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Terms and Conditions

The March Charge 2025

Terms of Participation

Thank you for applying to enter The March Charge (the Event).  All references to the Event in these terms is a reference to all other activities associated with the Event, whether they are held before, during, or after the Event.  By participating in the Event you are accepting these Terms and Conditions, the Fundraising Guidelines, and our Privacy Collection Statement and agree to comply with them. By registering on behalf of someone else, you undertake to inform them of these Terms and Conditions. Where relevant these Terms and Conditions will also apply to donors and supporters of participants. 

Cancer Council reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to accept or refuse any applications for entry into the Event and disqualify entries if it considers such action to be appropriate. We may change these terms and conditions from time to time, without notification.

Youth Participants

If you are under the age of 18, you must ensure that these Terms and Conditions are accepted by your parent or guardian on your behalf.  If you are registering on behalf of a Youth Participant, you agree to these Terms and Conditions in your own right and on behalf of the Youth Participant.  All references to “You” and “Your” in these Terms and Conditions refer to both the Youth Participant and their parent or guardian. 

Participation in fundraising events by children under 15 years

The Event Period is the period in which any fundraising activity associated with the Event takes place, including participation in the Event itself.

To participate in the Event, children under 15 years of age must:

  1. be at least 8 years of age at the time of registration
  2. have the explicit consent of their parent or guardian to participate at the time of registration
  3. be accompanied/supervised by their parent or guardian (the Supervisor) during the Event Period and any associated fundraising activities
  4. not participate: 
    1. for more than 4 hours on a school day; 
    2. for more than 6 hours on a non-school day; 
    3. after 8:30pm on a non-school day when the following day is a school day; 
    4. for more than five days in a week; 
    5. before 6.30am or sunrise, whichever is the later, if participating outdoors; and 
    6. after sunset or 6pm, whichever is the earlier, if participating outdoors.  

The Supervisor must ensure that during the Event Period:

  1. they maintain ongoing contact and proximity to the child appropriate to the child’s age;
  2. the child is provided with appropriate food and water or other nutritious drink;
  3. the child is adequately clothed and protected for the weather conditions;
  4. the child does not enter a private dwelling if soliciting door-to-door;
  5. the child does not solicit from a person in a motor vehicle; and
  6. they accompany the child home after the Event, unless the child is more than 12 years of age.

Risk Notice

The Event is a recreational activity that may involve inherent risks of harm associated with physical exertion. Some of those risks are injury due to slippery or uneven surfaces, obstacles, trip hazards, overcrowding, collision with objects or people, and the effects of heat, cold, dehydration, and exhaustion. Injuries may include injuries from falls such as broken bones, sprained muscles, injuries to ligaments, cartilage, or other soft tissue, as well as blisters, cuts, and abrasions. Injuries may also arise from exertion, including heart attack, fainting, and loss of consciousness. By proceeding with your application to enter the Event, you understand and accept that the risks of participation in the Event are increased if you choose to participate in costume, in novelty shoes, using props, or if your movement is restricted.

Participation in the Event in a public place where people are present also increases your risk of exposure to and contraction of communicable disease(s), including but not limited to COVID-19.

You acknowledge that the above is not an exhaustive list of all risks inherent in your participation in the Event and that there may be risks that are not known or reasonably foreseeable at this time.

You warrant that you are in proper physical and mental condition and have no known medical conditions or disabilities that may be incompatible with your safe participation in the event. You understand that Cancer Council recommends that you consult a doctor before participating in the event, particularly if you have ever experienced medical conditions that may make it dangerous for you to participate in the Event.

Regardless of whether you have consulted a doctor, you agree that by participating in the Event, you are aware of the risks involved and you voluntarily assume those risks.

You understand that Cancer Council has not obtained personal accident insurance or any other insurance covering your participation in the Event and it is your responsibility to obtain any and all insurance which is appropriate for that purpose.

You assume all risk to both you and your property during the Event.

Exclusion and Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted under The Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) ("CLA") Cancer Council excludes liability for damages for harm resulting from breach of an express or implied warranty that the services will be rendered with reasonable care and skill.

