Childrens Heartbeat Trust

Social Media Policy

Children’s Heartbeat Trust (CHT) reserves the right to administer its social media pages in accordance with this social media policy.

1.1: Users agree not to participate in mischievous or malicious behaviour which causes damage or may cause damage to CHT or to any other individual or organisation.
1.2: Messages must not be obscene, vulgar, defamatory or libellous, sexually orientated, hateful, threatening or otherwise violate any laws or good morals and practice.
1.3: Messages containing contact details, phone numbers, fax numbers or postal addresses are not allowed and will be edited or removed by the Website Administrator
1.4: Messages must not contain advertisements or references to products or services. This includes fundraising or awareness events which CHT does not consider to benefit our charity.
1.5: Messages which appear to impersonate someone else are not permitted.
1.6: Users agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by the charity.
1.7: Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact CHT immediately by e-mail at admin@childrensheartbeattrust.org.
1.8: Users acknowledge that CHT is not under any obligation to monitor or review discussions on social media sites (i.e. Facebook, Twitter) and you agree that you are entirely responsible for all content that you make available.
1.9: All messages posted on the CHT website and social media pages remain the property of CHT and we reserve the right to edit or remove posts without any prior contact with the author. The deletion of messages is at the discretion of the CHT Website Administrator.


Warning
2.1: Social Media sites are often a public forum and we encourage users to be welcoming and supportive - but remember your posts can be seen by thousands of people every day.

Content
3.1: Posting your personal details (such as phone number, address) or arranging to meet someone in person alone can be unsafe. Social Media sites are open to anyone. Please keep your personal safety in mind. Any postings of this kind will be removed if they are noted.
3.2: All messages posted on the Social Media sites are the views of individuals and do not represent the views, policy or advice of CHT. We cannot guarantee that the information posted by individuals is accurate and it is intended for discussion and support only. Although CHT will try to step in to correct any obvious inaccuracies you should not follow any medical or treatment advice without firstly discussing it with ourselves or your medical practitioner.