers include: Squarespace, Zoom, Google Workspace, Stripe and Humanitix
These providers may process personal information on my behalf or as separate data controllers, depending on the service involved.
Information may also be disclosed where I am legally required to do so or where disclosure is necessary in connection with safeguarding, the prevention of serious harm or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
International transfers
Some technology providers used by Flourishing Childhood may store or process information outside the UK.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, I take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate protections required by UK data protection law are in place.
How long I keep information
I keep personal information only for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and to meet relevant legal, tax, insurance, safeguarding and professional requirements.
Different types of information may therefore be kept for different periods.
When information is no longer required, it will be securely deleted or destroyed where reasonably practicable.
Keeping your information secure
I take reasonable organisational and technical measures to protect personal information against accidental loss, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or misuse.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Cookies and website analytics
The Flourishing Childhood website may use cookies and similar technologies to enable the website to function and to understand how visitors use it.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to work. Other cookies, such as certain analytics or marketing cookies, may require your consent.
Further information about the cookies used on this website should be provided through the website's cookie settings or cookie notice.
Your data protection rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law gives you rights over your personal information. These may include the right to:
ask for a copy of the personal information held about you;
ask for inaccurate information to be corrected;
ask for your personal information to be erased in certain circumstances;
ask for processing to be restricted in certain circumstances;
object to certain uses of your information;
receive certain personal information in a portable format;
withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and
raise a concern about how your information is being used.
Not every right applies in every circumstance.
To exercise your rights, please contact:
Rebecca Sheikh
Flourishing Childhood
flourishingchildhood@gmail.com
Complaints
If you have a concern about how Flourishing Childhood has handled your personal information, please contact me first so that I have an opportunity to address it.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator.
Information about raising a concern is available from the Information Commissioner's Office.
Links to other websites
The Flourishing Childhood website may contain links to websites operated by other organisations. Flourishing Childhood is not responsible for the privacy practices of those external websites, and you should read their privacy information separately.
Changes to this privacy policy
I may update this privacy policy from time to time, for example when Flourishing Childhood changes the services it provides or the systems it uses.
The latest version will be published on the Flourishing Childhood website with the date it was last updated.