The Trinity EDGE Challenge Charity Auction

The Trinity EDGE Challenge charity auction is an annual fundraiser to support charities. This year, we’re auctioning LOTS kindly donated by hotels and venues to raise money for four small charities. The LOTS will be released in batches over the next four weeks so just in time for bidders to bag a bargain gift in time for Christmas!

LOTS include everything from luxury weekends away, golf breaks, a signed England rugby shirt, and afternoon teas to canvas art, fine dining, an escape room experience, and more.

• Don’t Lose Hope. A charity that offers a professional counselling service for all members of the community from age 4 upwards.  This is a free service for families/individuals receiving certain state benefits and affordable to all others and now proud to be able to offer their online shop.
• Second Helpings. A project run in partnership with Stamford Methodist Church and the whole community. Their aim is to ‘feed bellies not bins’ and they are passionate about reducing food waste and working with the community to reduce environmental impact.
• Bumps and Beyond. Founded in 2009 by Alice Scott in a small cupboard on the Stamford Hospital site. Ten years on and it is now a fully-fledged charity in its own right and has helped thousands of parents and care-givers!
• Three Counties Dog Rescue – Bourne, Lincolnshire. Three Counties Dog Rescue has successfully re-homed over 7000 dogs and cats since its formation in 1971. All the animals are neutered, vaccinated and micro-chipped before re-homing. All work involving rehoming is done entirely by voluntary and unpaid helpers.

If you have something you’d like to donate to the auction, have any questions or for any other reason, please get in touch.

AUCTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“TERMS AND CONDITIONS”) 

These Terms and Conditions are applicable to any use by you of the online auction (“Auction”) and bidding facility (the “Bidding Facility”) hosted by the Charity (the “Charity”). Use of the Bidding Facility constitutes acceptance of these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, you may not use the Bidding Facility. 

1. Auction 

The online auction operated on the site is for the benefit of the Charity for whom the Auction is being run. 

A number of Auction Items offered for sale on the site (“Items”) are subject to a reserve. All monies paid by a winning bidder and above the reserve price will be donated to the Charities. 

Bidders may bid for more than one Item in the Auction. 

The winning bidder on each Item offered for sale in the course of the Auction will be the person who has submitted the highest bid at the deadline and is in excess of any reserve. 

2. Eligible Bidders 

All bidders must be capable of forming legally binding relations under applicable law. The Bidding Facility may not be used by individuals under the age of 18 years old and by any other persons who are legally prohibited from, or otherwise incapable of, entering into binding contracts. 

Any bidder using the Bidding Facility is warranting by so doing that they are legally entitled to do so. 

As bidder you agree that we can process your personal data for the purpose and specifically for this Auction. 

We do not and will not store your credit or debit card details beyond taking payment during this auction. 

3. Bidding 

Bidders wishing to bid on an Item may make a bid for an Item through the Bidding Facility. 

All Items offered in an Auction are listed and offered for sale on an “as is” basis. Bidders are advised to conduct any research or due diligence on an Item prior to making a bid. 

A bid made by a bidder is an offer to purchase the Item listed at the stated bid price. Any bidder making a bid for an Item acknowledges and agrees that their offer is an irrevocable offer to complete the transaction if they are the winning bidder whereupon the bid will become a contractually binding obligation to purchase the Item at the bid price. 

If a bidder bids on an Item and that bid represents the winning bid for that Item and the winning bid is above or equal to the reserve, the bidder’s bid is deemed accepted. 

The ‘winning bidder’ is the person certified by the Charity at the end of the Auction to be the highest bidder, provided that their bid meets the reserve. The winning bidder may include any under-bidder who is awarded the Item.

Bidders may pre-authorise or pay by credit cards using the payment system provided by Stripe; by paying you are agreeing to Stripe’s terms and conditions, please see https://stripe.com/en-gb/checkout/legal

We, the Charity, will not retain your payment records. Stripe may retain your details as per their terms and conditions and please see them for more information.

If the Charity has not received payment from the winning bidder after a reasonable period of time, such time to be determined by the Charity in its absolute discretion, then the Charity has the right to award the prize to the next highest bidder or another in its absolute discretion.

4. Auction Items and Descriptions 

Items for sale in the Auction are listed on the site with a description and a minimum bid. 

The Item is offered for sale by the Charity on the basis that it is raising money for good causes.

The Charity will, wherever possible, provide a representational image of the Item offered for sale in the Auction but shall have no liability if it does not do so. 

All Images are subject to copyright of the artist. 

Whilst the Charity strives to ensure that descriptions and photographs are accurate, complete and up-to-date, it does not guarantee that this is the case, and will not be responsible for any damage or loss caused due to a bidder by reason of a description of an Item being inaccurate, incomplete or for the Item being otherwise in any way different to the bidder’s expectation. Descriptions of Items are provided without a warranty of any kind.  

While every effort is made by the Charity to ensure that the Item, including any experience or otherwise, works and is in good order and is capable of fulfilment and provides what you would reasonably expect, you acknowledge that the Items by definition are marketed as money can’t buy Items and as such they come with a significant risk attached and that risk is that they may not be as you expect or they may for some reason become impossible to provide or fulfil; in this scenario, or in any scenario, the Charity will not and cannot provide any refund and the Bidder agrees to not receiving any refund, without exception.

Some Items may have a redemption period within which you must redeem the Item and some will also have a date by which you must take up the Item. If you do not redeem the Item in time or take it up in time, you agree that you forfeit that Item and as per the above you will receive no refund.

In redeeming some items, you will be agreeing to the terms of an approved supplier of that Item and such terms will be clear for you to accept or reject at that time.

In no event shall the Charity (including, its employees, affiliates and volunteers) be liable for any claim, demand or damages arising out of or in any way connected with the Auction or Bidder’s purchase of an item.

5. Bidding Deadlines 

Deadlines for receipt of bids made for an Item offered in the Auction are at the sole discretion of the Charity and will not normally be extended under any circumstances. No bids will be accepted on an Item after the deadline. 

After the Auction closes the Charity will contact the winning bidder to inform the bidder that their bid was the highest and that they are, therefore, the winning bidder. 

6. Gift Aid 

By agreeing to Gift Aid, the bidder is confirming that they are a UK taxpayer and understand that if they pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax in the current tax year than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all their donations it is their responsibility to pay any difference. The bidder understands that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. The bidder understands that Gift Aid is reclaimed by the Charity from the tax they pay for the current tax year. 

Gift Aid on lot items is only applicable in a limited number of situations; the Charity will claim wherever possible; for more info see http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/gift_aid/rules/auctions.htm. 

7. Applicable Law 

This Agreement between you the bidder and the Charity shall be interpreted and construed in all respects in accordance with English law and any dispute arising in relation to any aspect of the use of the Auction, the Bidding System, bids made by a bidder in the course of an Auction, any Item, payment delivery or any other matter relating to the Auction shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to which the parties hereby irrevocably submit. 

9. Variation of Terms 

These Terms and Conditions may be revised and updated by the Charity from time to time without notice. Bidders who have previously bid in the Charity Auction are accordingly advised to familiarise themselves with the prevailing edition of these Terms and Conditions when deciding to participate in an Auction. Notwithstanding the foregoing the edition of the Terms and Conditions that was current at the time an Auction commenced will continue to apply throughout that Auction and to all Items sold pursuant to it even if later edition of the Terms and Conditions is implemented before the Auction is completed. 

10. Third Party Rights 

No person who is not a party to an Agreement shall have any right pursuant to the terms of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of such Agreement.