Terms and conditions

Part A — Website terms

A1. Acceptance and who we are

This website, garforthbrassband.co.uk, is operated by Garforth Brass, a registered charity in England and Wales (charity number 1116537), whose registered address is 11 Pinfold Lane, Leeds LS15 7SX(“we”, “us”, “the band”). You can contact us at support@garforthbrassband.co.uk. By using this website you accept these website terms. If you do not accept them, please do not use the site.

A2. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time, for example when the lottery mechanics change or the law requires it. The date at the top of this page shows when they were last revised. Changes to Part B that affect existing subscribers will be notified by email before they take effect.

A3. Permitted use and restrictions

You may browse the site, enter the lottery, donate and contact us for personal, non-commercial purposes. You must not scrape or bulk-download content, attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the site or its systems, introduce malicious code, interfere with other users’ use of the site, or use it for any unlawful purpose.

A4. Intellectual property

The band’s name, logo, photographs, recordings and the text on this site belong to Garforth Brass or are used with permission. You may print or share pages for personal use provided you do not alter them or remove any attribution.

A5. Accuracy of information

We try to keep the site accurate and current, but concert dates, rehearsal times, prize amounts, odds and percentages may change. Summaries elsewhere on the site are not an offer. The lottery terms in Part B, as in force at the time of your entry, take precedence over any summary elsewhere on the site.

A6. Third-party links

Links to other websites — including the safer-gambling organisations we signpost, our payment provider and the Charity Commission — are provided for convenience. We are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices.

A7. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

The site is provided “as is”. To the extent permitted by law we exclude liability for loss or damage arising from your use of, or inability to use, the site, other than liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraud. Nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights as a consumer.

A8. Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.

Part B — Lottery terms

These are the terms of the Garforth Brass Lottery (“the Lottery”). They set out the licence details, the responsible person, prize amounts and the percentage split that apply to every entry, and they take precedence over any summary elsewhere on the site.

B1. Eligibility

You may enter only if you are aged 18 or over and resident in Great Britain. Entries from outside Great Britain cannot be accepted. Members of the band committee, anyone directly involved in administering the draw, and members of their households may not enter. By entering you confirm that you meet these conditions and that you are not currently self-excluded from the Lottery.

B2. The promoter

The Lottery is a small society lottery promoted by Garforth Brass, registered charity 1116537, 11 Pinfold Lane, Leeds LS15 7SX. The member of the society designated as responsible for the promotion is Janet Lymath (Treasurer). The Lottery is registered with Leeds City Council as the licensing authority, registration no. LCC/SL/0247(registered 14 May 2025), and is promoted in accordance with the Gambling Act 2005 and the conditions of that registration. No External Lottery Manager is used.

B3. Entries

Each entry costs £1. An entry consists of 4 different numbers from 1 to 24, chosen by you or allocated at random as a “lucky dip”. You may hold up to 10 entries per draw. An entry is valid for a draw only once payment has been received and confirmed by email; the confirmation email is your ticket and states the promoter’s name, the price, the responsible person and the draw date. Entries received after midnight on Tuesday are entered into the following week’s draw. Because the Lottery is registered as a small society lottery, total ticket sales are capped at £20,000 per draw and £250,000 per calendar year; if a cap would be exceeded, later entries are declined and refunded.

B4. Subscriptions

You may choose to enter every draw (weekly subscription) or every draw for a month at a time (monthly subscription). Payment is taken automatically in advance at the frequency you chose, at the current entry price, until you cancel. You may cancel at any time, free of charge and without notice, by emailing support@garforthbrassband.co.uk or using the cancellation link in any subscription email. Cancellations received before the midnight on Tuesday cut-off take effect from that week’s draw; later ones from the following draw. Payments already taken for draws not yet held will be refunded on request. If a subscription payment fails, your numbers are not entered into that draw; we will tell you by email and, if payment continues to fail for two consecutive periods, cancel the subscription.

B5. The draw

The draw takes place every Wednesday at 8pm, at band rehearsal at Garforth Methodist Church, Church Lane, Garforth, Leeds LS25 1NW. The 4 winning numbers are generated by a random number generator in the presence of at least two committee members, who record and sign the result. Results are published on the winners page the same evening and kept in the band’s lottery register. If a draw cannot take place at the scheduled time (for example because rehearsal is cancelled), it is held at the next practicable opportunity and entrants are informed.

B6. Prizes

Prizes are fixed amounts, paid per winning entry:

• First prize — match all 4 numbers: £1,000 (odds 1 in 10,626 per entry).
• Second prize — match 3 numbers: £50 (odds 1 in 133 per entry).
• Third prize — match 2 numbers: £5 (odds 1 in 9 per entry).

The odds above are exact for the 4-from-24 format (10,626 combinations). Winners are notified by email to the address on their entry within three working days and must respond within 90 days of the draw. Before paying a prize we verify the winner’s age and identity, and prizes are paid by bank transfer within 14 days of verification. Prizes not claimed within 90 days are forfeited and applied to the band’s charitable purposes. No prize may exceed the maximum permitted for a small society lottery. We never ask for a payment to release a prize.

B7. Void entries

An entry is void, and any prize withheld, if it was made by a person under 18 or otherwise ineligible, if payment failed or was reversed, if it duplicates another entry in breach of the entry limit, if it was received after the cut-off (in which case it rolls forward rather than being void), or if it was made by or on behalf of a self-excluded person. Stakes on void entries are returned where the law allows.

B8. Self-exclusion

You may exclude yourself from the Lottery at any time by emailing us. We will cancel your subscription, refuse new entries and stop lottery marketing to you for at least six months or such longer period as you choose, and lift the exclusion only on your written request after that period, with a 24-hour cooling-off period. Full details are on our responsible gambling page.

B9. Where the money goes

Of every £1 entry, 50p goes to the charitable purposes of Garforth Brass, 30p to the prize fund and 20p to the costs of running the Lottery. The law requires a minimum of 20% of proceeds to go to the good cause; our allocation will never fall below that.

B10. Suspension or cancellation of the Lottery

We may suspend or end the Lottery at any time, for example if the registration lapses or the committee decides to stop. Entries paid for draws that will not take place are refunded in full, and subscribers are told by email at least one draw in advance wherever possible.

B11. Complaints and disputes

Please raise any complaint with the committee at support@garforthbrassband.co.uk. We acknowledge complaints within five working days and aim to respond fully within twenty working days. If you remain dissatisfied, a small society lottery is overseen by its licensing authority — Leeds City Council — to which unresolved disputes may be referred. Complaints about the band’s fundraising may also be taken to the Fundraising Regulator, normally within eight weeks of our final response.

B12. Data protection

We use your personal data to run the Lottery, notify winners, verify age and identity, keep the records the licence requires and, only with your consent, send you marketing. Our privacy policy explains this in full, including how long we keep entry, prize and self-exclusion records.