Terms and Conditions
General Terms and Conditions
Think Big Challenge Terms and Conditions
General Terms and Conditions
Each application for Think Big must be consistent with the aims of the Think Big Programme. Projects must not be for profit activities. Projects must have the key focus of promoting positive mental health and wellbeing for young people and their communities. The full criteria are contained on our website www.o2thinkbig.ie
Think Big Challenge Terms and Conditions
General Terms and Conditions
Each application for Think Big must be consistent with the aims of the Think Big Programme. Projects must not be for profit activities. Projects must have the key focus of promoting positive mental health and wellbeing for young people and their communities. The full criteria are contained on our website www.o2thinkbig.ie
1. Think Big is funded and run by Telefónica O2 Ireland Limited (O2) and Headstrong, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health (Headstrong). All training in relation to the Think Big Programme is provided by Headstrong. In these terms, "Our", "we" or "us" means Telefónica O2 Ireland Limited, a company registered in Ireland (Company Number 234895).
2. Only projects that take place within the Republic of Ireland are eligible for funding and support. If you are resident in Northern Ireland and apply through the ROI scheme we may share your application with our UK counterparts - Think Big UK who manage the programme in the UK and Northern Ireland.
3. The Think Big programme is aimed at benefiting and supporting projects that make a difference to young people and their mental health. Think Big projects must meet all of the following criteria:
- directly promote mental wellbeing and positive mental health
- be youth-led
- have an impact on young people and your community
4. If your project application is successful you will be eligible for funding for the project. Funding, which includes training and support, is granted at the discretion of the O2 and Headstrong project assessment panel. The following projects are not eligible for funding:
- projects with a religious or political affiliation or an aim of converting people to a certain religion;
- projects which benefit only individuals or are on private land, promote a political individual, party or organisation;
- projects aimed at raising money for third party giving organisations;
- school projects which do not benefit a defined community; or
- fetes, festivals other events, courses workshops or projects which could be dangerous.
5. The Think Big Programme is open to applicants aged between 14-25 years. This programme is run for young people, by young people.
6. Successful applications will receive funding based on 2 project levels. While an applicant may submit their project for funding at a given level, the funding is subject to O2 and Headstrong approval and may be amended as deemed necessary. The amount awarded to users on approval of an application may be subject to change during the course of the project.The funding committee’s decision is final in this regard.
7. Project specification
Funding - there are 2 stages of funding per project that an applicant can apply for:
- Level 1: Up to €300 plus a mobile phone with €50 top-up and a Think Big start-up pack. We will also provide relevant training and support through an O2 mentor. After you have completed your Level 1 project, you can apply for a Level 2 project if you want to do more.
- Level 2: This is for larger projects and includes up to €2,000 plus a laptop, mobile broadband, a mobile phone with €100 top-up, further training and support and a Think Big start-up pack.
Duration of project – your project should run for no longer than 3 months from its commencement date. However, in limited circumstances, a project extension may be permitted subject to O2 mentor approval.
Training – it is a requirement of the successfull approval of a project that you will attend one day’s training at O2’s Head Office in Dublin. Training days will be held six times a year and all reasonable travel expenses will be paid for by O2.
Referees – You will be required to provide 2 referees for each application submitted. Your referees need to be people who know you and what you want to do, but who aren’t directly involved with your project. Ideally your referees are part of your community, like a teacher or a coach or even a parent or guardian. One of your parents can be a referee but not both. If you are under 18, one of your referees must be a parent or a guardian. It’s best to choose people who might be able to support you as you go through Think Big. O2 and Headstrong will contact these referees during the project approval stage.
Training – it is a requirement of the successfull approval of a project that you will attend one day’s training at O2’s Head Office in Dublin. Training days will be held six times a year and all reasonable travel expenses will be paid for by O2.
Referees – You will be required to provide 2 referees for each application submitted. Your referees need to be people who know you and what you want to do, but who aren’t directly involved with your project. Ideally your referees are part of your community, like a teacher or a coach or even a parent or guardian. One of your parents can be a referee but not both. If you are under 18, one of your referees must be a parent or a guardian. It’s best to choose people who might be able to support you as you go through Think Big. O2 and Headstrong will contact these referees during the project approval stage.
8. Successful applicants under 18 years of age must obtain the written consent of a parent or guardian to take part in a Think Big project. We will send you the parental consent form that needs to be completed if your project is successful.
9. You can submit a new project every month provided that they meet the above criteria and relate to substantially different areas of focus. However, you will only be awarded funding to make your project a reality a maximum of 4 times a year.
10. It is our aim to advise applicants within 14 days of project submission as to whether or not an application for funding has been successful. Applicants will be contacted via the email address on their application. If, in a particular month, we are experiencing a particularly high volume and/or quality of applications, your application may be considered for funding in the following month instead. If this occurs, we will let you know by email how your application is progressing.
11. We would like to publicise all of your Think Big projects. As a result of this:
- All applicants may be required to submit materials including photos and/or videos which can be used by us for Think Big promotional purposes.
