About these Terms

1. These terms and conditions (“Terms”) explain the terms and conditions applicable to event booking requests made by you with Growing Young Disciples (“GYD”).

2. These terms and conditions apply to GYD Events (including virtual events) Different cancellation policies may apply to different types of Events, so please read these terms carefully.

3. Making a booking request for an Event constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and your agreement to comply with them. Please read these Terms carefully before you complete an Event booking request. These Terms tell you how Event bookings can be made, changed and cancelled, and other important information. Where you are making a booking on our website, these Terms should be read in conjunction with our website Terms of Use and Cookies and Privacy Statement. Your attention is particularly drawn to the provisions of Clause 9 (Limitation of Liability). We reserve the right to amend these Terms from time to time.

4. If you need to discuss any of these Terms, please contact us. 

Our contact details are:

Email:
Telephone: 07813988172

Web: www.growingyoungdisciples.co.uk

If we need to contact you about your booking request we will do so using the contact details submitted by you during the booking process.

Type of Events we offer

In these Terms:

5. “GYD Training Events” means any in-person course, workshop, programme, conference or residential.

6. “GYD Training” means any virtual training.

7. “Event(s)” means the event that you are making a booking request for at the time of acceptance of these Terms.

Your Booking

8. Submitting an Event booking through our online event booking system does not guarantee you a place at any of our Events. We will issue an automated email confirmation of your booking request. Your place at the Event is not guaranteed until (a) payment of the Event Fee (if applicable) is received or (b) you receive an email from us confirming your place is booked. Payment of the Event Fee must be made at least seven (7) days before the Event.

9. If we cannot accept your booking, we will let you know by email and refund any payment made.

10. It is your responsibility to ensure that the information you provide to us during the booking process is complete and accurate.

11. We reserve the right to give booking preference to those people who meet any attendance criteria for the Event. If applicable, these criteria will be on our website on the page for the Event.

12. We reserve the right to request payment of a Non-Attendance Fee. The amount, if any, will be listed in the Event registration details. Where insufficient notice of cancellation is given, or none at all (see Summary of cancellation Policy), an invoice will be sent by email after the missed Event to complete payment.

13. When GYD accepts your Event booking, it may incur costs associated with your booking. If you:

(a) Fail to attend the Event for which your booking has been accepted, or

(b) Cancel the Event with less than 14 days notice in writing to GYD.

GYD may charge you a Non-Attendance Fee as liquidated damages. The Non-Attendance Fee represents a genuine pre-estimate of GYD’s costs and losses associated with allocating you a place at the Event and is proportionate to our legitimate interests in providing training opportunities to promote the interests of children’s and youth work.

14. If your attendance at an Event is not recorded, the Non-Attendance Fee invoice will be sent by email within 10 days of the Event. If you are due to pay a Non-Attendance Fee you may contact  if you wish to make payment by any other method.

Payment of the Event Fee (where applicable)

15. The fee for the Event will be shown on our website on the page for the Event.

16. Payment of the fee should be made by electronic payment via our website at the time of making the booking request. If you experience difficulties with making payment, please contact our events team to arrange an alternative method of payment.

17. Payment of the fee must be made at least seven (7) days before the Event to guarantee you a place at the Event. If payment of the fee is not received at least seven (7) days before the Event, we reserve the right to reject your booking and offer your place to another applicant.

18. Your receipt of our invoice and/or confirmation completes our contract with you. Non-payment of invoices are subject to debt collection activity.

Deposit (where applicable)

19. We reserve the right to collect a deposit at the time of your Event booking. The amount of deposit required, if any, will be listed in the Event registration details. This deposit will be deducted from the Event fee.

20. If you do not attend the Event or cancel outside the cancellation window, your deposit will not be refunded since GYD will have incurred costs and losses associated with allocating you a place at the Event. Please see the ‘Cancellation by You’ section below for full details.

