Terms & Conditions
Choice of law and jurisdiction
If any dispute arises out the use of this web site you agree that these terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Data
The Beacon and Vale of White Horse District Council are committed to the highest standards of quality in the information provided on this site. Despite our best efforts, the information contained within this web site may become out of date over time. If you think that there are any errors or out of date information please email beacon.wantage@whitehorsedc.gov.uk, saying which page is in error.
Intellectual property rights
The Beacon and Vale of White Horse District Council own the copyright and all other intellectual property rights associated with the content of this web site except where otherwise stated. You are welcome to print individual pages or store them in electronic form on a PC for your own personal use. You may not reproduce, modify, or use for financial gain any material on this site without first getting permission from the copyright holders or owners concerned.
Using any information provided on the site
While every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of information on this site The Beacon and Vale of White Horse District Council accept no responsibility for any errors, omissions, or misleading statements on these pages. In line with this The Beacon and Vale of White Horse District Council are not liable for any action you may take as a result of relying on such information or advice or for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of taking this action.
Disclaimer for links to other sites
The Beacon and Vale of White Horse District Council’s web site may include links to other World Wide Web sites to help you find other relevant information quickly and easily. Vale of White Horse District Council does not endorse or approve the contents of any third party Web sites to which these pages are linked and does not accept any liability for action you may take as a result of relying on information or advice obtained from such sites.
Disclaimer for suppliers/businesses named on the site
Where The Beacon and Vale of White Horse District Council provides details of companies, firms or individuals in business directories or other pages on this site the description of the goods or services they provide is based upon information supplied by them. The Beacon and Vale of White Horse District Council cannot confirm that they are legally entitled or professionally qualified to carry on a particular trade, business or profession and bear no liability for merely supplying their details. You should check any information obtained from the Web site before you act upon it.
Trademarks
All trademarks that may appear on the site are acknowledged, and are the property of their respective owners.
Cookies and web bugs
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If it is essential for a cookie to be used we will explain why and say how long the cookie will remain valid. No cookie placed by The Beacon and Vale of White Horse District Council will contain personal information or card numbers and our cookies will not be used to collect such information from your computer. Refusing to accept a cookie will not stop you visiting the Vale of White Horse District Council web site.
Session cookies
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Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies are used by some of our web forms to allow you to save a partly filled in form so you can return and complete it at a later time. If you do not accept this cookie you will not be able to use this facility. If you delete the cookie from your computer you will lose access to the partly filled form.
Web Bugs
A Web bug is a graphic on a Web page or in an e-mail message designed to monitor who is reading the page or message. Web bugs are often invisible because they are typically only 1-by-1 pixels in size. In many ways they are similar to cookies but there is no facility in a browser to disable them.
Competition Terms and Conditions
From time to time The Beacon posts competitions on social media, our website or we send them out to our newsletter subscribers. The terms and conditions for our competitions can be found below:
The Beacon Competition Terms and Conditions: Win tickets to see The Take That Experience 17 May 2025
Terms and Conditions
- This competition is owned and managed Vale of White Horse District Council (“the Council”) who run The Beacon and whose registered office is at Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon OX14 3JE.
Win 2 tickets and a complimentary drink each from The Beacon Bar to see The Take That Experience at The Beacon Wantage on Saturday 17 May 2025 at 7.30pm.
The competition is open to residents of the United Kingdom except
a) employees of South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Council
b) anyone otherwise connected with the Council
c) anyone judging the competition
d) anyone who may have been involved with donations towards the competition or
e) members of the immediate families or households of (a)(b)(c) and (d) above
2. There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.
3.By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions. The Council reserve the right to refuse entry or to refuse to award a prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions
4. To enter, you must be at the Health and Wellbeing event on Saturday 26 April at The Beacon and fill out a competition entry form at The Beacon's stall. This competition will be promoted across Facebook.
5. You can only apply once for this competition.
6. Closing date and time: 4pm on Saturday 26 April 2025. After this time on this date then no further entries to the competition will be permitted.
7. No responsibility can be accepted by the Council for entries not received for whatever reason.
8. Rules of the competition – Complete a competition entry form at the Beacon stall on Saturday 26 April, which will be a part of the Health and Wellbeing event. Entrants agree for their social to be shared on the arts centre and council’s social media channels, newsletters and press releases as required.
9. All competition entries and accompanying material e.g. photos submitted to the Council will become the property of the Council and will not be returned
10. The Council reserve the right to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice, where it becomes necessary to do so. Any changes to the competition terms and conditions will be notified to entrants as soon as practicable.
11. The Council are not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.
12. The prize is as stated and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
13. The winner will be pulled out of the competition box Monday 28 April 2025 by staff at The Beacon.
14. The winners will only be contacted The Box Office by 30 April 2025 at the latest. If a winner cannot be contacted or does not respond to claim the prize within 2 days of notification, the Council reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and select a replacement winner in accordance with the procedure described above.
15. We will require proof of identity upon collection such as evidence of the email address, drivers licence etc
16. The Council’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
17. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Council will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate a winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Council or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
18. The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any court proceedings will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
19. The Council must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation the Council will send the surname and county of winners, to anyone who emails the Council at the following beacon.wantage@whitehorsed.gov.uk within one month after the closing date of the competition. If you object to any or all of your surname and county being published or made available, please contact the Council marketing@southandvale.gov.uk. In such circumstances, the Council must still provide the information on winning entries to the Advertising Standards Authority on request
20. The winners agree to the use of their name and image in any publicity material, as well as their entry. Any personal data relating to the other winners or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the entrant’s prior consent. If the winner does not wish to have their image published the Council`s marketing team can discuss other options with them at point of collection of the prize.
21. See also The Beacon’s Privacy notices for how we handle your personal data.