General

These terms govern Your participation in the She Begins campaign via Crowdfunder under which Your project receives match funding from the She Begins campaign (Match Funding). References to “We” refer to National Westminster Bank plc and Crowdfunder Limited. If You are participating in the She Begins campaign on behalf of an organisation ("Your Organisation"), You agree that Your Organisation will also be bound by these Match Funding Terms and Conditions and  Crowdfunder’s Terms of Use - “You” refers to you and your organisation. If You do not want to be bound (or Your Organisation does not want to be bound, if applicable) by these Match Funding Terms and Conditions and Crowdfunder’s Terms of Use, please do not participate in the She Begins campaign. 

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

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

Eligibility criteria

You confirm that Your Organisation meets the eligibility criteria for the Match Funding. 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

You shall only be entitled to use the Match Funding for the Funding Purpose as set out on your ‘She Begins’ application form and Your Crowdfunder campaign page, if You are unable to use the Match Funding for these purposes, please notify us as to how You intend to spend the Match 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 Match Funding distributed to You must be repaid or Your application has been rejected, as appropriate.

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;

Monitoring and Evaluation

You will also be required to complete short questionnaires about Your project delivery and crowdfunding experience at 3 months and 12 months after Your crowdfunding campaign closes. Crowdfunder may also request additional information throughout and after Your campaign. You may also be required to take part in any evaluation being undertaken by Crowdfunder or the Funding Partner, or anyone working on their behalf. You agree for Us to contact you 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 Match Funding to form part of a case study that they will publish on their websites or social media platforms to show good-practice and provide support to other organisations wishing to crowdfund as an alternative source of funding. The content will be discussed and agreed with You prior to publication.
You will acknowledge the Match Funding and support from the Funding Partner using logos and copy where appropriate.

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 Match 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

Withdrawl and Clawback of Match Funding

If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these Match Funding Terms and Conditions and/or Crowdfunder’s Terms of Use, We may, at our sole discretion withdraw, reduce, vary or withhold the Match Funding, in whole or in part in the event of any failure to comply with these Match Funding 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 Match Funding and reserves the right to remove a project from the She Begins campaign at any time if it is identified that the Eligibility Criteria or Match Funding Terms and Conditions are not met.

You will also be ineligible to receive Match 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 Match Funding will be refused and any existing commitment for Match 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 Match Funding which has been paid out.

We may require You to repay without delay all or the relevant portion of the Match 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 withhold a grant or require repayment if it finds that any form of deliberately false or misleading information was provided to NatWest or Crowdfunder.

We reserve the right to withhold a grant or require repayment if the applicant becomes insolvent or goes into administration, receivership or liquidation, and if the grant has not already been spent on its intended purpose.

Additional terms

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 Match Funding Terms and Conditions are subject to the laws of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.