Terms & Conditions – Survive Child Abuse

The terms on which you may use survivechildabuse.com. By accessing or using this website you agree to be bound by these terms.

If you need support right now, please visit our Safety Information page.

1. About these terms

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of survivechildabuse.com (the “website”). By accessing or using the website you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

These Terms should be read together with our Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy, Disclaimer and Editorial Policy. References in these Terms to “we”, “us” and “our” mean Survive Child Abuse.

2. About us

Survive Child Abuse is an independent, peer-led group of adult survivors of childhood abuse, based in the United Kingdom. We operate the website to share, in good faith, the personal reflections and practical experience of our members.

We are not a charity, a regulated healthcare provider, a medical body, a counselling service, a crisis service, or a legal practice.

3. Accepting these terms

Each time you use the website you confirm that you accept the version of these Terms then in force. If you do not, you must stop using the website.

4. Use of the website

You may use the website for lawful, personal, non-commercial purposes, including reading our content and contacting us. The website is intended for adult users (18 and over).

5. Acceptable use

When using the website, including any contact form or messaging facility, you must not:

Use it in any way that breaches applicable laws or regulations or is fraudulent, harmful or unlawful.
Send, upload, transmit or attempt to upload any content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, threatening, harassing, abusive, or that infringes the rights of any other person.
Send any unsolicited advertising or promotional material.
Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website, the server on which it is hosted, or any related system, including by introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other harmful material.
Attempt to overload, disable or impair the proper working of the website or to circumvent any security feature.
Use any automated means (including scraping or harvesting) to extract data from the website, except for legitimate accessibility tools.
Identify, name or attempt to identify any individual who has used the website, including any contributor, author or other user.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the website without notice if we reasonably believe that you have breached these acceptable use rules.

6. Content on the website

All content on the website — including all Sparks, Hints & Tips, “What I’ve Learnt” pieces, articles, information pages, and any other material — is general information shared on a peer-to-peer basis. It is not, and must not be relied upon as, medical, psychiatric, psychological, therapeutic, counselling, legal or other professional advice.

Content reflects the personal experience and views of the contributing author or editor and is not necessarily the view of Survive Child Abuse as a whole. Please refer to our Disclaimer for further information.

7. Your contributions

If you submit content to us, including a Spark, Hints & Tips piece, “What I’ve Learnt” piece, or message, the following terms apply.

You retain ownership of any content you submit. You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, edit, reproduce, distribute and publish your contribution in connection with survivechildabuse.com and our work, until you withdraw your consent.
You confirm that the content is yours, that you are entitled to grant the licence, and that the content does not breach any third-party rights, including the rights of any other person who might be identifiable from it.
We may edit your contribution before publication, including for anonymisation, length, clarity, accuracy, and consistency with our Editorial Policy.
You may withdraw your contribution at any time by contacting us. We will normally remove the piece from public view within five working days.
We may decline to publish, or remove, any contribution that does not meet our Editorial Policy.

8. Intellectual property

Except for content owned by individual contributors and licensed to us as set out in section 7, all material on the website is owned by or licensed to Survive Child Abuse and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

You may view, download for personal use, and print extracts of content from the website, provided you do not modify the content, do not remove any copyright or other notices, and do not use the content for any commercial purpose without our written consent.

You may not republish, sell, license, sub-license, rent, transfer, copy, reproduce, duplicate, redistribute or otherwise exploit content from the website without our prior written consent.

9. Privacy and cookies

Our use of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy. Our use of cookies and similar technologies is described in our Cookies Policy.

10. Disclaimers and warranties

While we take reasonable care in selecting and editing the content we publish, we make no representation or warranty, express or implied, that any content is complete, accurate, current, fit for any particular purpose, or free from errors or omissions. The website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Please also refer to our Disclaimer.

11. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for any loss or damage — whether direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise, and whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), under statute or otherwise — arising out of or in connection with your use of, or reliance on, the website or any service provided through it.

Nothing in these Terms affects any rights or liabilities that cannot be excluded or limited under the laws of England and Wales.

12. Use at your own risk

Use of the website and its content is at your own risk. Some material on the site discusses sensitive subject matter and may bring up difficult feelings. We provide content warnings and signpost to sources of support, but you are responsible for deciding whether and how to engage with the content.

If you are in immediate danger or in crisis, please contact the emergency services on 999, or call the Samaritans on 116 123 (24 hours). Other support contacts are listed on our Safety Information page.

13. Links to other websites

The website may contain links to third-party websites, services or resources. We provide such links for information only. We do not control those external sites and accept no responsibility for their content, accuracy or practices. The inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement.

14. Changes to the website

We may update or change content on the website at any time, and we may suspend or withdraw the website (or any feature on it) without notice. We do not guarantee that the website, or any content on it, will always be available or that access will be uninterrupted or error-free.

15. Changes to these terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. The version then in force will be the version published on this page on the date you access the website. We will notify users of material changes by a prominent notice on the website for a reasonable period after the change takes effect.

16. Concerns and complaints

If you have a concern about anything on the website, including content that you believe identifies you, is inaccurate, or is otherwise harmful, please contact us. We will acknowledge your message within three working days and respond substantively within 14 days, in line with our Editorial Policy.

17. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction, save that nothing prevents a consumer who is resident elsewhere in the United Kingdom from bringing proceedings in their home jurisdiction where the law allows.

18. Contact us

If you have any question about these Terms, please contact us using the contact form on the website.

Last Updated: 2nd October, 2026