These Terms of Use, together with any and all other documents referred to herein, set out the terms of use under which you may use this website, www.englishaf.co.uk. Please read these Terms of Use carefully and ensure that you understand them. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
1.1 In these Terms of Use, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
“Content” means any and all text, images, audio, video, podcast episodes, scripts, code, software, databases and any other form of information capable of being stored on a computer that appears on, or forms part of, Our Site;
“Podcast” means the English AF podcast and any associated audio, video, transcripts, educational material or other content made available through Our Site or third-party platforms;
“User” means a user of Our Site;
“User Content” means any content submitted to Our Site by Users; and
“We/Us/Our” means English AF.
2.1 Our Site, www.englishaf.co.uk, is owned and operated by English AF.
3.1 Access to Our Site is free of charge.
3.2 It is your responsibility to make any and all arrangements necessary in order to access Our Site.
3.3 Access to Our Site is provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis. We may alter, suspend or discontinue Our Site (or any part of it) at any time and without notice. We will not be liable to you in any way if Our Site (or any part of it) is unavailable at any time or for any period.
3.4 We do not guarantee that Our Site or any Content will always be available, uninterrupted or free from errors.
4.1 All Content included on Our Site and the copyright and other intellectual property rights subsisting in that Content, unless specifically labelled otherwise, belongs to or has been licensed by Us. All Content is protected by applicable United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws and treaties.
4.2 This includes, but is not limited to, the English AF name and branding, podcast episodes, written content, educational materials, graphics, images, logos, artwork, website design and other original materials.
4.3 Subject to sub-Clause 4.4, you may not reproduce, copy, distribute, sell, rent, sub-license, store, modify, commercially exploit or otherwise re-use Content from Our Site unless given express written permission to do so by Us or the relevant rights holder.
4.4 You may:
4.4.1 Access, view and use Our Site in a web browser;
4.4.2 Download Our Site (or any part of it) for caching;
4.4.3 Print page(s) from Our Site;
4.4.4 Download extracts from pages on Our Site; and
4.4.5 Save pages from Our Site for later and/or offline viewing.
4.5 You may listen to, watch or otherwise access English AF podcast episodes for your own personal, non-commercial and educational use.
4.6 Our status as the owner and author of the Content on Our Site (or that of identified licensors, as appropriate) must always be acknowledged.
4.7 You may not use any Content printed, saved, downloaded or otherwise obtained from Our Site for commercial purposes without first obtaining permission from Us (or our licensors, as appropriate).
4.8 You may share links to English AF podcast episodes and website pages, provided that such links comply with Clause 6 of these Terms of Use.
5.1 User Content on Our Site may include, where applicable, comments, feedback, messages, submissions or other material provided by Users.
5.2 You agree that you will be solely responsible for your User Content. Specifically, you agree, represent and warrant that you have the right to submit the User Content and that all such User Content will comply with Our Acceptable Usage Policy, detailed below in Clause 11.
5.3 You agree that you will be liable to Us and will, to the fullest extent permissible by law, indemnify Us for any breach of the warranties given by you under sub-Clause 5.2. You will be responsible for any loss or damage suffered by Us as a result of such breach.
5.4 You (or your licensors, as appropriate) retain ownership of your User Content and all intellectual property rights subsisting therein. Where you submit User Content, you grant Us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, publish, display and otherwise use that User Content for the purposes of operating, maintaining and promoting Our Site, subject to applicable data protection and privacy laws.
5.5 We may reject, reclassify or remove any User Content from Our Site where, in Our reasonable opinion, it violates these Terms of Use, Our Acceptable Usage Policy or applicable law.
6.1 You may link to Our Site provided that:
6.1.1 you do so in a fair and legal manner;
6.1.2 you do not do so in a manner that suggests any form of association, endorsement or approval on Our part where none exists; and
6.1.3 you do not do so in a way that is calculated to damage Our reputation or to take unfair advantage of it.
6.2 You may link to the homepage or other publicly accessible pages of Our Site, provided that the link is lawful, accurate and does not misrepresent the nature of the relationship between you and English AF.
6.3 Framing or embedding Our Site on other websites is not permitted without Our express written permission.
6.4 This restriction does not prevent you from using official embedding functionality provided by third-party podcast or media platforms where such functionality is expressly made available for sharing English AF content.
6.5 You may not link to Our Site from any other site the main content of which contains material that:
6.5.1 is sexually explicit;
6.5.2 is obscene, deliberately offensive, hateful or otherwise inflammatory;
6.5.3 promotes violence;
6.5.4 promotes or assists in any form of unlawful activity;
6.5.5 is defamatory or unlawfully discriminatory;
6.5.6 is intended or is otherwise likely to threaten, harass, annoy, alarm, inconvenience, upset or embarrass another person;
6.5.7 is calculated or is otherwise likely to deceive another person;
6.5.8 is intended or is otherwise likely to infringe another person’s privacy;
6.5.9 misleadingly impersonates any person or otherwise misrepresents the identity or affiliation of a particular person;
6.5.10 implies any form of affiliation with Us where none exists;
6.5.11 infringes, or assists in the infringement of, the intellectual property rights of any other party; or
6.5.12 is made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party.
Links to other sites may be included on Our Site, including links to podcast platforms, social media platforms, educational resources and other third-party websites.
Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under Our control. We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability for the content of third-party sites.
The inclusion of a link to another site on Our Site is for information or convenience only and does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.
8.1 English AF provides podcast episodes and educational content intended to support people learning English, including queer English learners and people interested in LGBTQ+ culture, language and experiences.
