This website has been developed by Hope Street Youth and Family Services of Victoria, Australia (hereafter referred to as 'Hope Street') and is provided as a service to the public (hereafter referred to as 'website users') to learn about our organisation, and about homelessness issues affecting, in particular, young people and young families within the state of Victoria, Australia.

1. The content of material available on this website is copyrighted by Hope Street, unless otherwise indicated. All rights are reserved and content may not be reproduced, downloaded (with the exception as outlined in point 2 below), printed (with the exception as outlined in point 3 below), disseminated, published, or transferred in any form or by any means, except with the prior written permission of Hope Street. Requests for permission to reuse copyrighted content should be submitted to Hope Street via this website's Contact page

2. While no part of the website may be reproduced without the prior written permission of the copyright owner(s) (unless otherwise stated), materials available for download from the Hope Street website may be downloaded for personal use, for educational use (ie student/school purposes), or for non-commercial use where this is in direct relation to the assistance of homeless and at risk clients (eg by service providers to facilitate and support their work with such clients in Australia). All other use is prohibited (except to the extent permitted by law)

3. While no part of the website may be reproduced without the prior written permission of the copyright owner(s) (unless otherwise stated), content on this website may be printed for personal use, for educational use (ie student/school purposes), or for non-commercial use where this is in direct relation to the assistance of homeless and at risk clients (eg by service providers to facilitate and support their work with such clients in Australia). All other use is prohibited (except to the extent permitted by law)

4. Information and material on the Hope Street website is assembled and presented in good faith and do not necessarily reflect the views of Hope Street

5. Hope Street is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information contained within the website. It is the responsibility of website users to seek independent professional advice for their specific circumstances

6. While the information contained within the website is periodically updated in the endeavour to keep the website current and accurate, no guarantee is given that the information provided on this website is correct, complete, and up-to-date. Information provided on the website may change at Hope Street's discretion and we reserve the right to make those changes at any time without notice

7. Any links on the Hope Street website to third-party websites, resources and materials, products and services do not constitute an endorsement by Hope Street of the parties, of their views or of their material, products and services, and Hope Street does not take any responsibility for the accuracy or content of information contained within these. Hope Street has not investigated any claims made by any product or service displayed on the website

8. Hope Street does not accept responsibility for the function of any websites being linked to from this website. Likewise, while every effort is made to keep the Hope Street website functional, Hope Street is not responsible for and will not be liable for the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond Hope Street's control

9. We do not guarantee that the servers that make this website available will be free of errors, viruses/malware or other technical issues. It is the responsibility of website users to make adequate provision for protection against such threats. It is recommended that website users scan any downloaded files prior to usage

10. We welcome links to the Hope Street website from other websites, however such links can in no way be construed to be an endorsement of an organisation's or individual's products or services, and the link on any offline/online material must not create the false impression that Hope Street is associated with or is a sponsor of the organisation or individual, or of the offline/online material, including a website, in which the link appears

11. The information, including contact details, for Hope Street and any other organisations/individuals provided on the website, is not permitted to be used for any other purpose, including that of:

    1. harassing, stalking, threatening, spamming or unreasonably contacting an organisation/individual
    2. issuing unsolicited material, including, but not limited to, advertising, political, religious or commercial material
    3. disseminating defamatory, pornographic, discriminatory, offensive or illegal material
    4. distributing material that breaches third party intellectual property rights or any other applicable law
    5. creating a false identity in order to mislead others as to the identity of the sender or the origin of a message

12. Any prices that may be displayed on our website are in Australian dollars

13. Hope Street reserves the right to make amendments to this Disclaimer at any time. If you have objections to the Disclaimer, you should not access or use this website