You understand and agree that, to the extent permitted by law, Cancer Council and any event sponsor (and any of their directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, and representatives) exclude all liability for damages for any harm (including but not limited to personal injury or death, damage to property and economic loss and whether direct, indirect, special or consequential) to the extent caused by your failure to exercise reasonable care and skill, regardless of whether the claim is brought in tort (including in negligence), in contract, under statute or otherwise, where such liability results from breach of an express or implied warranty that the services will be rendered with reasonable care and skill.

You understand and agree that to the full extent permitted by law:

  • any and all conditions, warranties, guarantees, rights, remedies, liabilities, or other terms implied or conferred by statute, custom, or the general law that impose any liability or obligation on Cancer Council or Event sponsors (or their directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, and representatives) are excluded (including consumer guarantees to the extent such exclusions are permitted under the law);
  • neither Cancer Council nor any Event sponsor (nor any of their directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, and representatives) will be liable to you or any other person in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, for any loss, damage, cost, or expense of any kind (including direct. indirect or consequential losses, damages, costs, and expenses) (Loss) suffered or incurred by you or any other person in connection with the Event, except to the extent the Loss is caused by Cancer Council’s reckless conduct (as that term is defined in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) or any malicious, criminal or fraudulent acts; and
  • in any circumstances where the above exclusions (or any of them) are held by a Court to be ineffective or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, Cancer Council's liability to you and to any other person is limited (at its option) to re-supplying, repairing, or replacing the service or the payment of the cost of supplying the service to you again.

Section 139A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ("CCA") permits a term of a contract for the supply to a consumer of recreational services, to exclude liability of the supplier for the death and personal injury arising from the failure to comply with a guarantee provided in sections 60 to 62 of the Australian Consumer Law.

You understand and agree that, to the extent permitted by section 139A of the CCA, Cancer Council and any Event sponsor (and any of their directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, and representatives) excludes all liability in connection with the supply of recreational services for:

  1. death;
  2. physical or mental injury;
  3. the aggravation, acceleration, or recurrence of a physical or mental injury;
  4. the contraction, aggravation, or acceleration of a disease; and
  5. the coming into existence, the aggravation, acceleration or recurrence of any other condition, circumstance, occurrence, activity, form of behaviour, course of conduct or state of affairs in relation to an individual, that is or may be harmful or disadvantageous to the individual or community, or that may result in harm or disadvantage to the individual or community, resulting from a failure of Cancer Council or any event sponsor (or any of their directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, and representatives) to comply with a guarantee in sections 60-62 of the ACL.

This exclusion of liability does not apply where significant personal injury is caused by the reckless conduct of Cancer Council or any Event sponsor.

Release and Indemnity

You fully and irrevocably exclude and release Cancer Council and all Event sponsors, as well as their directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, and representatives, from all liability for any loss, damage, cost, or expense (whether in negligence, contract, under statute or otherwise) suffered by you as a consequence of:

  • your involvement in the Event, including in relation to death and personal injury
  • in connection with or in respect of any breach of these Terms and Conditions; and
  • in connection with the publication or distribution of any material or information, you supply to us.

If any claim, including in relation to personal injury, property damage or wrongful death arising from your participation in the Event is commenced, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Cancer Council and all the Event sponsors, as well as their directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, and representatives, from any and all loss, damage, cost, or expense in connection with such claim. Your liability under this indemnity is reduced to the extent that the loss or damage arises out the gross negligence, fraud, criminal conduct or wilful misconduct of the Cancer Council, or its directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents and representatives.

Public venue and persons giving directions

Where you participate in the Event on premises or property made available for the general public and community events, you agree to be bound by the rules and regulations that may apply to that premises or property. You also agree to follow the directions of anyone authorised to give directions whilst you are on the said premises or property.

Event Behaviour

You agree to show respect for other participants in the Event, and that your conduct will at all times be considerate of others. You agree to abide by venue rules concerning activities, coarse language, privacy, and noise. You acknowledge and agree that the Event is a non-smoking event.

Public Health Management

You agree to adhere to all public health rules and regulations notified to you by your local, state, or federal Government, other regulatory body, Event organiser or the Event venue.

