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Terms and Conditions
Please read these Terms and Conditions of use ("Terms") carefully before using the "fiftyforward.co.uk" website (the "Website"). By using this Website you agree to be bound by these Terms, the Copyright Statement and the Privacy Statement. If you do not accept these terms you must not access the Website.

In these Terms, 'we', 'us' and ' learndirect' means Ufi Limited, Dearing House, 1 Young Street, Sheffield S1 4UP, which is the owner of this Website and the learndirect trade marks and brands, and 'you' means the user of this Website.

Purpose of this Website
The Website provides thought-provoking ideas, inspiration and information for the over 50s, to help you plan the second half of your life - whether you are 50+ and fabulous or 50+ and fearful!

We recognise that not everyone refers to themselves by age, and we certainly do not seek to isolate specific age groups. We are simply providing a 'one-stop-shop' for the over 50s, grouping together useful information and web links under a number of different lifestyle themes or sections, for example Work, Money and Play.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability
The content of the Website is provided to you on an "as is" basis by way of general information only. You accept and acknowledge that we shall not in any way be liable for any damage, loss, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from your reliance on or use of the Website, or any information contained therein. In addition, we make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, completeness or suitability for purpose of the information and related graphics published in the Website.

You agree to indemnify fully and hold learndirect indemnified from and against any claim brought by a third party resulting from the use of the Website, and/or the learndirect Materials and any associated facilities provided by learndirect, and in respect of all losses, costs, actions, claims, expenses or liabilities whatsoever suffered or incurred directly by learndirect, in consequence of your breach or non-observance of the Terms and/or forum rules.

learndirect's aggregate liability and that of its suppliers in contract, tort or otherwise including negligence shall be limited to £250 in respect of one incident or series of incidents arising from a common cause in any 12 month period.

You acknowledge that you are responsible for making back-up copies of all your data and taking appropriate precautions against viruses, hacking and all other types of computer misuse.

Third party links
We may provide links to third party websites. This may include links to sites owned by learndirect and associated companies. Any link (including without limitation any links posted by other users of the Website) are provided for your convenience only and are accessed at your own risk. We are not responsible in any way for the content of the third party websites or for goods or services provided by the operators of such websites and, unless otherwise stated are not responsible for and do not endorse or recommend any third party website or its availability or contents or any agreement or understanding you enter into with a third party through a third party website.

If any provision of these Terms becomes void or otherwise unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the remainder of these Terms shall not be affected.

These Terms are governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales unless you live in Scotland in which case it will be governed by Scots law and the relevant courts of the UK will have non-exclusive jurisdiction in relation to their Terms.


This Website was designed and created by the lovely people at theWorkshop, on behalf of Ufi. It was launched in February 2008.

A note about the authors
Much of the content on FiftyForward.co.uk has been adapted from Barrie Hopson and Mike Scally's book: 'The Rainbow Years: The Pluses of Being 50 Plus'. To the best of our knowledge, we have referenced any additional content which appears on this Website appropriately.

A heart-felt thank you
We would like to pass on our thanks to everyone who has contributed to the FiftyForward site, including Barrie Hopson and Mike Scally and all the people who have kindly shared their stories. Thank you to Richard Crowther for allowing us to use the wonderful title: Think again Dream anew - the name of his poem performed live at Words Aloud - and also to Vajratara from the Sheffield Buddhist Centre in Walkley, for providing inspiration.

Contact us
We welcome your thoughts and ideas. If you have any comments regarding the FiftyForward site, please contact us.

Copyright Statement
Your use of the content provided on the FiftyForward Website is subject to the terms of the following copyright statement.

Ownership
This Website is owned by Ufi Limited ('Ufi'), which carries on business in the United Kingdom under the learndirect name. The copyright for the content provided on the Website, including all of the graphics, code, text products, software, audio, music and design is owned by Ufi, except where otherwise indicated. © Ufi Limited 2008. All rights reserved.

The Ufi and learndirect trade marks, together with the FiftyForward logos displayed in the header bars on the website (http://www.fiftyforward.co.uk/) and the "fiftyforward.co.uk" domain name are the property of Ufi. It is not permitted to copy, reproduce, upload, post, display or use in any way the Ufi or learndirect trade marks or the FiftyForward logos, referred to above, and "fiftyforward.co.uk" domain name without the prior written permission of Ufi.

Use of the Website
You are granted a limited personal non-exclusive licence to use the learndirect Materials for personal non-commercial use relating to learndirect. As such, you may make copies of this Website as necessary incidental acts during your viewing of it, and you may print for your personal use so much of this Website as is reasonable for private purposes.

Save as expressly set out in this Copyright Statement, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, re-publish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any of the learndirect Materials. Any use of the learndirect Materials not expressly permitted in this Copyright Statement is strictly prohibited and will constitute an infringement of the copyright and other intellectual property rights of Ufi, or in the case of material licensed to Ufi, the owner of such materials.

Ufi Limited
Registered in England No. 3980770
Registered Office: Dearing House, 1 Young Street, Sheffield S1 4UP

learndirect Solutions Ltd
Registered in England No. 5081669
Registered Office: Dearing House, 1 Young Street, Sheffield S1 4UP

UFI Charitable Trust
Registered in England No. 3658378
Registered Charity No. 1081028
Registered Office: Dearing House, 1 Young Street, Sheffield S1 4UP

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