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DISCLAIMER All known copyrights are acknowledged. In particular we acknowledge the Microsoft copyright to some of the pictures on our home/index page. If you own the copyright to any other image or text, then please contact us and we will credit it to you or remove it. Although the infant trust will endeavour to ensure that all information is as up to date and accurate as possible, it cannot accept any liability for the accuracy of the information on this website.Terms & Conditions By viewing any pages that constitute this web site, a person becomes a 'user' of the site and agrees to the terms and conditions of use below: 1. PRIVACY 1.1 the infant trust intends using any personal or organisational particulars you submit to us via email only to respond to any specific request for information you have made in this communication, and, with the exception of possible communication and use of this information in terms of 1.2 below, will not use this information in any other way or disclose it to any third party without your express written consent, unless forced to do so by law. 1.2 As a result of your electronic or other communication with us, we may request permission to send electronic messages or other communications of a commercial nature to you, permission that must be explicitly granted by you before we will send such communications. We may also use this information to compile profiles for statistical purposes and use such profiles in the course of our business, but these profiles or statistical data will never be able to be linked to your specific profile and contact details by any third party. 2. COPYRIGHT 2.1 Unless included in our DISCLAIMER as above, all the content on this web site, including any and all graphics, text, icons, logos and hyperlinks is the intellectual property of the infant trust and is protected by local and international law dealing with copyright and intellectual property rights. The software we have used is acknowledged as having been developed by Microsoft and the infant trust complies with it's End User License Agreement. 2.2 All rights to this content are reserved, and such content may only be used with the express permission in writing of an authorised representative of the infant trust. To obtain permission for the commercial use of any content on this site, please contact the infant trust at contact@infant-trust.org.uk All rights not specifically granted in terms of these terms and conditions or by special permission are reserved. 2.3 No person, business or web site may frame this site or any of the pages on this site in any way whatsoever without the permission in writing of the authorised representative of the infant trust, as recorded above. 3. HYPERLINKS 3.1 No person, business or web site may link to any page on this site without first requesting permission to do so from the infant trust in writing. Such permission can be sought via contact@infant-trust.org.uk . 3.2 Hyperlinks provided on this site to web pages that do not form part of this web site and are not owned by the infant trust are provided as is and the infant trust is not responsible and may not be held responsible in any way for the content on such web pages. 4. DISCLAIMER 4.1 the infant trust, and any of the infant trust's agents or representatives shall not be liable for any damage, loss or liability, however arising, from the use or inability to use this web site or the services, content or information provided on and through this web site. 4.2 the infant trust makes no express or implied representations or warranties that the content and service available from this web site are free from errors or omissions or that the service will be 100% uninterrupted and error free. Users are encouraged to report any possible malfunctions and errors to the contact points for the infant trust. 4.3 This web site is available on the World Wide Web for any user with access to the world wide web to view 'as is', and has not been compiled or designed to meet each user's individual requirements. the infant trust will not be held responsible for any inconvenience, loss or damage that a user may suffer as a result of failure to meet such requirements. Users are encouraged to give any feedback or comments on the site to contact@infant-trust.org.uk 5. SECURITY 5.1 Any legal person that delivers or attempts to deliver any damaging code to this web site, to gain unauthorised access to any page on this web site, to tamper with any of the content or pages that constitute this web site or duplicate such pages or content shall be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, and civil damages shall be claimed in the event that the infant trust suffers any damage or loss as a result of such actions. 6.1 This web site is controlled and operated by the infant trust, a legal entity incorporated in terms of the laws of the UK, and therefore UK law and the jurisdiction of the UK courts shall govern any action or claim that may arise from the use or inability to use this site. 7. DISPUTES 7.1 All disputes in terms of this agreement or relating to the use or inability to use this web site shall be settled by arbitration conducted in the UK. Such arbitration shall be held in London, UK near where the infant trust has its head office, and the unsuccessful party shall pay all costs incurred by the successful party in attending and preparing for such arbitration. 8. WHOLE AGREEMENT 8.1 This agreement constitutes the whole agreement between the infant trust and the user, and no terms and conditions that are not expressly stated in this agreement may be implied by either party. 8.2 the infant trust reserves the right to change this agreement or any part thereof at anytime without notice. 9. POLICIES 9.1 Working with children
the infant trust does not undertake work with individual children but
does work with and support partner organisations that have direct
dealings with children. In order to ensure the greatest safety for
children
the infant trust aims to ensure that all its partner
organisations adhere to what is considered to be best practice and,
where ever possible, is compliant with best UK practice as well as
following the guidelines of best practice in the country of work 9.2 Trustees’ expenses Trustees of the infant trust are not paid for their role as trustee. the infant trust may pay for reasonable expenses for travel to and from meetings and for travel abroad connected with the infant trust work - these expenses must be sanctioned by the Board. 9.3 Internet research Whilst undertaking work and/or research on behalf of the infant trust it is sometimes necessary for officers or trustees of the charity to search and check the internet for issues related to abuse, rape and sexual assault of infants and children. It is possible that, whilst in a legitimate search for information to further the cause and work of the charity, the said officers or trustees may stumble across internet sites containing illegal and/or immoral pictures or data.Any trustee or officer of the infant trust must:
9.4 Insurance All trustees and officers of the infant trust are personally responsible for having their own adequate insurance for possessions or medical cover when on infant trust business. the infant trust is not liable for any injury or loss, nor will it pay for insurance premiums. 9.5 Risk assessments An assessment of risk to the infant trust, trustee[s] or officer[s] of the trust will be undertaken prior to each individual visit to South Africa. All risks will be minimised wherever possible and each traveller must ensure that they are appropriately vaccinated and carry sufficient insurance to cover all known eventualities. the infant trust will pay for vaccination costs related to such travel. 9.6 Funding projects Projects will only be funded according to our criteria although the infant trust reserves the right to commit small amounts [<£500] in single grants 9.7 Recruiting trustees New trustees will be recruited when the Board of the infant trust deems it necessary. All new trustees will be recruited through a transparent process that involves advertisement, interview by or meeting with at least 2 Board members; the receipt of a rejection or formal offer to join the Board will be the final outcome. No expenses incurred in the recruitment process by a putative candidate can be reclaimed 9.8 Review of policies Policies will be reviewed annually to make any changes or additions in the light of new legislation, expansion of the work of the infant trust or expansion/changes in activity or developments in a ‘new’ country. These policies were approved at the annual general meeting of the charity on July 19th 2006 Lesley Rudd, Chief Executive |
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