Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: 10 AUGUST 2026

1. Introduction and Parties

1.1. These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your use of the website, newsletter, paid community, members' community, and related digital content provided by Sing Yourself Happy at singyourselfhappy.com ("the Website", "the Publication", "the Service").

1.2. The Service is operated by David Alston, a sole trader based in England, trading as Sing Yourself Happy, with a principal business address at Halton Mill, Mill Lane, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6ND ("we", "us", "our", "the Trader").

1.3. The Website is hosted on Bunny.net. We use Birdsend to manage our email list and send emails, Stripe to process payments, and Signal to run our private members' community. Your use of those services may also be governed by their own terms and policies.

1.4. By accessing the Service, subscribing to the Publication, becoming a paid member, joining the members' community, submitting material, or otherwise using the Service, you ("the Reader", "the Member", "you", "your") agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.

1.5. We may amend these Terms from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. If a change materially affects an active paid membership, we will give reasonable advance notice where required. The terms in force when you purchase or renew will continue to govern that paid period unless a change is required by law or is clearly beneficial to you.

2. Business Information (Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002)

In compliance with Regulation 6 of the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002, we provide the following information:

Trader Name: David Alston

Trading Name: Sing Yourself Happy

Business Address: Halton Mill, Mill Lane, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6ND

Email Address: help@singyourselfhappy.com

VAT Number: Not VAT registered.

3. Description of the Service

3.1. Sing Yourself Happy is a Christian reflections publication and founding community for people who want to build their faith, sing themselves happy, understand changing times without fear, use AI wisely for good, and share their gifts.

3.2. The free Service consists of Saturday Reflections and related emails. Paid membership principally provides access to our private members' community on Signal. It also includes the member benefits described on the pricing page and at checkout, which may include members' emails, audio or video material, community prompts, Song / Psalm / Hymn / Poetry Drops, practical AI advice, downloadable guides, and opportunities to share songs, poems, testimony, ideas, and projects inside the community.

3.3. Paid membership is principally an ongoing community service. It may also include digital content such as downloadable guides, recordings, videos, and other members-only material. Different consumer rights may apply to the service and digital-content elements, as explained in Clause 11.

3.4. The newsletter is delivered by email. You will need an internet-connected device, a valid email address, and — to take part in the members' community — the Signal app. There is no login or account to manage on this Website; your free or paid status is managed through your email subscription and, for members, your place in the private Signal community.

3.5. The founding community will naturally develop as members take part. We may make reasonable changes to its format, schedule, or supporting material, but we will not materially reduce the core paid benefits promised when you purchased during your current billing period without offering an appropriate substitute, price reduction, refund, or other remedy where required.

4. Eligibility

4.1. You must be at least 18 years old to purchase a paid subscription or enter into a contract with us.

4.2. By entering into a contract with us, you confirm that you have the legal capacity to do so.

4.3. The Service is written primarily for adults. It is not directed at children.

5. The Email List and Community Access

5.1. The free newsletter and members' emails are delivered through Birdsend. You are responsible for maintaining access to the email address you subscribe with.

5.2. Paid community access gives you access to members' emails and an invitation to our private members' community on Signal. Signal allows you to set a username, so you can join and take part without sharing your phone number with us or with other members.

5.3. New members of the Signal community may be admitted by approval, so that community access corresponds with active paid subscriptions. We may decline or remove access where a subscription is not active or where these Terms are breached.

5.4. We are not responsible for outages, account issues, or technical failures caused by Bunny.net, Birdsend, Stripe, Signal, your email provider, your device, your internet connection, or other third-party services beyond our reasonable control.

6. Subscription Plans and Pricing

6.1. Paid community access is offered as an annual recurring subscription.

6.2. The current founding membership is:

6.3. The subscription renews automatically at GBP39.00 each year unless you cancel it. If we ever propose a different renewal price for an existing member, we will give clear advance notice and the opportunity to cancel before the new price applies.

6.4. Prices are clearly shown before you confirm your purchase. All prices are inclusive of VAT where applicable. We are not currently VAT registered.

6.5. We may change the price offered to new subscribers at any time. This will not alter the price of an existing paid period.

7. Payment Terms

7.1. Payments are processed through Stripe. We do not store your full card details.

7.2. By subscribing, you authorise recurring charges to your chosen payment method at the interval shown at checkout.

7.3. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled in accordance with Clause 9, using the Stripe customer portal or by contacting us.

7.4. If a payment fails, Stripe may retry the payment or notify you, and we may suspend access to paid benefits and the members' community until the outstanding amount is settled.

7.5. Stripe may apply its own terms, security checks, fraud prevention measures, and payment processing rules.

8. Consumer Rights: Right to Cancel

8.1. Under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, UK consumers normally have a statutory right to cancel an online service contract within 14 days of entering into it, without giving a reason. Consumers elsewhere may have equivalent mandatory rights under their local law.

8.2. In addition to your statutory rights, we offer a straightforward 14-day promise on your first paid membership purchase. If you cancel within 14 days of that purchase, we will refund the full membership payment, even if your community access has already begun. This contractual promise applies to the first purchase and not to later annual renewals, without limiting any statutory right that may apply to a renewal.

8.3. To cancel during the first 14 days, email help@singyourselfhappy.com. You may use the model cancellation form below, but it is not obligatory.

