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Terms and Conditions for #YourImpact2019 competition

“Big Society Capital”, “us” or “we” means Big Society Capital Limited, whose registered office is situated at 8-10 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1AZ and whose company number is 07599565.

1. Eligibility: #YourImpact2019 (the Competition) is open only to those who enter the Competition through submitting a photo or video and tagging @goodfinanceuk #YourImpact2019 on social media: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Instagram.

2. Competition Period: Entries will be accepted online starting on or about 29th October 2019 and ending 3rd December 2019. All entries must be received by 3rd December 2019 11:59PM GMT (the End Date).

3. How to Enter: Enter via social media by taking a photo or video and submitting an entry using the hashtag #YourImpact2019 @goodfinanceuk. Entries that are not complete or do not adhere to the rules or specifications may not be included in the Competition. Your organisation may enter a maximum of three times.

4. Additional Conditions. You may request a cancellation of your entry or entries within 15 business days of the End Date by contacting Big Society Capital by email at iranjan@bigsocietycapital.com

5. Prizes: Winners will receive as a prize a day of voluntary support. The specifics of the prize shall be determined solely at Big Society Capital’s discretion. However, adjustments will be made to try and match the request of the winner were possible. No cash or other prize substitution is permitted. The prize is non-transferable, other than between a social investor and the organisation featured in the entry. No substitution of the prize or transfer/assignment of the prize to others or request for the cash equivalent by winners is permitted. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission Big Society Capital to use the winner's name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.

Big Society Capital does not assume any responsibility for or obligation to provide you with any assistance. By taking part in the campaign, the winners expressly waive any such claim for liability or compensation. Winners should seek specialist advice and support in relation to specific circumstances. Big Society Capital shall not be liable for any damage (including, without limitation, damage for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of, or inability to use, support or material contained from it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of receiving voluntary support.

6. Winner selection and notification: Winners will be selected at the sole discretion of Big Society Capital. Winners will be notified via social media and via email within five calendar days following the winner selection. Big Society Capital shall have no liability for a winner's failure to receive notices due to winners' spam, junk e-mail or other security settings or for winners' provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information. If the selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim the prize within 15 days from the time the award notification was sent, or fails to return a completed and executed declaration and releases as required within five business days, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. The receipt by the winner of the prize offered in this Competition is conditioned upon compliance with any and all applicable  laws and regulations.

7. Rights Granted by You: By entering the Competition you understand that Big Society Capital, anyone acting on behalf of Big Society Capital, or its respective licensees, successors and assigns will have the right, where permitted by law, without any further notice, review or consent to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter in perpetuity and throughout the world, your entry, including, without limitation, the entry and winner's name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image or statements, and biographical information as news, publicity or information and for trade, advertising, public relations and promotional purposes without any further compensation.

8. Terms: Big Society Capital reserve the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition should (in its sole discretion) causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Competition. In such case, Big Society Capital may select the recipients from all eligible entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken. Big Society Capital has the right, in its sole discretion, to maintain the integrity of the Competition, to void entries for any reason, including, but not limited to; multiple entries from the same user.

9. Consent: By submitting your entry or entries you confirm that you have obtained the consent of each individual featured in your entry or entries for you and Big Society Capital to process their personal data and for you to transfer their personal data to Big Society Capital.

10. Content: The content of your entry or entries must not be capable of being construed as a financial promotion. Big Society Capital reserves the right to not consider for selection as a winner any entry that could be construed as a financial promotion.

11. Privacy Policy: Information submitted with an entry is subject to the Big Society Capital Privacy Policy stated on the Good Finance UK Web Site. To read the Privacy Policy, click here.


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The website is subject to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”). Your use of this website constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, and takes effect on the date of your first use of the website.

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Nothing in this website constitutes investment, legal, accounting or tax advice, or a representation that any investment or strategy is suitable or appropriate to your individual circumstances, or otherwise constitutes a personal recommendation to you. We do not advise on the tax consequences of investments and you are advised to contact an independent tax adviser. Please note in particular that the bases and levels of taxation may change. Information on this website may relate to investments or services of an entity/person outside of the United Kingdom and further details as to where this may be the case are available upon request in respect of this material.

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We keep information disclosed by you to Us through this website, including but not limited to your contact details (the “Information”) for the following reasons:

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In addition, as with the vast majority of websites, We automatically log certain information about every request made of Us, including users’ IP addresses. This information is used for the purposes of system administration, maintenance, problem solving and the production of usage statistics. Subsets of this data may be passed to the administrators of other computer systems or computer security teams for purposes such as the investigation of access problems or as part of investigations of computer misuse. Otherwise, the logged information is not passed to any third party except as stated elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions. Summary statistics may be made publicly available (e.g. to demonstrate patterns of use), but those that are will not include information from which individuals could be identified. We will not give or sell your name or address to anyone for marketing purposes. 

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Users must not reproduce, download, store in any medium, distribute, transmit or retransmit or manipulate any materials (including information, images, logos, photos, and the overall appearance of the website) except for the purposes of personal research or private study, or for temporarily downloading or viewing pages. Reproduction for any other purpose is not permitted without Our written permission which must be obtained in advance.

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Our Details

Our full name is Big Society Capital Limited.

Our registered address is New Fetter Place, 8-10 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1AZ and our registered entity number is 07599565.

Any comments or queries relating to the Terms and Conditions or this website should be made to the Good Finance Project Manager at projectmanager@goodfinance.org.uk

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