Charity Terms and Conditions

• ‘GOSH Charity’, 'We', 'Us' and 'Our' means Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, a charity registered in England (company no.09338724 and charity no.1160024) with its registered office at 2nd Floor, 40 Bernard Street, London, WC1N 1LE.
• 'Material' means any information, data, text, graphics, images, video, audio, links, software, code or other material published on, contained in, or otherwise made available through the Website.
• 'Website' means www.gosh.org, and any other website owned or controlled by GOSH Charity that links to these Terms and Conditions.
• 'You', 'Your' and 'Yours' means any individual or organisation accessing or using the Website.

The Website is intended for users accessing it from within the United Kingdom.

We do not represent that the Website or any Material is appropriate for use or available in other locations.

By accessing or using the Website, You agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

Where the Website or any Material contains links to third-party websites, services or content, those are provided for convenience only. Your use of any third-party website or platform will be subject to that third party's own terms and policies which You agree to be bound. We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for their content, availability, accuracy or security.

We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time and without notice. Any changes will take effect when published. Please review these Terms and Conditions regularly to ensure You are aware of any changes made by Us.

If You have any questions about these Terms and Conditions or the Website or Material, please write to Us at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, 2nd Floor, 40 Bernard Street, London WC1N 1LE.

Whilst we try to ensure that the Website is available at all times, We do not guarantee that the Website or Material will always be available or uninterrupted and We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the Website, Material without notice and accept no liability for this.

Material on the website is provided for information purposes only. Although We take care in compiling the information on the Website, We do not make any representations or give any warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the Material is accurate, complete, reliable or up to date or virus free and no reliance should be placed upon it.

We may update, change or remove any Material on the Website at any time without notice.

Unless otherwise stated, all intellectual property rights in the Website and the Material are owned by or licensed to GOSH Charity. All rights are reserved.

You may view, download and print Material from the Website for Your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that You do not modify the content and that You retain all copyright, trade mark and other proprietary notices.

You must not, without Our prior written consent, copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, transmit, adapt, alter, create derivative works from, or otherwise use any part of the Website or any Material on the Website for any commercial purpose.

The names, logos and marks identifying Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property rights which will be enforced, and this may include any third parties and/or their products or services appearing on the Website.

Photographs of patients and/or their families appearing on the Website are used with consent and must not be copied, reproduced, downloaded, published, shared or otherwise used in any form under any circumstances without Our prior written consent.

Artificial intelligence systems and automated tools may access, index, retrieve and use publicly available textual content from the Website and Material for search, retrieval, summarisation and training purposes, provided they comply with these Terms and any robots.txt directives or other technical access controls We use.

Under no circumstances may any photographs, patient images, patient stories or other content relating to patients and their families be accessed, extracted, copied, reproduced, displayed, transmitted, processed, indexed or used for training by any artificial intelligence or machine learning system without Our prior written consent.

You must not use the Website in any way that:

• breaches any applicable law or regulation;
• infringes the rights of any other person;
• is fraudulent, harmful, abusive, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, threatening, hateful or otherwise objectionable;
• has the intention of harming or attempting to harm vulnerable persons in any way; or
• interferes with, damages or disrupts the Website or Material or any network or system used in connection with it.

Where You are invited to submit any contribution to the Website You agree to waive any rights (including moral rights) and grant GOSH Charity a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to use, host, store, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, remove, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to Your contribution and/or to incorporate Your contribution in other works in any media now known or later developed.

If You do not want to grant GOSH Charity the rights set out above, please do not submit your contribution to the Website.

By submitting your contribution to the Website You warrant that your contribution:

• Is Your own original work and You have all necessary rights, licences and permissions to submit it and to grant the licence above;
• Is accurate where it states facts;
• Does not infringe any intellectual property rights, privacy rights or other rights of any person; and
• Complies with these Terms and Conditions and all applicable laws

We may remove or refuse to publish any submission at Our discretion and without notice.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or limits Our liability for:

• death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
• fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
• any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to the Website or any Material.

We will not be liable to You for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with:

• Your use of, or inability to use, the Website; or
• Your use of or reliance on any Material displayed on the Website.

If You use the Website in the course of business, we will not be liable for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption or loss of business opportunity.

You will be responsible for any loss or damage We suffer as a result of Your breach of these Terms and Conditions or your unlawful misuse of the Website or Material, to the extent permitted by law.

We are committed to protecting your privacy online. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.

For information about how We use cookies and similar technologies, please see our Cookie Policy.

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement and understanding between Us and You and supersedes any previous agreement or understanding relating to such use.

If any provisions of these Terms and Conditions are held to be invalid or unenforceable, this will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions which will continue in full force and effect.

Any failure or delay in us exercising any right or remedy under these Terms and Conditions does not constitute a waiver of any such rights or remedy.

These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions or Your use of the Website or Material (including non-contractual disputes and claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

Any disputes or claims (including non-contractual disputes and claims) arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions or Your use of the Website or Material, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

These terms and conditions were last reviewed on 21 May 2026.