Terms & Conditions

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These terms and conditions govern your use of our website; by using our website, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, do not use our website. Since 1664 reserves the rights to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified.

Unless otherwise stated, we or our licensors own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website. Subject to the licence below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.

You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions below.

Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up-to-date. We 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 bugs.

You must not:
•republish material from this website (including republication on another website)
•sell, rent or otherwise sub-license material on the website
•reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on our website for a commercial purpose
•edit or otherwise modify any material on the website

Our liability is limited and excluded to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law. We will not be liable for any direct or indirect loss or damage arising under these terms and conditions or in connection with our website, whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing exclusion, we will not be liable for any loss of profit, contracts, business, goodwill, data, income, revenue or anticipated savings arising under terms and conditions or in connection with our website, whether direct or indirect, and whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise. However, nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

From 2018, Since 1664 will no longer create sponsor walls during registration. Each Yomper who chooses a fundraising challenge is responsible for for their own fundraising. Given the charity you are raising funds for, will be covering the difference between your registration fee and the entry fee, you need to convince them that you have raised 75% of the target 2 months before the Yomp.

We therefore strongly recommend you get in touch with them, so they can advise their preferred option and offer help as they see fit.

The cost of putting on the event (Medical Cover, Event Insurance, Scran (food) breaks, wets (hot/cold drinks), nutty (snacks), venue and equipment hire, portaloos, marshalling costs and any clothing and equipment we might choose to supply, is made up of two elements:

A Registration Fee, paid by the participant, the size being determined by the fundraising target the yomper chooses – the higher the target, the smaller the personal contribution
The remaining Entry Fee, paid for by the selected charity, if and only if, the yomper raises at least 75% of their chosen target 8 weeks prior to the event.

There is NO requirement for a charity to pay any money up front. If the yomper hasn’t raised the requisite amount by this time, the charity has the right not to cover the requisite entry fee and these participants either need to pay the remainder of the fee themselves, or migrate to an alternative target.

If a Yomper fails to arrive at registration or pulls out in advance, Since 1664 are in no way liable to refund registration fees except at their discretion. It is more usual their entry can be deferred to a future year. Since 1664 is not able to refund any donations.

In the unlikely and unfortunate event that the Yomp is cancelled, there is no guarantee that fees will be refunded. Subject to their discretion, organisers operating costs will be covered first, with any surplus going to the Royal Marines Charity as a donation. In such circumstances Yompers are of course free to continue to Yomp over the public right of way.

The registration and entry fee cover:

The cost of running the event, including venue hire costs
Admin, before and during the almost 48 hours of the actual event running
Risk Assessments,
Medical Cover,
Portaloo hire
Event Insurance,
Scran (food/snacks/beverage) breaks, including 4 main meals plus soup at the finish, hot and cold drinks and snacks throughout
Any marshalling or transport costs; and,
Any clothing and equipment we might choose to supply.

From time to time we may offer branded merchandise, either as a direct sale or as a “crowd-sourced” item, in order to support the event. Direct sale items are transacted there and then, crowd-sourced items require a minimum number of items to be purchased by a published time. If the minimum quantity is not achieved by the stated time, the production run will be cancelled and no transactions will take place. In all cases you will be kept informed of the status of your purchase and specifically if a crowd-sourced item fails to achieve the minimum number required.

Since 1664 has taken out insurance against the event being covered to cover any losses by the organisers. It is strongly recommended that participants ensure they have suitable personal cover for their needs as they are not specifically covered by the Event cover.

These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.

This notice will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes relating to this notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

The full name of our event is Since 1664 and is approved by The Royal Marines Charity, a registered charity in England and Wales (1134205) and registered as a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (07142012). Registered Office: RM Corps Secretariat, Building 32, HMS EXCELLENT, Whale Island, Portsmouth, PO2 8ER. You can contact The Royal Marines Charity here.

Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?

What information do we collect?
What do we use your information for?

Personal information is any information that can be used to identify you. For example, it can include information such as your name, date of birth, email address, postal address, telephone number, fax number, Unit or previous Unit.

We collect personal information when you ask about our activities, order products and services, (such as publications and email newsletters), seek assistance, make a donation, or otherwise give us personal information. We use your information in the ways set out below unless you are specifically notified otherwise.

We use your personal information to give you information, support, services, or products about Since 1664 or The Royal Marines Charity. We may also use your information for administrative purposes, to let you know about changes to our services or policies, to create a profile of your interests and preferences and as part of our fundraising activities. We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties, though we may sometimes share your information with the The Royal Marines Charity and our trusted service providers who are authorised to act on our behalf, our trading companies, and associated organisations (who work with us to get the information you ask for). In addition, from time to time we may exchange your personal information with other organisations for the purposes of fraud and credit risk reduction. In these circumstances we always require strict compliance with our instructions and, in the case of third party organisations, require that your personal information is not used for their own business purposes.

We will always seek your consent to the use of your personal information, either by giving you the option to say ‘no’ to its use or, in the case of sensitive personal information by asking you to tick a box specifically allowing us to use it. When we seek your consent to using your personal information, we will tell you what we want to use it for and, other than as described in this policy, we won’t use it for any other purpose.

Other than as set out in this policy or as required by law, your personal information is not shared with third parties or used in any other way unless you agree.

When we collect your personal information we use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access. However, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. As a result, while we try to protect your personal information, Since 1664 cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

Accessibility

Accessibility of this Website

The Since 1664 website is designed to meet conformance level Triple-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 so it is accessible to as many people as possible.

If you have difficulty using any part of the site, please contact us and we will do our best to solve this. This site has been developed using standards-compliant transitional XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2 and conforms to the Web Accessibility Initiatives Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.

The pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, with H2 and H3 tags used for different levels of subtitles.

This website has been tested on standards-compliant web browsers Internet Explorer 7.0, Firefox 2.0, Opera 9.23 and Safari 1.3. This site should be fully accessible from any web browser, although only browsers that support modern web standards will receive a fully styled version.

To gain the full benefit of this and other websites, we recommend you use the latest version of one of the following browsers: You can alter the size of the screen fonts using the tools built in to most modern web browsers: We welcome any feedback on the site. Please email the webmaster with your comments.
•Mozilla Firefox (for Windows, Mac or Linux)
•Opera (for Windows, Mac or Linux)
•Netscape (for Windows)
•Internet Explorer (for Windows)
•Safari (for Mac)

•Internet Explorer (Windows): Go to the ‘View’ menu, ‘Text Size’, and select your desired setting. The default is medium. Alternatively, if you have a mouse with a wheel you can hold the CTRL key on your keyboard whilst scrolling up or down with the wheel to alter the text size.
•Internet Explorer 5.1 (Mac): Go to the View menu and use the ‘Text Zoom’ tool.
•Apple Safari: Go the ‘View’ menu and use the ‘Make Text Bigger’ and ‘Make Text Smaller’ menu items. Alternatively you can use the option key with + or – to increase or decrease the text size.
•Mozilla (i.e. Firefox / Camino): Go to the ‘View’ menu and use the ‘Increase Text Size’ or ‘Decrease Text Size’ menu items. You can also use the CTRL key with the plus or minus to increase or decrease the size.
•Netscape 7 +: Go to the ‘View’ menu and use the ‘Text Zoom’ feature to change text size. Alternatively you can use the CTRL key with the plus or minus to increase or decrease the size.