Royal Armouries

Using the No To Knives Website

  • Our Website
    • Thank you for visiting the NTK website (our website), which is owned and operated by the Board of the Trustees of the Armouries of The Royal Armouries, Armouries Drive, Leeds, Yorkshire LS10 1LT an exempt charity (we or us).
  • No To Knives (NTK) is nationwide campaign we organise to raise awareness of and to help combat knife crime in the UK.  Your interest in and support of the NTK campaign is greatly appreciated.

The Rules

Creating a Tag
  • We hope you enjoy creating a tag using our website.  Before you do, we need you to agree to the following rules:
  • Get permission
  • If you are under 16, you must ask permission of a parent or guardian before sending your tag and contact details to us.
  • Your tag designs will be vetted by us
  • All tag designs will be vetted by us before being uploaded to the pledge wall on the Website.   We will send you an e-mail confirming whether or not a design is acceptable for uploading to the pledge wall.  Our decision is final and is not negotiable.
  • Be creative, but be nice!
  • Your tag design will not be accepted if, in our opinion, it contains anything which:
    • Is rude, obscene, offensive, hateful or sexually explicit.
    • Promotes violence or any illegal activity.
    • Is threatening, abusive, invades another's privacy, or causes annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
    • Promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
    • Promotes gang culture.
    • Promotes or assists any unlawful act.
    • Is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
    • Is not original to you.
  • Be original
  • Your tag design must be all your own work and you must not copy the work of others.  We reserve the right not to accept a design if, in our opinion, it copies the work of anyone else.
  • [One tag per person
  • Give everyone a chance to pledge their support; please don't create more than one tag.  Make sure you are happy with your design before you upload it.]
  • We will use your tag
  • If we approve your tag design it will be uploaded to the pledge wall and you grant us the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties your work for any purpose [in relation to the NTK campaign].
  • Check it out!
  • If we approve your design we will send you a unique identification code by email.  This code will enable you to view your tag in the pledge wall, together with other tag designs that immediately surround it.
  • We may remove your tag
  • We have the right to remove at any time any material or posting you make on our website without giving you reasons or notice.
  • What we do with your details
  • By sending your tag and contact details to us, you consent to us (or our partners) processing the information for the following purposes:
  • To contact you about your tag;
  • To provide you with a unique identification code to view your tag; and
  • To provide you with information about the No To Knives campaign, similar campaigns, related surveys, related research purposes or related information.

Using our Website – the rest of the Rules

The following rules apply to all visitors and users of our website:
  • Trade marks
  • "No To Knives", "NTK" and the No To Knives logo are our [registered] trade marks
  • Copyright
  • All of the material on our website belongs or is licensed to us and is protected by copyright laws.  This means that you may:
  • Print off or download a copy of any page or extract of our website for your personal reference provided that you always acknowledge that we (or anyone else named on our website) are the authors of material on our website.
  • Tell others about our website and draw their attention to it.
  • However, you may not:
  • Modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way.
  • Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the text that accompanied it.
  • Use any part of the materials on our website for commercial purposes.
  • Hacking and other offences
  • It is a criminal offence to misuse our website by:
  • Knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful;
  • Trying to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website.
  • Attacking or trying to attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.
  • We will report any such misuse of our website to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such misuse your right to use our website will cease immediately.
  • Viruses
  • We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
  • Access to our website
  • We reserve the right to withdraw or amend our website without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our website is unavailable at any time or for any period.  From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our website, or the whole of our website, to users who have registered with us.
  • Changes to our website
  • We aim to update our website regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our website, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.
  • Information about you
  • We process information about you in accordance with our privacy policy (see PRIVACY POLICY). By using our website, you consent to such processing.  The information you provide must be accurate.
  • Linking to our website
  • You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.
  • Where our website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
  • Our website must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our website other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
  • If you wish to make any use of material on our website other than that set out above, please address your request to contact@ntk.org.uk
  • Jurisdiction and applicable law
  • The English courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our website although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These terms of use are governed by English law.
  • Variations
  • We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You should check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our website.
  • Your concerns
  • If you have any concerns about material which appears on our website, please contact contact@ntk.org.uk.