Photographic Consent

You acknowledge that in the course of the Event, photographs, images, or film may be taken of you, either alone or in group shots with others.  You agree to the use of your image in these photographs, images, or film in Cancer Council publications, or on social media sites or websites in the future. You agree that Cancer Council may use your name in conjunction with any photographs or images of you. You also agree that the photographs or film may be used by third party media organisations in connection with the publicity and reporting of the Event publicly.

  1. If you share, post, or upload photos or videos (“Images”) to the Event website or other websites or social media sites associated with the Event, or tag or link Cancer Council in such content on social media, you consent to the following:Cancer Council has permission to use, distribute, modify, display, and create derivative works from the Images in promotional collateral and on Cancer Council websites, social media sites, publications, and on any other medium now or in the future in perpetuity. You waive any right to review or approve any uses of the Images;
  2. where you, or any of the subjects appearing in the Images, are identified or identifiable in the Images, you give Cancer Council permission to identify you and the other subjects by name;
  3. you agree the Images may be also be used by Cancer Council Australia and other State and Territory Cancer Councils that are members of Cancer Council Australia (Cancer Council Affiliates); and
  4. you are not entitled to any remuneration or compensation from Cancer Council or the Cancer Council Affiliates for the Images.
  5. You confirm that:
    1. you are the creator and the copyright owner of any Images you share, post, or upload to the Event website or any other websites or social media sites associated with the Event, or tag Cancer Council or the Event in on social media; and
    2. you have the permission or consent of all persons who are captured and identifiable in the Images you provide to Cancer Council (including parental consent if the subject is under the age of 16).
  1. You understand that any content and Images that you share, post, or upload on our website may be crawled and stored by web services such as search engines, social media platforms, or archiving tools. Cancer Council is not responsible for removing information stored by third parties.

 

Website Terms of Use

Cancer Council operates this website and the data that you provide is collected and owned by Cancer Council.

Your Privacy

Cancer Council places importance and emphasis on the confidentiality of an individual’s private and sensitive information. Cancer Council is bound by, and also complies with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 and Cancer Council’s own Privacy Policy, which outlines how Cancer Council is to comply with both Acts in managing the personal information it holds.

Cancer Council may gather and store information that you provide to us when using our website, including information:

  1. that you may provide when accessing this website, such as your name, address, email address and other personal information;
  2. posted by you on this website; and
  3. regarding the way in which you use this website including, without limitation, information acquired through the use of cookies programmed during the accessing of this website.

Please read our Privacy Policy and our Privacy Collection Statement to find out how we handle the information you provide to us.

When you register for the Event a unique fundraising page will be created for you. This may include your name in the URL such asthemarchcharge.com.au/fundraisers/johndoe21/.

This website URL and any content you choose to upload will be publicly accessible to third party services, including search engines, and other tools used by Cancer Council NSW. Personal contact details and financial details will not be publicly visible in such ways.

For further information about any matter relating to privacy please refer to Cancer Council website at https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/privacy/.

Credit Cards and Refunds

You agree not to use an unauthorised or invalid credit card to make payments on this website.  Subject to your rights under the Australian Consumer Law, if you make a donation to Cancer Council, the transaction is final, and no refunds will be provided except where unauthorised use can be proven.  If you become aware of a fraudulent use of your card, or if it becomes lost or stolen, you must notify your card issuer immediately.

Use of Content on this Website

Unless indicated otherwise all information contained on this website including text, images, graphics, audio and video clips and all intellectual property rights, including copyright, is owned by and proprietary to Cancer Council. Except for the limited use set out in the following paragraph, you may not reproduce, distribute, retransmit, upload, re- post content or frame the material on the website with other material on any other website or make any other use of the website, or the material contained on it, for any purpose.

Notwithstanding the above restrictions on use of the material on the website, you may download material from the website for your personal non-commercial use provided you do not remove any copyright and trade mark notices contained on the material.

This website may contain links to external websites or applications, that are not controlled by us. While Cancer Council takes care to ensure the accuracy of information posted on an externally linked website, we are not responsible or liable for the content, nor should a link be considered as an endorsement by Cancer Council. Cancer Council does not accept any liability for any loss or damage occasioned by your use of linked websites and linked applications available through this website.  