- We want you to publicise your project in your community yourselves.
By submitting your application, you agree that your project and any photographs or other materials you submit may be publicised on the Think Big website and used to promote Think Big to a wider audience.
12. Funding will be granted on the basis of the original application. Any proposed changes to the original application and the scope of the project must be approved by the Think Big project assessment panel.
13. If Headstrong and O2 believe that any funds which have been provided are being misused in any way, or that the project is not being run as a not-for-profit project, then we reserve the right to withhold or reclaim all or part of the funding.
14. If, at any time, O2 and Headstrong consider that it is no longer appropriate to provide funding to a particular project for any reason, O2 and Headstrong reserve the right to discontinue funding for that project.
15. O2 and Headstrong accept no responsibility for applications that are lost, delayed, misdirected, incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery is not proof of receipt.
16. O2 and Headstrong accept no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of submitting an application or accepting an project.
17. O2 and Headstrong disclaim liability for any injury or damage to your or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the Think Big Programme.
18. The project assessment panel’s decisions on all matters relating to the Think Big Programme will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
20. Think Big Community
General Guidelines
General Guidelines
20.1. The Think Big Community rules are here so that the Community is a welcoming and useful resource for everyone that visits. The rules outline what we think is acceptable behaviour and it is important that you read them carefully and stick to them.
20.2. These terms and conditions are the rules which govern how you participate in the Think Big Community including in particular any comments, username, links, or images you submit to the Community ("Content"). Accessing and taking part in the Think Big Community constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions.
20.3. The Think Big Community is only for you if you’re between 14 and 25. By using the service, you’re confirming that you are 14 years or over. We reserve the right to check this is true.
20.4. Any personal information you submit as part of this registration process and/or any other interaction with us will be collected, stored and used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By registering to use and contribute comments, questions, suggestions, ideas, answers, images and other material (Content) to any section of the Think Big Community you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions , the Think Big Community Guidelines and Privacy Policy and such other terms and conditions and policies as O2 and Headstrong in its absolute discretion may have in place from time to time.
Content Standards
20.5. The Think Big Community is provided for your use. The views and opinions expressed on the Community don’t reflect ours (unless they are from one of our Online Support team or an O2 Mentor).
20.5. The Think Big Community is provided for your use. The views and opinions expressed on the Community don’t reflect ours (unless they are from one of our Online Support team or an O2 Mentor).
20.6. You must not submit any Content that doesn’t comply with these terms and conditions. Specifically, you must not use the Community for any Content that:
- breaks any relevant local, national or international law or which incites or encourages others to break any such law;
- is racist, sexist or homophobic or otherwise discriminatory;
- is pornographic, obscene, profane, vulgar, or contains swearing (including words which use * or any other symbols instead of a letter to make the profanity less obvious);
- is defamatory of any person, entity or organisation;
- is persistently abusive, threatening, bullying, repeatedly a cause of nuisance or annoyance or otherwise illegal towards other Community users, our staff or our property or that of our agents;
- is otherwise offensive in our reasonable opinion;
- Infringes the rights (including but not limited to the intellectual property rights) of any person or legal entity;
- relates to the conduct of a business;
- includes advertising, or is soliciting business;
- includes advertising, or is soliciting business;
- infringes the privacy of an individual or company, including (but not limited to) posting location and/or contact details of another person;
20.7. To help us moderate the Think Big Community Content, all Content must be in English or Irish only.
20.8. Before posting Content which contains an image of another person(s); an image of property owned by another person; and/ or reference to another person sufficient to identify them (either alone, or in combination with any other Content), you must obtain that other person's consent prior to posting the Content on the Think Big Community. We reserve the right at any time to request any such evidence of consent as it sees fit and, without prejudice, to withhold posting of Content until satisfactory evidence of consent to posting is forthcoming.
20.9. Should you find any Content that you feel is inappropriate or not in line with these rules, please let us know by sending us a mail to info@o2thinkbig.ie. If we agree that it should be removed, it may take a day or so for the Content to be removed.
20.10. We may review the Content submitted by you to the Think Big Community for suitability and for compliance with these terms and conditions and prior to or after the Content has been posted on the Community.
20.11. If you break the Think Big Community rules, then we may require that any future Content posted by you is checked by us before it’s allowed to be posted on theCommunity. We also reserve the right to place a temporary or permanent suspension on your ability to participate and access in any part of or all of the Community. If you submit or share offensive or inappropriate Content to the Community or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on the Community, and we think your behaviour is serious and/or repeated, we may use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop any further such infringements.
20.12. We expressly reserve in our absolute and sole discretion the right to reject or accept Content at any time and for any reason. Further, O2 may at any time and for any reason whatsoever and without notice or liability to you:
- remove Content from the Think Big Community whether permanently or temporarily;
- destroy any Content.
