By submitting and/or updating an application form for Approved Consultancy Status  you hereby confirm that the information given is correct to the best of your knowledge having made careful enquiry into the same and you hereby consent to NCVO verifying any information provided in this application. NCVO must be informed immediately in writing of any changes to the information supplied by you subsequent to the application.

NCVO may ask you for further supporting evidence relating to your application. If requested you must supply this evidence in the manner and timescale requested by NCVO.  Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.

NCVO may also ask for further supporting evidence if one or more of your referees does not in the view of NCVO supply an adequate reference. If in the view of NCVO both or either references are inadequate it is the responsibility of the proposed consultant to either chase referees or supply new referees within a given timescale and to a deadline to be specified by NCVO. NCVO staff will contact the proposed consultant to inform them of any issues with referees or with any supporting documentation.

NCVO reserves the right to reject an application at anytime.

NCVO’s decision whether to approve or reject a proposed consultant is final. NCVO will, upon request, provide feedback to proposed consultants who are not approved for inclusion in the directory.

Your details will only be published in the directory if you are accepted and if payment has been received within the timescale and to a deadline specified by NCVO. Any payment received after the final deadline will not be accepted and will result in entries not being included and such monies being returned to the sender.

NCVO reserves the right to suspend/withdraw Approved Consultancy Status on giving notice at any time to that effect to the Approved Consultant if the Approved Consultant is in breach of any of these terms.

This guidance will apply to those whom are formally granted in writing Approved Consultancy Status by NCVO. For the avoidance of doubt if you are not granted NCVO Approved Consultancy status or if it is withdrawn by NCVO you will not hold yourself out in any way as being granted such or associate yourself in anyway with NCVO.

NCVO’s Approved Consultant 2008 logo may only be used in the form supplied by NCVO and as the same may be amended from time to time.

Approved Consultants may describe themselves only as an “NCVO Approved Consultant 2008” until the Directory 2009 is published in January 2009.  NCVO will inform the Approved Consultant by notice at that time and setting the timescale for compliance.

NCVO’s Approved Consultant 2008 logo and description “NCVO Approved Consultant 2008” may only be used on its headed paper and on its promotional materials that are used in association with the Approved Consultants capacity as a consultant.

The NCVO Approved Consultant 2008 logo and description “NCVO Approved Consultant 2008” should not be used in such a way to imply an endorsement of any other services that the Approved Consultant may provide.

The Approved Consultants must not by either action or omission operate in such a manner as to, in the sole view of NCVO, damage or potentially damage the goodwill or reputation of NVCO.

The NCVO Approved Consultant 2008 logo and description “NCVO Approved Consultant 2008” should not be used for any other purposes without the prior agreement of NCVO in writing.

Failure or neglect by NCVO to enforce at any time any of the provisions hereof shall not be construed nor shall be deemed to be a waiver of that party's rights hereunder nor in any way affect the validity of the whole or any part of this Agreement nor prejudice that party's rights to take subsequent action.

The Approved Consultant or the applicant for such status agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified NCVO from and against all costs, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, damages or losses (including without limitation any direct or indirect consequential losses, loss of profit and loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and reasonable legal and other reasonable professional costs and expenses) arising out of or in connection with the its breach of this Agreement.

The headings of the terms and conditions herein contained are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms and conditions.

In the event that any of these terms shall be determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision shall to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which shall continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Nothing in this Agreement shall contribute or be deemed to constitute a partnership between the parties.

NVCO shall be free without restriction to assign all or any rights of its rights or obligations under these terms.  The Approved Consultant may not assign or sub licence any of its rights or obligations under these terms without the prior written consent of NCVO.

This agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and arrangements (whether written or oral) in relation to such subject matter between the parties.

Any notice to be given by either party to the other may be sent by recorded delivery to the address of the other party as appearing herein or such other address as such party may from time to time have communicated to the other in writing and if so sent shall be deemed to be served 48 hours from the date of posting.

NCVO is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 and by submitting this form you consent to NCVO holding and processing your data and where necessary using the information in its activities and provision of services.

The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act shall not apply to this Agreement.