Cancer Council does not accept any liability for loss or damage arising from your use of or reliance upon the information contained on this website.  

Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights in this website and the content provided on it (including information, logos, trademarks, design, text, images, and statistics) are owned or licensed by Cancer Council and may not be used without our consent.  

Content or material on this website may also be owned by third parties.  Queries about copyright, reproduction, and use of content relating to information published on external websites accessed via link from this website should be directed to that party or the publisher of the information. 

You are not authorised to alter, copy, republish, reproduce, distribute, transmit, sell, or store, in any media or in any form, any of the content, without our prior written consent.  Subject to these conditions of use, Cancer Council grants a non-exclusive, non-transferrable, limited licence to use the content and material in this website:

  • to educational institutions, for educational purposes; and
  • to users of this website for personal and non-commercial purposes;

provided that: 

  • all copyright and trademark notices are not altered;
  • an acknowledgment to Cancer Council NSW is displayed on the content that is reproduced;
  • no fees are charged for access to the content that you reproduce;
  • the content remains unaltered; content is not reproduced on a webpage or with an online service or application, without Cancer Council’s express consent.

Use of Cancer Council Logos

Cancer Council may allow third parties to use its logos in limited circumstances.  You must obtain our written permission before using any of our logos.  In order for us to consider any such request, you will be required to provide Cancer Council with a copy of your intended promotional material before releasing it to the public.

Uploading Information

You agree that any information you enter on this website and any material you upload onto this website:

  • is owned by you or you are otherwise authorised to enter or upload it;
  • will not be defamatory or malicious in relation to any product, service, person, or entity;
  • is not ‘passing off’ of any product or service and will not constitute unfair competition;
  • will not infringe any third party intellectual property rights, including trademarks, service marks, business names (registered or unregistered), confidential information or copyright; and
  • will not infringe any legislation or regulations of the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of New South Wales, including the Australian Competition and Consumer Law, the Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW), ), the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 (NSW), the Charitable Fundraising Regulation 2021 (NSW), any equivalent state and territory legislation, legislation from any other parliament competent to legislate in relation to this website or any law in any country where the material or information is or will be available electronically to other users.

Your Conduct on this Website

You agree not to use this website for any offensive or otherwise inappropriate purposes, including:

  • to upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make material available that may be abusive, harassing, obscene, defamatory, or offensive;
  • to harm minors;
  • to impersonate any person or entity, including Cancer Council workers or volunteers and their affiliates;
  • to collect or store personal information about other users of this website that is of a personal or sensitive nature; or
  • to upload, post, email, transmit otherwise or otherwise make available any material that:
  1. is not your original work, which may infringe the intellectual property or other rights of another person;
  2. is, or could reasonably be expected to be, defamatory, obscene, offensive, threatening, abusive, pornographic, vulgar, profane, indecent, or otherwise unlawful, including material that racially or religiously vilifies, incites violence or hatred, or is likely to offend, insult or humiliate others based on race, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation or any physical or mental disability;
  3. is a form of unsolicited material or advertising (such as junk mail, surveys, pyramid schemes and chain letters);
  4. includes an image or personal information of another person unless you have their consent;
  5. you know or suspect, or should reasonably know or suspect, to be false, misleading or deceptive;
  6. contains large amounts of untargeted, unwanted or repetitive content; or
  7. contains financial, legal, medical or other professional advice.

Removal of Information or Material

Cancer Council may remove any information or material (including links to external websites or applications) which does not comply with these Terms of Use or which Cancer Council considers inappropriate, at any time, without notice, explanation, or justification.  Cancer Council reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to:

  • monitor, retain or disclose any information on the website when necessary to satisfy any legal requirements;
  • pre-screen, block or remove any content posted or uploaded by users of the website that Cancer Council considers inappropriate, including material the Cancer Council considers may violate its Privacy Policy or these Terms of Use; and
  • suspend your access to this website and Cancer Council services without notice if you fail to comply with any material term of these Terms of Use.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia.

You acknowledge that you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales and any court hearing appeals from those courts.