Background 

These terms and conditions apply to Services provided by Differing Minds CIC. You may contact us at [email protected] 

These terms and conditions apply to the sale of any Online Course. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before purchasing an Online Course and print off a copy for your records.

For purchases via our website, by clicking on the “Commit to purchase” button you agree to the terms of this agreement which will bind you.  If you do not agree to these terms and conditions you must cease to continue to purchase any Services from us.

1. Definitions

“Confidential Information” means information provided by one party to the other in written, graphic, recorded, machine readable or other form concerning the business, clients, suppliers, finances and other areas of the other party’s business or products, including, without limitation, the Course Materials, but does not include information in the public domain other than through the default of the party disclosing the information, information required to be disclosed by any court or regulatory authority, or any information already in the possession or control of the disclosing party.

“Course Materials” means the information provided by Differing Minds CIC to accompany a course provided as part of the Services in hard copy or electronic form.

“Fees” means the fees paid by you to Differing Minds CIC for the Services.

“Intellectual Property Rights” means copyright, rights in or relating to databases, trademarks, rights in or relating to Confidential Information and other intellectual property rights (registered or unregistered) throughout the world.

“Online Course” means the delivery by us of an online course pursuant to which you learn course materials remotely.

“Services” means the provision of the Online Course and/or the Course Materials together with such other services as agreed from time to time and purchased by you through the Website.

“Website” means www.differingminds.co.uk 

“You” means the individual purchasing the Services.

2. The Services

2.1 A description of the Services together with the dates on which the Services will begin are available on our Website. We will provide the Services with reasonable care and skill in accordance with the description set out on the Website.

2.2 We reserve the right to vary or withdraw any of the Services described on the Website without notice.

2.3 We expect you to confirm that the Services you are purchasing will meet your needs. We do not make any guarantee to you that you will obtain a particular result, professional qualification or employment opportunity from your purchase and completion of any of the Services.

3. Ordering Services

Purchasing Services via the Website

3.1 When you complete and submit the online order form for Services via the Website, you are committing to purchase the Services in accordance with these terms and conditions. Submission of the form confirms your commitment to the purchase and your agreement to be bound by these terms.

3.2 Following receipt of your order form, we will acknowledge your order by email (‘Acceptance of purchase email’) within one working day and issue an invoice or request for Purchase Order to the contact details provided.

3.3 A legally binding agreement between you and Differing Minds CIC will be formed on receipt of the ‘Acceptance of purchase email’.

3.4 You must pay the Fees in full within thirty (30) calendar days of the invoice date.

3.5 We reserve the right to cancel or decline any order at our discretion prior to issuing an invoice.

4. Cancellation and Variation

4.1 Subject to clause 4.2 below, where we have accepted/confirmed the Services being purchased by you and formed a legally binding agreement with you in accordance with clause 3.3 above, then you are permitted within 14 working days starting on the day after the date we have concluded our agreement in accordance with clause 3.3, to cancel your purchase of the Services.

4.2 If you have purchased an Online Course and have already accessed, downloaded all or part of the Online Course and/or started to use that Online Course then you shall have no right to cancel your order.

4.3 Notwithstanding clause 4.1 there is no other right to cancel or vary your purchase of Services and any other cancellation and/or variation of course dates will be at the entire discretion of Differing Minds CIC.

5. Fees and Payment Terms

5.1 The Fees for the Services shall be as stated on the Website at the time you complete and submit the order form.

5.2 Unless otherwise specified, the Fees are exclusive of VAT or other applicable taxes, which shall be added where required by law.

5.3 By submitting the online order form, you confirm your intention to purchase the Services and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. Submission of the form constitutes a formal order and is not subject to cancellation except as outlined in Clause 4.

5.4 Following submission of your order, we will issue an invoice or a request for a Purchase Order followed by an invoice to the contact details provided. Payment of the invoice is due in full within thirty (30) calendar days of the invoice date.

5.5 Any fees charged by your bank or payment provider in connection with the transfer of the Fees are your responsibility.

5.6 You are responsible for all costs you incur in connection with accessing or participating in the Online Course.

6. Liability

6.1 Although Differing Minds CIC aims to provide the Services to the highest standards of the industry, neither it, nor its trainers accept any liability for (i) any inaccuracy or misleading information provided in the programmes or Course Materials and any reliance by Client on any such information, (ii) any loss or corruption of data, (iii) any loss of profit, revenue or goodwill, or (iv) any indirect, special or consequential loss arising from any breach of the terms of this Agreement.

6.2 Except to the extent that they are expressly set out in these terms and conditions, no conditions, warranties or other terms shall apply to the Services. Subject to clause 6.4 no implied conditions, warranties or other terms apply (including any implied terms as to satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose or conformance with description).

6.3 Subject to clause 6.4 below, Differing Minds CIC's total liability arising from or in connection with these terms and conditions and in relation to anything which we may have done or not done in connection with these terms and conditions and the delivery of the Service (and whether the liability arises because of breach of contract, negligence or for any other reason) shall be limited to the Fees received by us in connection with the relevant Online Course in relation to which a dispute has arisen.