The Event

21. We will use reasonable endeavours to describe the Event content in the Event descriptions on our website accurately, but these are intended only to give an approximate idea of the Event.

22. We reserve the right to amend the programme of the Event or to cancel the Event and any booking.

23. You may, as part of an Event, be asked to record a video of yourself demonstrating your skills. You may be asked to upload the video to a video-sharing platform e.g. YouTube and share the link to the video with fellow delegates for feedback. The recording, uploading and sharing of a video is not compulsory however you may not get the full benefit of the Event if you abstain. You agree to abide by the relevant video-sharing platform’s user terms and conditions. You agree not to share any illegal, infringing, defamatory or improper content or content that in any way does not meet the standards expected by GYD.

24. GYD does not have control over any links shared during an Event and does not accept any liability for the content being viewed.

25. It is your responsibility to comply with all instructions given at the Event and to comply with all applicable laws, including health and safety laws, fire regulations and any codes of conduct for wi-fi access.

26. If attendance at the Event makes you privy to any information which is marked, or might reasonably be understood to be, confidential, you shall not use such information for any other purpose other than participation in the Event.

27. Attendance at any Event is not guaranteed to meet any revalidation or CPD requirements you may have.

28. Special dietary requirements must be notified to us in writing, either during the booking process or by contacting us by email before the Event.

Data Protection 

29. Our Privacy Policy sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By making a booking for the Event, you consent to such processing by us and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. We may authorise a third party to process such data for the purposes of delivering the Event on terms which are substantially similar to those set out in these Terms. This includes our event booking platform provider and our payment processing provider. We will only ever give your personal data to other third parties where the law either requires us or allows us to do so, or where you have given consent.

30. By making a booking for the Event you consent to the personal data (as defined in the Data Protection Act 2018 as amended) submitted through our booking system being used:

• For all necessary purposes for the administration of the Event including registration, delegate badges and catering;
• To contact you about the Event; and
• To provide delegate lists in hard copy and electronic form to other attendees at the Event including delegates, speakers and third-party sponsors or funders of the Event.
• To share your details with any other organisation involved in co-running the event or where your membership of such organisation is relevant to your eligibility for the event.

31. By attending the Event, you agree that we may use, reproduce and/or publish in any way whatsoever (without any payment being due to you) any photographs and/or video/audio that may pertain to you (including your image, likeness and/or your voice) and that we may licence others to do the same. You agree that such material may be used in our publications, public affairs releases, broadcast material and on our website, or for other related purposes. This agreement will continue until you notify us in writing that permission is withdrawn.

32. Where you are attending a Webinar, GYD may record that Webinar and publish that Webinar on our website for other users to watch. Where you elect to participate in that Webinar, you will be informed prior to participate that you are being recorded. By consenting to participate, you also agree that GYD may use, reproduce and/or publish in any way whatsoever (without any payment being due to you) any photographs and/or video/audio that may pertain to you (including your image, likeness and/or your voice) and that we may licence others to do the same. You agree that such material may be used in our publications, public affairs releases, broadcast material and on our website, or for other related purposes. This agreement will continue until you notify us in writing that permission is withdrawn.

Cancellation by You

33. This cancellation policy applies to all Event bookings once you have received confirmation of receipt of your order including, for example, a confirmation email or an invoice. Please note that when you submit an Event booking application for an event on a specified date and time that you are not entitled to a ‘cooling off period’ under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.

34. Cancellation of GYD Training Events. If you find you are not able to attend the Event after booking a place, please notify us in writing as soon as possible, via email. If a colleague is able to attend in your place and you notify us in writing, we are pleased to accept the substitution at no extra charge subject to such colleague submitting a new booking request for the Event including accepting these Terms. Substitution is permitted if notified in writing up to seven (7) days prior to the Event.

35. Cancellation of GYD Events. If you find you are not able to attend the Event after booking a place, please notify us in writing as soon as possible, via email. We are not able to accept substitutions for GYD Events.