8.2 Nothing on Our Site or in the Podcast constitutes professional, legal, financial, medical, therapeutic or other specialist advice. Content is provided for general educational and informational purposes only.
8.3 We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Content is accurate and useful. However, we do not guarantee that all Content will be complete, accurate, current or free from errors.
8.4 Language and usage can change over time, and opinions, examples and explanations expressed in individual podcast episodes may reflect the context in which they were created.
8.5 We do not guarantee any particular learning outcome, improvement in English language ability, level of fluency or other result from listening to the Podcast or using Our educational Content.
9.1 Nothing on Our Site constitutes advice on which you should rely. It is provided for general information and educational purposes only.
9.2 Insofar as is permitted by law, We make no representation, warranty or guarantee that Our Site will meet your requirements, that it will be compatible with all software and hardware, or that it will always be secure or available.
9.3 We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Content on Our Site is complete, accurate and up-to-date. We do not, however, make any representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the Content is complete, accurate or up-to-date.
9.4 We are not responsible for opinions, views or values expressed by Users through User Content. Any such opinions, views or values are those of the relevant User and do not necessarily reflect Our opinions, views or values.
10.1 To the fullest extent permissible by law, We accept no liability to any User for any loss or damage, whether foreseeable or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use of, or inability to use, Our Site or the use of or reliance upon any Content included on Our Site.
10.2 We accept no liability for loss of profits, sales, business or revenue; loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; loss of anticipated savings; business interruption; or any indirect or consequential loss or damage where such liability may lawfully be excluded.
10.3 We exercise reasonable skill and care to ensure that Our Site is free from viruses and other malware. However, We accept no liability for any loss or damage resulting from a virus, malware or other harmful material or event resulting from your use of Our Site or any third-party site referred to on Our Site.
10.4 We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability arising out of any disruption or non-availability of Our Site resulting from external causes beyond Our reasonable control.
10.5 Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or restricts Our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for death or personal injury resulting from negligence, or for any other form of liability which cannot legally be excluded or restricted.
11.1 We exercise reasonable skill and care to ensure that Our Site is secure and free from viruses and other malware.
11.2 You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data and other material from viruses, malware and other internet security risks.
11.3 You must not deliberately introduce viruses, malware or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful to or via Our Site.
11.4 You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of Our Site, the server on which Our Site is stored, or any other server, computer or database connected to Our Site.
11.5 You must not attack Our Site by means of a denial-of-service attack, distributed denial-of-service attack or by any other means.
12.1 You may only use Our Site in a manner that is lawful and that complies with these Terms of Use. Specifically:
12.1.1 you must comply fully with all applicable local, national and international laws and regulations;
12.1.2 you must not use Our Site in any way, or for any purpose, that is unlawful or fraudulent;
12.1.3 you must not knowingly transmit data containing viruses, malware or other harmful code through Our Site; and
12.1.4 you must not use Our Site in any way intended to harm another person.
12.2 When submitting User Content or communicating using Our Site, you must not submit or communicate material that:
12.2.1 is deliberately offensive, hateful or inflammatory;
12.2.2 promotes violence or unlawful activity;
12.2.3 is defamatory or unlawfully discriminatory;
12.2.4 threatens, harasses or intimidates another person;
12.2.5 is intended to deceive another person;
12.2.6 infringes another person’s privacy;
12.2.7 impersonates another person or falsely represents an affiliation;
12.2.8 infringes the intellectual property rights of another party; or
12.2.9 breaches any legal duty owed to a third party.
12.3 We reserve the right to suspend or restrict access to Our Site where a User materially breaches these Terms of Use or Our Acceptable Usage Policy.
Use of Our Site is also governed by Our Privacy Policy, available from:
www.englishaf.co.uk/privacy-policy
This policy is incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference.
Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information and provides further information about cookies and similar technologies used on Our Site.
14.1 We may alter these Terms of Use at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you upon your first use of Our Site after the changes have been implemented. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
14.2 In the event of any conflict between the current version of these Terms of Use and any previous version, the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless expressly stated otherwise.
To contact Us regarding these Terms of Use, Our Site or the English AF Podcast, please use the contact details provided on Our contact page:
16.1 If you subscribe to communications from English AF, we may send you emails relating to your subscription, the Podcast, website updates, educational content or other information for which you have provided consent.
16.2 We will not send you marketing emails without your consent where consent is required by applicable law.
16.3 Marketing emails sent by Us will include an unsubscribe option. You may opt out of marketing communications at any time.
16.4 Newsletter subscriptions and email communications may be managed using MailPoet, a WordPress email and newsletter service.
17.1 Any personal information that We collect will be collected, used and held in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and any other applicable data protection legislation.
17.2 We may use your personal information to:
17.2.1 respond to communications you send to Us;
17.2.2 provide newsletters or other communications where you have consented to receive them;
17.2.3 administer your preferences and subscriptions; and
17.2.4 comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
17.3 We will only share your personal information where necessary to provide our services, where required by law, where you have given your consent, or where we use trusted third-party service providers who process data on our behalf in accordance with applicable data protection law.
Further information is available in Our Privacy Policy.
18.1 These Terms of Use, and the relationship between you and Us, whether contractual or otherwise, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
18.2 If you are a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law in your country of residence. Nothing in sub-Clause 18.1 takes away or reduces your rights as a consumer to rely on those provisions.
18.3 If you are a consumer, any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim between you and Us relating to these Terms of Use, or the relationship between you and Us, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, subject to any rights you may have to bring proceedings in another jurisdiction under applicable law.
18.4 If you are a business, any disputes concerning these Terms of Use, the relationship between you and Us, or any matters arising from or associated with them shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Last Updated: 27 August 2026