6.4 Nothing in this Agreement shall exclude or limit Differing Minds CIC’s liability for (i) death or personal injury caused by negligence, (ii) fraudulent misrepresentation or (iii) any other matter which under English law may not be limited or excluded.

6.5 No claim may be brought more than six months after the last date on which the Services concerned have finished or ceased to be provided by us.

7. Intellectual Property

7.1 All Intellectual Property Rights in the Course Materials, Online Courses and the speeches made by trainers are, and remain, the intellectual property of Differing Minds CIC, whether adapted, written for or customised for the Client or not.

7.2 You are not authorised to:

(i) copy, modify, reproduce, re-publish, sub-licence, sell, upload, broadcast, post, transmit or distribute any of the Course Materials without prior written permission;

(ii) record on video or audio tape, relay by videophone or other means the Online Course given;

(iii) use the Course Materials in the provision of any other course or training whether given by us or any third party trainer;

(iv) remove any copyright or other notice of Differing Minds CIC on the Course Materials;

Breach by you of this clause 7.2 shall allow us to immediately terminate these terms and conditions with you and cease to provide you with any Services, including but not limited to access to the Online Courses.

7.3 In consideration of the Fees paid by you, we grant to you a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the Course Materials and the software in respect of the Online Course for the sole purpose of completing the Online Course.

8. Confidentiality

8.1 Each party shall keep the other party’s Confidential Information strictly confidential and not use it otherwise than for the purposes of these terms and conditions, and shall return it on demand and not retain copies of it.

8.2 Either party may disclose Confidential Information to its legal and other advisors for the purposes of obtaining advice from them.

8.3 This clause shall continue notwithstanding termination of these terms and conditions.

9. Termination

9.1 We shall be entitled to terminate these terms and conditions and cease to provide you with any Services with immediate effect in the event that you:

1. fail to pay when due your Fees;
2. act in an aggressive, bullying, offensive, threatening or harassing manner towards any employee of Differing Minds CIC, any teacher or lecturer who provides the Online Courses or any student who attends any Online Course;
3. steal or act in fraudulent or deceitful manner towards us or our employees or any other students who may be on our premises or attending our Online Courses;
4. are in breach of these terms and conditions.

9.2 On termination clause 6 (liability), 7 (intellectual property rights), 8 (confidentiality) and 10 (assignments) shall continue notwithstanding such termination.

10. Assignment

Any Services provided by us under these terms and conditions are personal to you and cannot be transferred or assigned to any other person.

We shall be entitled to assign these terms and conditions to any other company without prior notice to you.

11. Entire Agreement

These terms and conditions, together with the Website Disclaimer and Course Specific Terms and Conditions are the entire agreement between the parties and supersede any prior agreements and arrangements, whether written or oral. You confirm that you have not relied on any representations in entering into these and any other terms and conditions with us. Nothing in this clause or terms and conditions shall limit liability for any fraudulent misrepresentation.

12. Force Majeure

Differing Minds CIC shall not be liable to you for any breach of its obligations or termination under these terms and conditions arising from causes beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and other Acts of God, terrorism, strikes, delay caused by transport disputes, failure to provide a course caused by a death in the trainer’s family, illness of the trainer, Government edict or regulation.

13. Assignment

We may assign, transfer, sub-contract any of our rights or obligations to any third party at our discretion.

14. Data Protection

14.1 The nature of the Services provided by us means that we will obtain, use and disclose (together "Use") certain information about you ("Data"). This statement sets out the principles governing our Use of Data. By purchasing the Services you agree to this Use.

14.2 When you register with us you will need to provide certain Data such as your contact details. We will store this Data and use it to contact you, provide you with details of the Services you have purchased and otherwise as required during the normal provision of the course.

14.3 We may also use the above Data, and similar Data you provide us in response to surveys, to aggregate user profiles and, unless you click on the relevant button on the Registration Form, provide you with communications. We will not pass any personal data onto anyone outside of Differing Minds.

14.4 To enable us to monitor and improve our Services, we gather certain aggregated information about you, including details of your operating system, browser version, domain name and IP address, the URL you came from and go to and the parts of the Website you visit.

14.5 We use information such as your User ID, session identifiers and password to enable us to identify whether you are using our services, assist with the provision of services and to ensure that you have access to relevant products. We will only read cookies from your cookie file placed there through your web browser's interaction with the Website.

14.5. Our products may link to third party websites and we are not responsible for their data policies or procedures or their content.

14.6 Differing Minds CIC endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal Data including the use of encryption technology, but cannot guarantee the security of any Data you disclose. You accept the inherent security implications of being and transacting on-line over the internet and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security.

14.7 If you wish to change or update the data we hold about you, please e-mail [email protected]

15. Law and Jurisdiction

This Agreement is subject to English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in connection with any dispute hereunder.

16. Notices

You can contact us by any of the following methods:

Email: [email protected]

Post: Office 223, 91 Western Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 2NW

Last updated: June 2025