Terms and conditions of use of this website

Who are we?

This website is operated by Altar (SC450255). It preserves access to the website of Spirit of 2012, which was a registered charity (registration number: 1155110) that closed in January 2026.

This website is preserved by Loughborough University, an exempt charity established by Royal Charter with number RC000332, with registered address of Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU.

Statement of Intent

Spirit of 2012 has provided this website and Knowledge Bank as a resource to share learning from twelve years as a UK grant funder and thought leader on the social impact of events. The materials published here reflect insights generated by Spirit, our grant-holders, and research partners, and are intended to support continued efforts to maximise social impact through events, volunteering, and participation.

Our charitable objects are:

• Advancing education of children and young people, including through sporting and cultural activities and by encouraging good citizenship.
• Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the voluntary sector, by promoting public engagement in voluntary activities.
• Promoting community development, encouraging people to engage in ways that provide charitable benefits to their communities.
• Promoting greater understanding and meeting the needs of disabled people, encouraging social inclusion and building confidence through training and activities.

Users may access, use, reflect on, and build upon the resources provided, subject to the following conditions:

• All materials must be acknowledged with appropriate provenance.
• Copyright and intellectual property rights must be respected (see below for details on IP).
• Content may not be used in a way that misrepresents Spirit of 2012’s work or charitable purpose.

By following these principles, you help ensure that the knowledge created during Spirit of 2012’s lifetime continues to inform and inspire positive social impact for the future.

Access to this site

Although we have made and Loughborough University will carry on making reasonable efforts to ensure that the website remains accessible, please note that it is not technically possible for us to guarantee that this website will be bug-free and error-free. You also understand and accept that this website may be inaccessible on occasions due to essential maintenance or technical difficulties.

Please note that we reserve the right to withdraw or suspend access to this website and to amend any of the services offered by this website at any time and without notice. We will not therefore accept any liability in case of temporary or indefinite unavailability of this website.

Intellectual property

The website materials are licensed to the public on a perpetual, royalty-free basis under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license enables anyone to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.

Please note that you may do the following if it is exclusively for your personal use and reference:

• Download one of our web pages into your computer’s memory;
• Download documents from our Knowledge Bank;
• Print one copy of any of our web pages.

Information posted on this website

The information posted on this website or in any communication which we may send to you in accordance with our Privacy Policy is indicative only and is not intended to be representations or advice on which you should rely. Please note that whilst Spirit of 2012 has made reasonable efforts to check the accuracy of this website, it may contain typographical errors and inaccuracies for which we shall accept no liability.

Linking to and from this web site

We may authorise you to create a link to this website provided always that is done fairly and legally. However, we will not accept the following:

• ‘deep-linking’: when your link bypasses our web home page and goes directly to a specific page;
• ‘framing’ of a part of our web site on any other website;
• any suggestion that Spirit of 2012 in some way endorses and/or sponsors your website or your activities or that there is a formal relationship of any kind between you and Spirit of 2012.

Please note that we may withdraw any authorisation in relation to linking at any time and without notice. This website contains links to the websites of carefully selected other organisations. Spirit of 2012 has no control over the contents and the Privacy Policy of these websites and accepts no liability in this respect.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file that is stored on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser. It enables our website to remember you when you return to visit us. Cookies help us to provide you with a better experience by allowing us to understand what areas of the website are of interest to our visitors. These cookies do not track individual information.

You can read our cookies policy here.

Web site security

You agree that you will not do anything or allow anything to be done to compromise the security of this web site.

Contact us

If you have any queries in relation to any aspect of this website, please email
spirit@mailbox.lboro.ac.uk.