Terms and Conditions
Welcome to our website!
We are the Surrey County Childminding Association also referred to as “SCCMA”, “us” or “we” below. We are a registered charity, our registered charity number is 1036428. Contact is S Marshall, 32 Penfold Croft, Farnham, GU9 9JD
The terms and conditions (the “Terms”) set out below will govern your use of the following website that we operate and that can be found at:
www.sccma.org.uk;
(the “Website”).
Your access to, and use of these Websites, is subject to the Terms. If you continue to browse and use these Websites you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following Terms, which together with our Privacy Policy and our terms of sale, should you wish to purchase a product from our online shop, govern SCCMA’s relationship with you in relation to these Websites.
The term “you” refers to the user, browser or viewer of these Websites.
Acceptable Use
You may only use these Websites in accordance with these Terms for lawful purposes which include complying with all applicable laws, regulations, codes of practice within the United Kingdom or other jurisdiction from which you are accessing these Websites.
In particular you agree that you will not:
- use these Websites in a manner which causes or may cause an infringement of the rights of any third parties;
- post, transmit, or disseminate any information on or via these Websites which is, or may be, harmful, obscene, defamatory or illegal;
- attempt to interfere with the operation or functionality of these Websites including, without limitation, uploading, downloading or transmitting corrupt files or computer viruses or other harmful material, or using any software, routine or device to interfere with the Websites;
- take any action that causes an unreasonable or excessively large load on the infrastructure of the Websites;
- obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorised access to the Websites, including access through the false use of a password or personal identification number, or attempt to misrepresent your identity or authority to act on behalf of another;
- proxy or mirror without our prior written permission; or
- violate these Terms in any other manner.
We reserve the right to deny you access to these Websites where we believe, in our discretion, that you are in breach of any of these Terms.
Bulletin Boards and Discussion Groups
The Websites may include bulletin boards, discussion groups and other public areas that allow feedback to SCCMA and interaction between users ("Forums"). While SCCMA does not control the information posted to Forums (the "Messages"), it reserves the right (which it may exercise at its sole discretion without notice) to delete, move or edit the Messages and you waive any moral rights that you may have in regard to the Messages.
You are solely responsible for the content of your Messages. You must comply with any rules posted by SCCMA on a Forum, if any.
You may not:
- post or otherwise publish any Messages containing any form of advertising for goods and services;
- post or otherwise publish any Messages that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libellous, indecent, infringe the rights of third parties or which contain any other form of illegal content;
- post or otherwise publish any Messages that contain a virus or other harmful component;
- restrict or inhibit any other user from using the Forums.
By submitting messages to any Forum you agree to indemnify and hold harmless, SCCMA from all claims, costs and expenses (including legal expenses) arising out of any Messages posted or published by you that are in breach of this.
By submitting Messages to any Forums you are granting SCCMA a perpetual royalty-free non-exclusive licence to copy, reproduce, recompile, decompile, disassemble, display, perform, modify, upload to create derivative works from, transmit, communicate, adapt, make available, distribute, publish and sub-license the Message in whole or in part and in print or electronic to the extent that it is necessary for SCCMA to make available the Messages to other users and to ensure that all information in any Messages in any form comply with any applicable statutory provisions or SCCMA policies.
Warranties. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
The information contained in these Websites is provided by SCCMA and is for general information purposes only. Whilst we use reasonable efforts to keep the information up-to-date and accurate, errors may occur and we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness, reliability, suitability for any particular purpose or availability with respect to the Websites or the information, materials, products, services, or related graphics contained on the Websites for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
Your use of any information or materials on these website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any product, service or information available through these Websites meet your specific requirements.
Access to the Websites is provided on an “as is” and on an “as available” basis and whilst we make all reasonable effort to keep the Websites up and running smoothly. we take no responsibility for and will not be liable for the Websites being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we expressly exclude liability for the content of these Websites and all implied warranties, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy are excluded from these Terms.
We do not warrant that the Websites will be available uninterrupted or error free or that any defects will be corrected.
In no event will we be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, punitive or exemplary losses or damages, loss of data or loss of profits arising out of or in connection with:
- access to, or the use, of these Websites;
- delay or inability to use these Websites; or
- the information contained in these Websites,
including, but not limited to loss of profits, anticipated savings, revenues, data, goodwill or contracts resulting from contract, tort (including negligence) or whatever cause.
