The London Children’s Literature Festival is committed to protecting your personal information and being transparent about what information we hold about you. We only collect your information when we need it to help us organise our events, or to follow the law.
This Privacy Notice tells you what personal information we collect about you, how we use it and what you can do about it.
You have the right to:
Asking us questions & receiving information from us
If you ask us a question, we will use your name and school contact details to answer your question. We will keep your information for at least a year to answer any other questions you have.
Book an event
When you book for one of our events, the information you give us will include but may not be limited to your name, your school email address, your school name, address and phone number, emergency contact details and access needs for you or your students. This is so we can get back to you by email, or by phone, about your attendance and to provide you with additional information which may be helpful for your visit.
Joining our mailing list
If you sign up for our mailing list, you will be asked to give your name, school and school email address. We’ll use these contact details to keep in touch so we can tell you about our events and other information you have asked for. We will keep your information until you unsubscribe.You can easily unsubscribe at any time at the bottom of our newsletters or by emailing us at info@londonkidslitfest.org
We’re not in the business of selling, renting or trading our mailing list with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes. We’re not fans of others who do it and we’re not going to do it ourselves.
Using our website
Most of the websites you visit, including ours, use cookies which are small text files that do lots of different jobs including making the site faster, easier to use and more secure. If you want to book events on our website you’ll need them and you can change your settings any time.
When you visit a page with content embedded from Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or GoogleMaps, you may be presented with cookies from these websites and we do not control how these cookies are used.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how our visitors use and navigate our website. This information cannot identify you personally and we only share general data with our funders. You can also refer to the Google Analytics Privacy Policy
Maintaining your information
We have in place appropriate safeguards, both in terms of our procedures and the technology we use, to keep your personal information as secure as possible. Only relevant members of our volunteer team who require access to your information to organise our events will have access to it.
Our Ticketing Provider
If you’ve made a booking for one of our events, then your information will be stored and used by our third party ticket provider Ticketsolve in accordance with their Privacy Policy http://www.ticketsolve.com/privacy-cookies/
Photography & Filming
We may take photographs or film at our events to use on our social media, marketing, reporting and for our records. We will tell you when we are doing this and if you are unhappy with your class or school being included, you should let one of our volunteers know. If you change your mind about us keeping and using photographs or footage of you or your school, you can contact us at any time.
Volunteering
If you volunteer for us, we will ask you for your name, address and other contact details, so we can contact you and provide you with information about our programme and support as part of your work. We’ll also ask you about any access needs you have to make sure you get the most out of your experience and for your emergency contact details which will only be used in the event of an emergency. When you stop volunteering with us, we will keep your information for two years to enable us to provide references about your time and activities with the Festival.
Updates to our Privacy Notice
We’re learning as we grow and we are committed to being as safe, open and upfront as possible about what data we hold. We may update this notice from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this notice. If necessary, we’ll ask your permission.
Contact us
We’ve done our best here to make our explanations short and easy to understand but if you’d like further information, or have any questions relating to this Privacy Notice, then please email us at info@londonkidslitfest.org
Updated January 2026
