Jobs in charities and Third Sector vacancies – Terms and Conditions

Charity jobs and third sector jobs listed throughout the UK. The following terms and conditions are for use for voluntarysectorjobs.co.uk (VSJ) which is owned by Abbey Solutions International Ltd. The Terms and Conditions apply however you visit VSJ, either by the world wide web, pc, laptop or pda, mobile phone or other electronic devices.

By using Voluntary Sector Jobs (VSJ)  you are deemed to have accepted these conditions.

1. Permitted Use Subject to what is said below, material from VSJ may be downloaded, viewed, listened-to, printed, copied on the hard disk of your computer (but not photocopied) and used for: your own personal, non-commercial purposes; internal business purposes; or the non-commercial purpose of using VSJ as a personal information resource in good faith. Single copies of pages from VSJ may be printed out for the sole purposes of enabling the person printing the page to retain a copy for their own personal records. Any other type of use (and, in particular, any copying or distribution of material from VSJ for any commercial or business purpose) requires the prior written agreement of Abbey Solutions.

1.2 You agree that you will not use VSJ: for the posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any material which infringes the rights of any person or which is unlawful in any other respect; in any way which is abusive, defamatory or obscene or which will harass, distress or inconvenience any person or which might restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of VSJ by any person; which will compromise the privacy or data protection rights of any person; for the posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail”, “spam”, “chain letters”, “pyramid schemes”, or any other form of solicitation or commercial exploitation; for the posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; to create a database that includes material downloaded from VSJ; to transmit or re-circulate any material obtained from VSJ to any third party; or in any way that might bring Abbey Solutions or any of its related companies or employees into disrepute.

2. Registration You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested by Abbey Solutions in the registration form or any other form that is required for registration by a candidate or employer. You agree to maintain and promptly update the Registration Information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. You agree to keep the password for your access confidential and agree not to permit anyone else to have access to it outside your organisation. You agree to be fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password.

2.1 You agree to immediately notify Abbey Solutions of any unauthorised use of your password.

2.2 You agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Abbey Solutions cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these requirements.

3. Removal of material and cancellation of access to VSJ

3.1 Abbey Solutions shall have the right to cancel your registration and/or refuse you access to VSJ at any time and for any reason without giving you any advance notice and Abbey Solutions shall not be liable for any losses or damages whatsoever (other than losses or damages for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of Abbey Solutions or its employees) arising from your inability to access any of the pages on VSJ.

3.2 Abbey Solutions shall have the right at any time and for any reason to remove from the pages on VSJ any material posted, uploaded, emailed or otherwise transmitted by you without giving you any advance notice and Abbey Solutions shall not be liable for any losses or damages whatsoever (other than losses or damages for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of Abbey Solutions or its employees) arising from the removal of such material.

3.3 Abbey Solutions will not view or edit or pre-screen any contribution that you or anyone else make to the interactive pages of VSJ and therefore, unless Abbey Solutions is specifically notified of the nature of any item of content, you cannot assume that they are responsible for having made it available on VSJ. Abbey Solutions shall have the right (but not the obligation) to refuse or remove any content that is posted to, or made available on, the forums or the website without the need to give any reasons for doing so.

3.4 If you object to the publication of any material placed on VSJ please let Abbey Solutions know by calling   0845 123 7930   or by sending an appropriately worded letter to : VSJ, 76 Sheen Lane, London SW14 8LP.

4. Rights of Clearance The copyright, and other rights, in some of the material appearing on VSJ may belong to a third party. It is your responsibility to obtain any licences or permissions that may be required to use such material and you agree to pay any costs or expenses incurred by Abbey Solutions which arise as a result of your failure to obtain such licences and permissions.

5. Submitting Content You may submit material for publication on parts of VSJ, including blogs, forums and Ads of the day/week. We accept no liability in respect of any material submitted by users and published by us and we are not responsible for its content and accuracy. If you want to submit material to Abbey Solutions for publication on VSJ, you may do so on the following terms and conditions:

5.1 Abbey Solutions may publish and make available to the public by any means any material that you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to them or to VSJ at their sole discretion and they shall be entitled to make additions or deletions to any such material prior to publication.

5.2 You hereby grant Abbey Solutions a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and worldwide licence to republish any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to them or VSJ in any format, including without limitation print and electronic format.

