Introduction

These terms govern your participation in the Energy for Tomorrow Fund via Crowdfunder (Fund) under which your project receives Funding from British Gas (Funding). References to “We” refer to British Gas and Crowdfunder Limited.

If you are participating in the Fund on behalf of an organisation ("Your Organisation"), you agree that your Organisation will also be bound by these Fund Terms and Conditions and Crowdfunder’s Terms of Use. If you do not want to be bound (or your Organisation does not want to be bound, if applicable) by the Fund Terms and Conditions and Crowdfunder’s Terms of Use, please do not participate in the Fund.

In the event of inconsistency between these Fund Terms and Conditions and Crowdfunder’s Terms of Use, these Fund Terms and Conditions shall prevail.

We reserve the right to hold void, suspend, cancel or change the Fund, and may amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time.

Eligibility criteria

You confirm that Your Organisation meets the eligibility criteria for the Fund. The eligibility criteria form part of these terms and conditions and You confirm that all information provided in Your application for Funding is true and accurate.

Using Your Funding

Your Funding should be used for the specific purposes as set out on your Crowdfunder campaign page, if you are unable to use the Funding for the purposes set out on your Crowdfunder campaign page, please notify us as to how you intend to spend the Funding at [email protected]. We will determine at our discretion whether the revised use of the funds or extended timeline is approved, or whether the Funding distributed to you must be repaid or your application has been rejected, as appropriate.

You must maintain proper accounts for the funds received and we may ask you to provide evidence of how you have spent these funds. If you fail to provide this information, action will be taken to recover the Funding you received.

You are responsible for paying all fees and collecting and remitting all applicable taxes (including income tax and VAT or similar taxes) connected with your use of Crowdfunder.co.uk, the Pledges you receive (including Funding Partners) and the Rewards you offer.

You acknowledge that the Funding is not consideration for any taxable supply for VAT purposes by you to us. You understand our obligation does not extend to paying you any amounts in respect of VAT in addition to the Funding and that the Funding provided by the Partner is inclusive of VAT.

Evaluation

You will also be required to complete a short questionnaire about your project and crowdfunding experience, 3 months after your project closes. We may also request additional information throughout and after your campaign. You may also be asked to take part in a short interview about your experience of the fund. You agree for your contact details to be passed on to us for this purpose and to supply any information requested in a timely manner.

Branding and Recognition

We may wish to use your campaign details and the Funding to form part of a case study that we will publish on our website or social media platforms to show good-practice and provide support to other organisations wishing to crowdfund as an alternative source of funding. We will discuss and agree the content with you.

You will acknowledge the partner funding you receive on your website, social media and in published or printed materials such as annual reports. You can use the Partner and Crowdfunder logos for this purpose.

Organisational Issues

Please inform us in writing of any major changes to your organisation, this may include impending mergers, financial difficulties, significant loss of funding, significant changes in staffing, and/or Charity Commission / Companies House matters. If you change your address or contact details, please inform us via email [email protected] providing details of your new address and contact details. 

Sharing information

You acknowledge that Crowdfunder may share with the Funding Partner any data in relation to You, Your Organisation and your project and Funding including monitoring and evaluation data it holds. Please see our privacy policy for more details:

Crowdfunder privacy policy: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/privacy-policy

Additional terms

We may, at our sole discretion withdraw, reduce, vary or withhold the Funding, in whole or in part in the event of any failure to comply with these terms and conditions, Crowdfunder’s terms and conditions or where the law is not being complied with. We may continue to review Your Project even after it is accepted to participate in the Fund and reserves the right to remove a Project from the Fund at any time if it is identified that the Eligibility Criteria, Fund Terms and Conditions or Crowdfunder’s Terms of Use are not met.

You will also be ineligible to receive Funding if, at our sole discretion, We are not satisfied that all the Supporter pledges on your project are genuine pledges. Where projects or pledges are identified as fraudulent, potentially fraudulent, or demonstrative of manipulating the pledging on a project in order to obtain match funding, this is taken very seriously. Where appropriate, the police or other relevant authorities will be informed. In addition:

● Your application for the Fund will be refused and any existing commitment for Funding will be withdrawn.
● Your Crowdfunding project may be cancelled and you will be ineligible for future applications or projects.
● Action will be taken to recover Funding which has been paid out. 

We may require You to repay without delay all or the relevant portion of the Funding You receive:

a. which is used by You for any purpose other than the Funding Purpose;
b. where Your project or pledges to Your project are identified as fraudulent, potentially fraudulent, or demonstrative of manipulating the pledging on a project in order to obtain Funding;
c. is used by You in material breach of these terms and conditions (including the eligibility criteria) ;
d. which is unused by You 12 months after the close of Your crowdfunding campaign; or
e. which is paid to You in error.

We reserve the right to withdraw, reduce, vary or withhold the Funding, in whole or in part in the event of any failure to comply with these terms and conditions, Crowdfunder’s terms and conditions or where the law is not being complied with. You will be ineligible to receive Funding if, at our sole discretion We are not satisfied that all the Supporter pledges on your project are genuine pledges.

Where projects or pledges are identified as fraudulent, potentially fraudulent, or
demonstrative of manipulating the pledging on a project in order to obtain match funding, this is taken very seriously. Where appropriate, the police or other relevant authorities will be informed. In addition:

● Your application for the Fund will be refused and any existing commitment for
Funding will be withdrawn.
● Your Crowdfunding project may be cancelled and you will be ineligible for future
applications or projects.
● Action will be taken to recover Funding which has been paid out.

We may, at our sole discretion, exclude any Project Owner, organisation, backer or user from participating in the Fund.

You shall comply with all child and vulnerable persons welfare and protection legislation applicable in the UK and with English law where applicable in order to promote a strong safeguarding culture and by committing to a practice that protects vulnerable people from abuse of any kind.

Where applicable, You must have insurance and all relevant consents and approvals for any activity which the Funding will be wholly or partly funding.

These Fund Terms and Conditions are subject to the laws of England and Wales.