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Terms of use

This website is operated by Nesta – you can find our full details below. Use of the site is subject to these Terms. Our Privacy Policy explains how we use any personal information which we collect via the site. If you don’t agree with these Terms or our Privacy Policy, please don’t use this site.

1. The information, materials and logos on this site belong to Nesta, our partners or licensors. Unless otherwise indicated, materials and reports are licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike licence (CC-BY-NC-SA), full details at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/. We make no representation or warranty about the content, including in relation to non-infringement of intellectual property rights.

2. You must not use this site:

  • to post, share or transmit material which is unlawful or infringes anyone else’s rights
  • for any commercial purpose or in any way which is abusive, defamatory or obscene or which harasses or distresses anyone or restricts or inhibits their use and enjoyment of the site or otherwise damages our reputation
  • to transmit software viruses or code designed to interrupt, destroy or compromise the integrity of computer software, hardware or telecommunications equipment

3. You are responsible for any comments, text, video, audio, images or other content which you post on the site and must obtain any relevant permissions or consents to post this content. You grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free and fully transferable right to copy, download, distribute, transmit and adapt your content and waive your moral rights in it.

4. We are not responsible for content posted on the site by users and third parties. The views expressed are not necessarily the views of Nesta or our partners. You can report any inappropriate content to us at information@nesta.org.uk. Although we don’t monitor all content posted on the site, we reserve the right to do so and to edit or remove content at our absolute discretion and without notice.

5. The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only.  Whilst Nesta (“we”) tries to keep the information up to date and correct based on our experience of rigorously testing ideas, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website, its links to external editorial content or the information, products, services, or related graphics for any purpose. You should do your own research from your own trusted sources and any reliance you place on information from us is therefore used strictly at your own risk.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.

Through this website you are able to link to editorial content on websites which are not under the control of Nesta. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links to such editorial content does not imply an approval,  recommendation or endorsement of any content on them.

6. We don’t guarantee that the site will always be available or free from errors or viruses. You are responsible for installing virus-checking software to protect your hardware. As far as legally possible, we and our partners exclude all liability for any loss or damage suffered as a result of using or accessing our site, whether direct or indirect, and however arising, including any loss of data or damage caused by downloading content from our site.

7. These Terms may be varied from time to time. If you use the site after any change has been made, you will be deemed to have accepted the change. Additional terms may apply to certain areas of this site, such as applications for grant funding or payment for events.

8. These Terms are governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales will have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.

Nesta, a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 7706036 and charity number 1144091. Registered as a charity in Scotland number SC042833.

Registered office: 58 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DS.