Welcome to Volunteer First. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern Volunteer First’s relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.
The term “Volunteer First” or “us” or “we” refers to the owner of the website. Volunteer First is a brand of Communities First Wessex whose registered office is Leigh Park Community Centre, Dunsbury Way, Havant, Hampshire PO9 5BG. Registered Charity no. 1147527 – Company Registered in England and Wales no. 08071971.
The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of our website.
Changes to these Terms
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page.
Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.
Accessing our Website
Our website is made available free of charge.
We do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our website without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our website.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our website through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
Account Log Ins and Passwords
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user account, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
We have the right to disable any user accounts or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at info@volunteerfirst.org
Use of site information
Volunteer First’s Services provide a simple and quick means for Voluntary Community and Social enterprise organisation to promote their volunteering opportunities, profiles, and other webpages related to their services and activities to visitors or browsers on the Services or elsewhere online.
Volunteer First is not the creator, organiser or owner of the volunteering opportunities listed on the Service. Rather, Volunteer First provides its Services, which allows Partner Organisations to manage and promote their cause and current volunteering opportunities. The Partner Organisation is solely responsible for ensuring that any page displaying information on their behalf meets all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and that the goods and services described on the event page are delivered as described and in an accurate satisfactory manner.
This website also contains information which is owned by or licensed to us. These works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. As such rights are reserved. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and the graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright.
Users are welcome to view, download and print information for their own personal use.
Volunteer First must be credited if information is reproduced, information must not be reproduced for commercial purposes.
Users may not use our site in anyway that is illegal, fraudulent or harmful.
User generated content
The Volunteer First website allows users to post comments on content. All comments are moderated before being published. Content that is deemed to be not acceptable will not be published. This could include, but is not limited to, comments that incite illegal goods and services described on the event page are delivered as described and in an accurate satisfactory manner.
This website also contains information which is owned by or licensed to us. These works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. As such rights are reserved. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and the graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright.
Users are welcome to view, download and print information for their own personal use.
Volunteer First must be credited if information is reproduced, information must not be reproduced for commercial purposes.
Users may not use our site in anyway that is illegal, fraudulent or harmful.
Privacy
We know your personal information is important to you and it is important to Volunteer First too. Information provided to us by Users or collected by Volunteer First in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
If you are a Partner Organisation, you represent, warrant and agree that (a) you will at all times comply with all applicable Data Protection legislation, rules and regulations with respect to information you collect from (or receive about) customers, and (b) you will at all times comply with any applicable policies posted on or violent behaviour, adult content, anything that infringers someone else’s rights, comments containing bad language, comments that could be defamatory, adverts for commercial businesses or comments containing personal information.
We reserve the right to remove comments at anytime.
User comments can be used, reproduces, edited or distributed by Volunteer First at anytime.
Comments posted on Volunteer First do not reflect the opinions of Volunteer First.
Liability
The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
Neither we or any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no control over the contents of those sites and accept no responsibility for the content of the lined website(s) or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.
Viruses
We do not guarantee that our website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our website. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our website will cease immediately.
Linking to our Website
You may link to our website, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
You must not establish a link to our website in any website that is not owned by you.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.