Who we are

The Neurosciences Foundation’s main role as a charity is to assist in the provision of funds for research groups based in Scotland whose work will ultimately help patients with brain tumours, stroke, head injury, Parkinson’s Disease, depression, schizophrenia, MS, epilepsy or other diseases of the central nervous system

You can contact The Neurosciences Foundation using the contact form on the website or by writing to our registered charity address – The Neurosciences Foundation, KMG Consultants, 6 Murchison, Westerlands Park, Glasgow, G12 0FA.

Copyright

All rights, including copyright ©, of the content of these web pages are owned or controlled by The Neurosciences Foundation.

Logos, names and images identifying The Neurosciences Foundation are proprietary marks of The Neurosciences Foundation, reproduction of which is prohibited by law. The design of the website is owned by The Neurosciences Foundation.

You are permitted to view, copy, and print documents within this website subject to your agreement that:

You will not modify the documents or graphics in any form or manner;

You will not copy or distribute graphics separately from their accompanying text and you will not quote materials out of their context;

Your use of the material is for your own personal information, and for non-commercial purposes only;

Any copies of the material made for a permitted purpose will include an acknowledgement that copyright belongs to The Neurosciences Foundation;

You are not permitted to copy the design elements, look and feel, or layout of this website;

No part of The Neurosciences Foundation website or any material appearing on the site, may be reproduced, stored in or transmitted on any other website or medium without the prior written permission of The Neurosciences Foundation.

Disclaimer

Although every effort is taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within the pages of The Neurosciences Foundation website we cannot guarantee that the content of the website will always be current, accurate or complete.

Whilst The Neurosciences Foundation shall use its reasonable endeavors to ensure that this site is normally available 24 hours a day, it will not be liable if for any reason the site is unavailable at any time or for any period. Access to this site may be suspended temporarily and without notice in circumstances of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond the control of The Neurosciences Foundation.

The Neurosciences Foundation shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of this site or from the inability to use this site, or from the use of any information contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this site or any such information.

The Neurosciences Foundation may provide links to Internet sites and information maintained by third parties. Neither The Neurosciences Foundation nor its trustees operate or control in any respect any information, products or services on such sites. The Neurosciences Foundation is not responsible for the content of such websites, for opinions expressed or services offered on those.

The Neurosciences Foundation reserves the right to remove, vary or amend any of the content of its website at any time and without prior notice.

The Neurosciences Foundation is not responsible for the content or operation of external websites. References and links to any such sites shall not be taken as an endorsement by The Neurosciences Foundation of opinions expressed or services provided at those sites.

The Neurosciences Foundation reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time at its sole discretion.

Privacy Statement

When you supply any personal information to The Neurosciences Foundation we have legal obligations towards you in the way we deal with the data. Generally any information you provide to The Neurosciences Foundation will only be used by The Neurosciences Foundation and its service providers. It will never be forwarded to any third party without obtaining your permission, unless we are obliged or permitted by law to disclose it. This applies to your name, email addresses, personal information and any email correspondence.

We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely, in accordance to the Data Protection Act 1998.

You can view our privacy policy here – The_Neurosciences_Foundation_Privacy_Policy

Collection; Use of Cookies; Personal Data

Like most websites, the software used to create The Neurosciences Foundation website uses “cookies” (small identification tags consisting of a series of letter, numbers or characters) to monitor the way that visitors use the site.

These “cookies” are used purely by the website software for technical purposes to improve the efficiency of the site and to collect anonymous data on the numbers of people visiting the various pages of the website.

By continuing to use The Neurosciences Foundation website you are agreeing to its use of “cookies” for such purposes.

The Neurosciences Foundation DOES NOT:
(1) use cookies to collect any kind of personal data on visitors to its website,
and, therefore, DOES NOT:
(2) analyse cookies to produce & distribute advertising, marketing or fundraising materials;
(3) sell, or otherwise pass on, any personal data to other individuals or organisations for any purpose.

Cookies may be either “persistent” (ie: retained after the visitor has left the site to recognise if the visitor subsequently returns) or “temporary” (ie: deleted when the visitor leaves the site).

Note that, while The Neurosciences Foundation does not use cookies to collect, analyse and use any personal data from visitors to its website, other internet software (eg: browsers, search engines) may do so.   Such activities are beyond the control of The Neurosciences Foundation, which accepts no responsibility for such activities.
Visitors to the website may choose to communicate with The Neurosciences Foundation to seek support or request materials.  Such communication will inevitably contain personal details (eg: name, e-mail address, telephone number) and such other personal details as are necessary for The Neurosciences Foundation to respond effectively to the communication.   In such cases the communication will be regarded as including consent (whether explicitly stated or not) under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for The Neurosciences Foundation to make use of such personal information as it contains solely for the purpose of responding to the communication.

The Neurosciences Foundation DOES NOT:
(1) make use such information to produce & distribute advertising, marketing or fundraising materials;
(2) sell, or otherwise pass on, any personal data to other individuals or organisations for any purpose.

Holding; Retention of Cookies; Personal Data

Cookies and personal data are held securely and only for as long as is reasonable and relevant to the purpose for which they were collected.   After that they are securely deleted.

What Are Your Rights?

The Neurosciences Foundation recognises that your personal data belongs to you and we don’t wish to use it in ways that you don’t want us to.
If you have given permission for us to contact you if you have made a donation, using Just Giving or any other donations website, you can control whether or not you receive further marketing emails from The Neurosciences Foundation by contacting us using the contact form on the website or by writing to our registered charity address – The Neurosciences Foundation, KMG Consultants, 6 Murchison, Westerlands Park, Glasgow, G12 0FA.

If granted by applicable laws, you can also exercise a variety of rights regarding our use of your data:

· You can ask us for a copy of the information we have about you

· You can ask us to correct any incorrect data we have about you and you can also update your account details yourself at any time by visiting your JustGiving account

· You can ask us to delete your data

· You can ask for your data in a common, machine-readable format

· You can object to any processing we do on the basis of legitimate interests or to any automated decision-making

· You can ask us to restrict the processing of your data

To exercise any of the foregoing rights, please contact us as shown above. Note that some of these rights may not be enforceable in your jurisdiction and some aren’t absolute—for example, we may not be able to forget you if we have to keep some of your data to comply with the law—but we’ll evaluate your request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. JustGiving will respond to your request within one month of receiving it. Also, note that if you’re located in the UK or the EU, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or the supervisory authority in your country of residence or place of work.

Other Websites

The Neurosciences Foundation website contains links to other websites and materials.
The Neurosciences Foundation has no control over the security and confidentiality of such sites and materials.
Visitors to other sites should satisfy themselves that their personal data will be handled appropriately.