5.3 You hereby waive all of the moral rights that you have under Chapter IV of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 in respect of any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to Abbey Solutions or VSJ.

5.4 Publication of any material you submit to us will be at Abbey Solutions’ sole discretion. Abbey Solutions reserves the right to make additions or deletions to the text or graphics prior to publication, or to refuse publication.

5.5 You warrant to Abbey Solutions that any material you submit to VSJ is your own original work and that you own the copyright and any other relevant rights.

5.6 You warrant that the material you submit and the language that you use is not obscene, abusive, hateful, offensive, defamatory of any person or otherwise illegal.

5.7 You agree not to post material which is deliberately intended to upset other users, to breach confidence, to compromise privacy or to process personal data in an unauthorised manner.

5.8 You agree not to post material which may encourage criminal conduct or which may give rise to civil liability, or which is otherwise unlawful.

5.9 You agree not to place any links on VSJ where those links take users to unlawful material or material that contravenes these terms.

5.10 You agree that, except where expressly permitted by Abbey Solutions, you will not to place on VSJ advertisements nor make commercial solicitations nor use VSJ for any commercial purposes (which would include using VSJ to promote or encourage the sale of your goods/services).

5.11 You acknowledge that any breach of these warranties may cause Abbey Solutions damage or loss and you agree to indemnify Abbey Solutions in full and permanently against any third party liabilities, claims, costs, loss or damage we incur as a result of publishing material you submit to us, including consequential losses.

5.12 Abbey Solutions reserves the right to remove your access to individual services completely if Abbey Solutions believes that you are abusing the services in any way.

6. Liability

6.1 Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information provided by Abbey Solutions and its employees in these pages, the contents of VSJ reflect the opinions of the writers, they do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Abbey Solutions, they are personal to the writer and are naturally subject to change from time to time. It is the responsibility of users to check the accuracy of relevant facts and take appropriate professional advice before entering into any commitment based upon them.

6.2 Abbey Solutions can not guarantee that your use of VSJ will be free from error and/or uninterrupted. Abbey Solutions, its directors, its employees and its representatives exclude, in so far as it is legally possible, all liability and responsibility for any damages (other than liability for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of Abbey Solutions or its officers) including, but not limited to, indirect or consequential damages, damages for loss of opportunity or chance, or any damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use, data, or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence, arising out of, or in connection with, any information on VSJ or any other Internet sites or the use thereof.

6.3 Some of the pages on VSJ include material (including, but not limited to, advertisements) posted by third parties. This includes most of the material that is posted on the Jobs section of VSJ which has been posted by third party employment agencies and businesses. Individual users and advertisers are solely responsible for the content of advertising and other material which they submit to Abbey Solutions and for ensuring that such content complies with all relevant legislation. Abbey Solutions accepts no responsibility for the content of material posted by third parties, including, without limitation, any error, omission or inaccuracy therein.

7. Links

7.1 Some of the pages on VSJ include links to external websites. These links are included to give users the opportunity to access other pages that it is felt may be of assistance to them. Abbey Solutions is not responsible for the content of these Internet sites.

7.2 You may not display the contents of VSJ (or any page from it) to be displayed surrounded or framed or otherwise surrounded by material not originating from VSJ

8. Viruses

8.2 Abbey Solutions excludes, in so far as it is legally possible, all liability and responsibility (other than liability for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of Abbey Solutions or its officers) for any viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or other material transmitted with or as part of: (a) the pages on VSJ or any other Internet sites; or (b) any material downloaded from VSJ or any other Internet sites.

9. Intellectual Property

The names, images and logos identifying Abbey Solutions or third parties and their products and services, are the proprietary marks of Abbey Solutions, and/or may be the proprietary marks of third parties. Any use made of these marks may be an infringement of rights in those marks and Abbey Solutions reserves all rights to enforce such rights that it might have.

10. Variations

These terms may be varied from time to time. Please ensure that you review these terms and conditions regularly as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use VSJ after any variation has been posted.

11. Severability If any of these terms and conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from the terms and conditions and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

12. Jurisdiction

12.1 VSJ has been created with UK users in mind and therefore its content may not be appropriate or lawful outside of the UK. Users from outside of the UK should therefore verify for themselves whether or not it is appropriate for them to access VSJ.

12.2 The terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from matters relating to VSJ shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.