Nothing in these Terms excludes our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or in respect of fraudulent misrepresentation.
You acknowledge that any unauthorised use of these Websites may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
Indemnity
As a condition of using these Websites, you agree to indemnify, and keep indemnified, us against all liabilities, claims, losses, costs, damages and expenses including legal fees incurred by us should you breach any of these Terms. We reserve the right to assume the defence and control of any matter subject to indemnity by you and, in such case, you undertake to co-operate in full with our defence of any such claim.
Viruses
Whilst we try to keep our anti-virus software up-to-date we do not warrant that the Websites, its servers, downloadable files or e-mails which may be sent by us, are free from viruses or other harmful components.
You must not:
- introduce or attempt to introduce any virus or other contaminant to the Website or any of its software or systems; or
- in any way attempt to access, alter, de-compile, reverse engineer, destroy or otherwise tamper with any part of the Website, its software or system.
Copyright
These Websites contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics.
Except as is otherwise indicated on the Websites, we and/or our licensors are the owners of the copyright (and all related intellectual property rights, including but not limited to all database rights, unregistered and registered trade marks, service marks and logos) in all the content featured on these Websites, including the organisation and layout of these Websites and the underlying software code relating to the Websites. All our rights and our licensors’ rights are reserved.
You shall not copy, reproduce, permanently store, retransmit, adapt, download, exploit or otherwise use part or all of the contents in any form other than the following:
- you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts from the Websites for your personal and non-commercial use only, providing no modifications are made and the document is copied entirely; and
- you may copy the content of the Websites to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the Websites as the source of the material and providing no modifications are made and the document is copied entirely.
You shall not, except with our express prior written permission, distribute or commercially exploit part or all of the content of the Websites. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.
Some documents and photographs have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners when they are not SCCMA. All rights are reserved on these documents and permission to copy, reproduce, permanently store, retransmit, adapt, download, exploit or otherwise use them must be requested from the relevant copyright owners (the sources are indicated within these documents/photographs).
The trade marks, logos and service marks (collectively the “Trade Marks”) displayed on the Websites (whether registered or unregistered) are and shall remain the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Websites shall be construed as granting any licence or right to use any Trade Mark displayed on the Websites without the written permission of the relevant Trade Mark owner. Your misuse or infringement of any of the Trade Marks displayed on the Website is strictly prohibited.
If you wish to use, amend or reproduce any of the materials on this Websites in any manner other than as expressly permitted under these Terms, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Linking to our websites
From time to time these Websites may include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience and for further information only and we have no control over the nature, content and availability of those website. The presence of these links does not mean that we endorse such websites or the views expressed within them. We do not accept any responsibility for the information, material, products or services contained in, or accessible through, any linked website.
Your access and use of such third party websites is solely at your own risk.
We welcome interest in the Websites and are happy that people wish to introduce the Websites to people visiting their own websites. However, you may not create a link to these Websites from another website or document without SCCMA’s prior written consent. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to request a link.
On obtaining our consent to create a link you must ensure, at all time, that such link does not:
- use SCCMA’s logo without written permission from SCCMA;
- implies or suggests any partnership, form of association, approval or endorsement on our part of the company, individual, product, information or services where none exists with SCCMA,
- misrepresent your/your company’s relationship with SCCMA.
SCCMA reserves the right to discontinue links at any time without explanation and the website owner agrees to discontinue the link immediately.
General
Your use of these Websites and any dispute arising out of such use of the Websites is subject to the laws of England and Wales and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
We may make improvements or changes to the information, services and other materials on the Websites or terminate the Websites at any time without notice. We may also amend these Terms from time to time. If we make any substantial changes we will notify you by posting a notice on the Websites. You are bound by any changes we make to these Terms. You can view the current version of these Terms at any time by clicking on the Terms link, on the homepage of the Websites.
The headings in these Terms are for convenience only and shall not affect the meanings of these Terms.
If any provision of these Terms is unenforceable, it shall not affect the enforceability of the rest of them.
These Terms and the Privacy Policy contain all the terms of your agreement with us relating to the use of these Websites. No other written or oral statement will be incorporated.