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Mike returns to the pool after brain injury thanks to Alderwood

Mike Short, aged 58, loved swimming until he suffered a brain injury while having surgery when he was 22 years old. Thanks to Alderwood, Mike is ‘making a splash’ by attending weekly swimming sessions.

December 18, 2025

Necessary Cookies

Necessary

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookie Name	Provider	Type	Expiry	Data sent to
_grecaptcha	carebase.org.uk	HTML	Persistent	United States
Purpose: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
_GRECAPTCHA	google.com	HTTP	179 days	United States
Purpose: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
_wpss_h_	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 day	Germany
Purpose: Used in order to detect spam and improve the website's security.
_wpss_p_	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 day	Germany
Purpose: Used in order to detect spam and improve the website's security.
AWSALBCORS	zopim.com	HTTP	6 days	Ireland
Purpose: Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience.
CookieConsent	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	30 days	Ireland
Purpose: Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain
gdpr[allowed_cookies]	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 year	Germany
Purpose: Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. This ensures that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry.
gdpr[consent_types]	carebase.org.uk/	HTTP	1 year	Germany
Purpose: Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. This ensures that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry.
JCS_INENREF	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 day	Germany
Purpose: This cookie is used to detect and discard spam or malware.
JCS_INENTIM	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 day	Germany
Purpose: This cookie is used to detect and discard spam or malware.
PHPSESSID	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	Session	Germany
Purpose: Preserves user session state across page requests.
rc::a	google.com	HTML	Persistent	United States
Purpose: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
rc::b	google.com	HTML	Session	United States
Purpose: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.
rc::c	google.com	HTML	Session	United States
Purpose: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.
rc::d#	google.com	HTML	Persistent	United States
Purpose: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.
test_cookie	doubleclick.net	HTTP	1 day	United States
Purpose: Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.
__zlcmid	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 year	United States
Purpose: Preserves users states across page requests.

Statistics & Marketing

Statistics

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Cookie Name	Provider	Type	Expiry	Data sent to
_dc_gtm_UA-#	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 day	United States
Purpose: Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag.
_ga	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	2 years	United States
Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_ga	flipsnack.com	HTTP	1 day	United Kingdom
Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_gat	flipsnack.com	HTTP	1 day	United Kingdom
Purpose: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate
_gid	flipsnack.com	HTTP	1 day	United States
Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 day	United Kingdom
Purpose: This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice.
_hjFirstSeen	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 day	United Kingdom
Purpose: This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website.
_hjid	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 year	United Kingdom
Purpose: Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	1 day	United Kingdom
Purpose: Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimisation.
AnalyticsSyncHistory	linkedin.com	HTTP	29 days	United States
Purpose: Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service.
collect	google-analytics.com	Pixel	Session	United States
Purpose: Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.

Marketing

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Cookie Name	Provider	Type	Expiry	Data sent to
_fbp	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	3 months	Netherlands
Purpose: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
_gcl_au	carebase.org.uk	HTTP	3 months	United States
Purpose: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
ads/ga-audiences	google.com	Pixel	Session	United States
Purpose: Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites.
bcookie	linkedin.com	HTTP	2 year	United States
Purpose: Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
bscookie	linkedin.com	HTTP	2 year	United States
Purpose: Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
fr	facebook.com	HTTP	3 months	United States
Purpose: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
lang	linkedin.com	HTTP	Session	United States
Purpose: Set by LinkedIn when a web page contains an embedded "Follow us" panel.
lidc	linkedin.com	HTTP	1 day	United States
Purpose: Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
pagead/landing	doubleclick.net	Pixel	Session	United States
Purpose: Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.
pagead/landing	google.com	Pixel	Session	United States
Purpose: Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.
tr	facebook.com	Pixel	Session	United States
Purpose: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
UserMatchHistory	linkedin.com	HTTP	29 days	United States
Purpose: Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.
#,#	carebase.org.uk	HTML	Persistent	United States
Purpose: Unclassified
##,#_expiresAt/strong>	carebase.org.uk	HTML	Persistent	United States
Purpose: Unclassified
#lang	wads.linkedin.com	HTTP	SESSION	United States
Purpose: Remembers the user's selected language version of a website

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