20.13. We reserve the right to report to the relevant authorities any Content which we believe to be illegal.
Ownership and Licence of Content
20.14 We don’t claim to own any Content you submit or make available via the Think Big Community and you’ll continue to own all rights in that Content. You shall have the right to use your Content in any way you choose.
20.14 We don’t claim to own any Content you submit or make available via the Think Big Community and you’ll continue to own all rights in that Content. You shall have the right to use your Content in any way you choose.
- By submitting to or making available any Content on the Think Big Community you agree to grant us a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, make available to the public (on the Community or elsewhere), and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to the Content worldwide and/or to incorporate your contribution in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in your Content as we may require.
- By submitting or making available any Content to the Community, you also agree to waive all moral rights in that Content.
- We may (without notice to you) grant the same or other rights in respect of your Content to third parties without payment to you and sell, distribute or otherwise publish your Content outside of the Community. If you don’t want to grant us the rights set out above, please don’t submit your Content.
- The majority of Content posted on the Community is created by members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not ours. We are not responsible for any Content posted by members of the public on the Community or for the availability or Content of any third party sites that are accessible through the Community. Any links to third party websites from the Community do not amount to any endorsement of that site by us and any use of that site by you is at your own risk.
21. Information which you provide to us as part of the Think Big programme and the Think Big Community and other information which you may supply to us is subject to our Privacy Policy. The current version of the Privacy Policy shall be deemed incorporated into these terms and conditions and is available at http://www.o2thinkbig.ie/page/terms-and-conditions.html.
Miscellaneous
22. If any one of these terms and conditions is held invalid by any law, rule, order or regulation of any government, or by the final determination of any court of a competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions not held to be invalid.
22. If any one of these terms and conditions is held invalid by any law, rule, order or regulation of any government, or by the final determination of any court of a competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions not held to be invalid.
23. Our terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with Irish Law. Both you and we submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts. 24.. We reserve the right to review and revise our terms and conditions from time to time without giving you prior notice and by using Think Big and the Think Big Community after any revision of our terms and conditions, you agree to be bound by the changes we’ve made.
Think Big Challenge
Across Ireland people like you have been working hard to make things better. From a fashion show in Kerry to a graffiti project in Donegal, young people aged 14 to 25 have been running projects which focus on positive mental health. Here at O2 and Headstrong we know that you have ideas that can change your world and we want to give you more to make that happen. We are giving out 4 special grants of €5000 for projects run by you that will change how your community thinks about young people and their mental health.
The closing date is the 29th of September so get thinking BIG! To submit your idea click here: http://www.o2thinkbig.ie/page/get-ready-think-big.html
For inspiration click here: http://www.o2thinkbig.ie/page/get-inspired.html
For more information and the terms and conditions take a look here: http://www.o2thinkbig.ie/page/terms-and-conditions.html
Next steps
What Types of Projects:
You can be as creative as you like. Projects we have supported to date are:
- Complete the Think Big application process on http://www.o2thinkbig.ie/page/get-ready-think-big.html. by Thursday September 29th 2011. Please state in your brief description you are applying for the Think Big Challenge
- You will be contacted by a Think Big member no later than October 14th 2011 to let you know if you have been shortlisted for Round 2
- You will present your project to the Think Big panel – more details to follow when advised of being accepted to Round 2
What Types of Projects:
You can be as creative as you like. Projects we have supported to date are:
- A fashion show promoting positive body image
- A drug and alcohol free music event that promoted positive mental health
- Random acts of kindness around a local community
- A website to promote positive mental health
- A graffiti art project using images representing positive mental health
- A music workshop
- A drama about mental health
- …And many more.
Terms & Conditions
- 4 grants of €5,000 will be available.
- Only 1 grant in a county will be awarded
- Shortlisted projects will be asked to present their project ideas to funding committee
- Projects must be submitted, led and carried out by young people from 14-25 years.
- You cannot use the funding to pay yourself a salary, for commercial gain or to supplement paid employment.
- Projects can be run by an individual or by a group, but must impact more than one person/must impact a group of people in a community
- Applications must show how their project would improve/support/promote positive mental health for other young people.
- You cannot apply for existing projects or projects that have begun prior to the 7th October.
- If you are successful you will be assigned a Think Big mentor who you will be expected to work with in completing your project plan and in setting your goals and budget.
- If your project is successful, you and up to 5 members of your group must attend a one day training course run by Headstrong, that covers Communications Skills, Project Management Skills and an Introduction to Youth Mental Health
- Projects must have a limited time frame and be completed within 6 months of the start date to be agreed with your O2 mentor.
- If you are under 18 you will need your parents or guardians consent to take part.
- You will be expected to take part in the promotion of Think Big through printed press, electronic media or television and radio interviews.
- Think Big branding will be present at all events or on all materials produced as part of the project.
- As part of the project you will have to complete a questionnaire before you start and after you have delivered your project. This helps us evaluate the impact of Think Big is having on all young people involved.
- If you are unsuccessful in being awarded the €5,000 grant, you will still be considered for Think Big Level 2 funding which amounts to €2,000