36. If you have paid an Event fee

• If we receive your written notification of cancellation up to fifty (50) days before the Event, we will refund the fee, less the non-attendance fee to cover our administration costs.
• If we receive your written notification of cancellation less than fifty (50) days but up to fourteen (14) days before the Event, we will refund 50% of the fee, inclusive of any non-attendance fee.
• No refund will be available if we receive your written notification of cancellation less than fourteen (14) days prior to the Event or if you do not notify us of cancellation but fail to attend the Event.

If you have not paid an Event Fee,

• If we receive your written notification of cancellation less than fourteen (14) days prior to the Event or If you do not notify us of cancellation but fail to attend the Event, GYD may charge you a Non-Attendance Fee to reflect our wasted costs associated with your booking and the fact we may not be able to allocate your space to another attendee.

Summary of Cancellation Policy for Refundable Events

Notice of Cancellation	Refund of Fee	Refund of Deposit	Non-Attendance Fee applied
Over 50 days before event	Yes	Eligible	Yes
Between 14 and 50 days before event	50% of total fee	Included in 50% total	Yes, if no Event fee paid
Less than 14 days before event	No refund available	Not eligible	Yes if no Event Fee paid
None given – no show	No refund available	Not eligible	Yes if no Event Fee paid

37. No refund will be made if we do not receive and acknowledge your written notification of cancellation. Under no circumstances will we reimburse you for any expenses incurred in making arrangements to attend the Event.

Cancellation by Us

38. We shall use all reasonable endeavours to provide the events described on our website, but we reserve the right to cancel or change the Event for any reason including but not limited to situations where the Event is under-subscribed, it becomes difficult for us to deliver the intended content, or for other reasons resulting from events, circumstances or causes beyond our reasonable control.

39. If the Event is cancelled for reasons outside our reasonable control no refund of the Event fee will be given. To the extent that GYD has not incurred any costs of its own in connection with the Event, it may be possible to transfer the fee as a credit against a future Event. If the Event is cancelled for reasons within our control, such as the Event being under-subscribed, we will look to offer a credit against a future Event or, if that is not acceptable to you, will refund the Event fee. In either circumstance, GYD will not be liable for any expenses incurred by you in making arrangements to attend the Event.

Limitation of Liability

40. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to the description of the Event, or event bookings generally, whether express or implied.

41. We will not be liable to you, or any other person making a booking or attending an Event in your place, for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

• Cancellation, including any expenses incurred by you in arranging attendance at an Event
• Change
• Loss of profits, sales, business or revenue
• Loss of anticipated savings
• Loss of use or corruption of software, data or information
• Business interruption
• Loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation
• Any indirect or consequential loss or damage or
• Loss resulting from reliance or action or failure to act based on material delivered at the Event.
• Any injuries, damage, loss or costs incurred in activities undertaken at an Event

42. Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude our liability for:

• Death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors (as applicable)
• Fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation
• Any matter for which it would be unlawful to exclude or restrict liability

43. Subject to the other provisions in this clause, our total liability to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, arising under or in connection with these Terms shall be limited to the total fee paid by you to book the Event.

Miscellaneous

44. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation.

45. You need our consent to transfer your rights under these Terms to someone else.

46. Unless it expressly states otherwise, these Terms do not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these Terms.

47. Any written communication to us required under these Terms should be addressed to email address  in the first instance. You can also contact our Events Team using the following details

48. These Terms constitutes the entire agreement between you and us and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreement, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between you and us, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.

49. Except as set out in these Terms, no variation of the Terms shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties.

50. A waiver of any right or remedy under these Terms or by law is only effective if given in writing and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default. A failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under these Terms of by law shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict any further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy provided under these Terms or by law shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. If any provision or part-provision of these Terms is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision or part-provision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under this clause shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of these Terms.

Governing Law

51. These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and you agree to accept the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in relation to any dispute that may arise in connection with these Terms.