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Terms and Conditions of Use - Using this website

This site is maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you of this site constitutes acceptance by you of these Terms and Conditions that take effect from the date of first use.
Intellectual property

©Copyright (1998-2005) City of Sunderland Council, Civic Centre, Burdon Road, SR2 7DN UK. All rights reserved.
All rights relating to material featured on this site, unless otherwise indicated, are reserved by the City of Sunderland. Material on this site is protected by copyright. The copyright owner is the City of Sunderland unless expressly stated. Permission to use, reproduce, copy and distribute material, documents and related graphics available from the web site is granted, provided that;

The source and copyright status of the material is acknowledged. (eg the copyright notice appears on all copies and that both the copyright notice and the permission notice appears)
The use of material available from this site is used for informational, personal and non-commercial purposes only.
The material reproduced from this site is not modified in any way
No graphics available from the site are used, copied or distributed separate from the accompanying text.
The material is reproduced accurately, is not used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context.
Any other proposed use of the material, other than that permitted above, is subject to the approval of the City of Sunderland Council. Application should be made either in writing to The Webmaster, ICT Unit , City of Sunderland Council Civic Centre, Burdon Road, SR2 7DN, UK or via e-mail to webmaster@sunderland.gov.uk.

The permission to reproduce material subject to the copyright of the City of Sunderland does not extend to any material on this site, which is identified as being copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holder concerned.

All intellectual property rights, (including without limitation, copyright and design rights) in the content, and design of the website are the property of City of Sunderland Council.


Hyperlinking to this web site
You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on this site. We do not object to you linking directly any web page on our site.
You must not deep link directly to non html documents such as PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, txt or rtf files.
However, we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. Our pages must load into the user's entire window.

If you do link to us, we request that our page loads into a new browser window with all standards menu and button present to the user.

Hyperlinking by us at this site.
We are not responsible for the content or reliability of the linked websites. Listing should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of linked pages. If you feel a link on this site to any other third party is inaccurate or misleading please contact us and we will investigate any alteration we be live may be needed.

Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Disclaimer
We make every reasonable effort to ensure that the website and material relating to information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is accurate. If you are aware of any inaccuracies, please contact us at the address below. Ownership of all content is with the City of Sunderland. We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials. 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 damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of this website. We reserve the right to edit content supplied to us by any third party.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales

Privacy statement
If you are a user with general public and anonymous access, the website does not store or capture personal information, but merely logs the user's IP address that is automatically recognised by the web server.
Other than if needed for accessability purposes, we do not use cookies for collecting personal user information and we will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of our web server.

Data Protection
Where it is believed to be appropriate, the site will comply with the Data Protection act 1998.


Accessibility Options

This ite will function in most types of screen reader software such as JAWS.

This site has been built to comply with the Web Accessibility Guidelines (WAI).

Access Keys

This site uses the access key method of non-mouse navigation for primary pages. This function works in most versions of popular browsers. To use this function press and hold the ALT key, press the key you need from the list below and then press enter.

A - homepage
B - project
C - kids section
D - parents section
E - Professionals section
F - ESC secondary team
G - News section
I - Press Releases
J - Terms
L - Downloads
M - Celebration
N - Holiday Discount Scheme
P - Language Options

Screen Reader

Click here http://www.pixi.coml to download a free screenreader software. Please note this site has been built to WAI guidline and not to any single software programme. Screen reading software is an assistance tool used by those with some form of visual imparement.


Site Contacts
This web site is hosted by the City of Sunderland City. Content is the responsibility of, managed and controlled on a day-to-day basis by the person below. Any correspondence relating in any way to this site should be sent in written or email form only to the address below. Personal callers are not accepted without prior appointment.

Every Schoolday Counts
Rutherglen Centre
Rutherglen Road
Sunderland
SR5 5LN

Tel: (0191) 553 5431
Fax: (0191) 553 5432
Email: glenn.riddle@edcom.sunderland.gov.uk