Website Terms of Use

These Website Terms of Use explain the conditions on which you may access and use the Rushden and District Community Charity website at https://rdccharity.org.uk.

Please read these terms carefully before using our website. By accessing or using our website, you confirm that you accept these terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you should not use our website.

These terms apply to everyone who uses our website, including visitors, supporters, donors, volunteers, and people seeking help from Rushden and District Community Charity.

About Rushden and District Community Charity

Rushden and District Community Charity (referred to in these terms as “we”, “us” or “our”) is a registered charity in England and Wales, charity number 1213340.

Our main correspondence address is:

Rushden and District Community Charity
113 High Street South
Rushden NN10 0PB
United Kingdom

You can contact us about these Terms of Use by:

Email: hello@rdccharity.org.uk
Telephone: 07519002997

If you have any questions about this page or how we use your information, please get in touch using the details above.

Using our website

We provide our website for general information about Rushden and District Community Charity and our work supporting the local community. The content on our website is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely.

Although we make reasonable efforts to keep the information on our website accurate and up to date, we do not give any guarantees, warranties, or representations (express or implied) that the content is complete, accurate, or current.

Access to our website is provided free of charge and on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue, or change all or any part of our website without notice.

You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and that they comply with them.

Acceptable use of this website

You must use our website in a lawful, responsible, and respectful way. You may not use our website:

In any way that breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation.
To send, receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable.
To send or procure the sending of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional material, spam, or similar communications using any forms or contact details on our website.
To attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which it is stored, or any server, computer, database, or network connected to our website.
To introduce knowingly or recklessly any viruses, malware, trojans, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful, or to carry out any form of attack on our website (including denial-of-service or distributed denial-of-service attacks).
In any way that infringes the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or other rights of any person or organisation.

We may take any action we consider appropriate if you breach these Acceptable Use rules, including suspending or ending your access to our website and, where necessary, reporting concerns to the relevant authorities.

Intellectual property rights

Unless we state otherwise, we (or our licensors) own all intellectual property rights in our website and in the material published on it, including text, images, logos, graphics, and the overall design and layout. These works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may view, download, and print pages from our website for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that you do not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices and that you do not modify the material in any way.

You must not use any part of the content on our website for commercial purposes without first obtaining written permission from us or from our licensors (as appropriate).

You are welcome to link to our public web pages in a way that is fair and lawful and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not suggest that we endorse you, your organisation, or your website where no such relationship exists.

If you submit any content to us through our website (for example, via a form), you confirm that you have the right to share that content and that it does not infringe the rights of anyone else. You also grant us a non-exclusive licence to use that content for the purposes of operating our charity and responding to your enquiry.

Our responsibility for loss or damage

Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations, or other terms which may apply to our website or any content on it, whether express or implied.

We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

Use of, or inability to use, our website; or
Use of or reliance on any content displayed on our website.

In particular, we will not be liable for any loss of profits, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss or corruption of data, or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

We do not guarantee that our website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your own information technology, computer programmes, and platform in order to access our website, and you should use your own virus protection software.

Nothing in these Terms of Use affects your legal rights that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites and resources. These links are provided for your information or convenience only.

We have no control over the content, security, or availability of those sites or resources, and we are not responsible for them. The presence of a link does not mean that we endorse or recommend the linked site, its operators, or any products or services they provide.

If you follow a link to any third-party website, you do so at your own risk. We recommend that you check the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

Changes to these Terms of Use

We may update these Terms of Use from time to time, for example to reflect changes in the law, in our activities, or in the way our website operates.

Any changes we make will take effect when we publish the updated Terms of Use on this page. The “last updated” date (where shown) will tell you when we last made changes.

We encourage you to check this page regularly so that you are aware of the current version of these terms. Where it is appropriate, we may draw your attention to significant changes by displaying a notice on our website.

Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms of Use, their subject matter and formation, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including non-contractual disputes or claims), are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

The courts of England and Wales will have jurisdiction over any such dispute or claim. If you are an individual resident in another country, you may also benefit from any mandatory consumer protection provisions of the laws of that country, and nothing in these terms affects those protections.