8.4. Model Cancellation Form

To: David Alston, trading as Sing Yourself Happy, Halton Mill, Mill Lane, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6ND, help@singyourselfhappy.com

I hereby give notice that I cancel my contract for the supply of the following service: Sing Yourself Happy paid community access.

Ordered on: [DATE]

Name of consumer: [NAME]

Address of consumer: [ADDRESS]

Signature of consumer (only on paper): ____

Date: ____

9. Cancellation of Subscription

9.1. You may cancel your subscription at any time using the Stripe customer portal (linked from your payment receipts), or by contacting help@singyourselfhappy.com.

9.2. Upon cancellation:

(a) your access to paid emails and the members' community will normally continue until the end of your current paid billing period, after which your place in the community may be removed;

(b) no further renewal charge will be due provided you give us valid cancellation notice before the renewal takes place; our internal processing time will not affect the date of your notice;

(c) we do not generally provide a pro-rata refund for unused time remaining in the current billing period, except where required by law or where we approve a goodwill refund.

9.3. We are committed to making cancellation straightforward. We will confirm a cancellation request within a reasonable time and will not require unnecessary steps.

10. Refunds

10.1. The 14-day full-refund promise for a first purchase is set out in Clause 8. Other refund requests are handled in good faith and in accordance with your statutory rights.

10.2. If you believe you have been charged in error, please contact help@singyourselfhappy.com promptly with the email address connected to your subscription and the approximate date of payment.

10.3. Where a refund is due under Clause 8 or applicable law, we will process it without undue delay and no later than 14 days after you tell us that you are cancelling. It will be returned to the original payment method unless you expressly agree otherwise, and we will not charge a refund fee. Other approved refunds will normally be returned in the same way. Your bank or card provider may take additional time to credit the funds after we process them.

10.4. Nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights as a consumer.

11. Digital Content and Service Quality

11.1. Paid membership is principally an ongoing community service. We will provide that service with reasonable care and skill and in accordance with the material descriptions provided before purchase.

11.2. Digital content supplied as part of membership, such as guides, recordings, videos, or downloads, will be of satisfactory quality, fit for any particular purpose we have expressly agreed, and as described.

11.3. If the service or digital content does not meet the standards required by the Consumer Rights Act 2015, you may be entitled to remedies such as repeat performance, repair or replacement, a price reduction, or a refund, depending on the circumstances.

11.4. Sing Yourself Happy is a developing founding community. We do not guarantee a particular level of member participation or a fixed number of posts, songs, prompts, or events unless explicitly promised before purchase. This does not reduce any specific benefit described on the pricing page or at checkout.

12. Acceptable Use and Community Conduct

12.1. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you may access and use the Service for your own personal, non-commercial purposes.

12.2. You must not use the Service or the members' community to:

(a) publish unlawful, defamatory, obscene, hateful, abusive, discriminatory, threatening, harassing, or deliberately divisive material;

(b) infringe another person's copyright, trade mark, privacy, publicity, or other rights;

(c) distribute spam, malware, phishing links, scams, or misleading promotions;

(d) impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation;

(e) copy or redistribute paid content or members' material without permission;

(f) disrupt the Service, the Signal community, or the experience of other members.

12.3. We may moderate, hide, remove, or report material that breaches these Terms, and may remove members from the community for breach.

12.4. We may suspend or end access to the community where a member repeatedly or seriously breaches these Terms. Where a paid subscription is affected, we will act reasonably and in line with consumer rights.

13. Member Submissions, Songs, Audio, and Creative Work

13.1. From time to time, members may share voice notes, songs, psalms, hymns, poems, testimonies, project notes, or other creative material ("Member Content"), including in the members' community.

13.2. You retain ownership of the Member Content you submit.

13.3. By submitting Member Content, you confirm that you have the right to share it and that it does not infringe the rights of any third party.

13.4. If you give us permission to feature, quote, publish, play, summarise, or otherwise share your Member Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use that material for the purpose agreed, including within Sing Yourself Happy emails, audio/video material, member updates, or related promotion of the Publication.

13.5. We will not deliberately publish a private voice note, song recording, personal testimony, or similarly personal submission as a featured item outside the community without your permission.

13.6. You may ask us to stop using your Member Content in future material by emailing help@singyourselfhappy.com. We will act reasonably, but we may not be able to remove material from emails already sent, from backups, or from content already shared with or seen by other members in the community.

14. Intellectual Property

14.1. All intellectual property rights in the Service, including text, branding, logos, design, original posts, audio/video material, prompts, frameworks, and other content created by us, are owned by or licensed to David Alston unless otherwise stated.

14.2. Paid content is supplied for your personal use as a subscriber or member. You must not copy, republish, sell, sublicense, upload, or distribute paid content without our prior written consent.

14.3. Brief quotations for ordinary discussion, review, or fair dealing purposes are permitted where lawful and properly attributed.

14.4. Sing Yourself Happy may reference Scripture, hymns, public-domain works, third-party reporting, tools, services, or other external material. Rights in third-party material remain with their respective owners.

15. No Professional Advice

15.1. Content published by Sing Yourself Happy is for general information, reflection, commentary, encouragement, and community purposes only.

15.2. Nothing in the Service constitutes legal, financial, tax, medical, investment, mental health, theological, pastoral, or other professional advice.

15.3. You should seek appropriate independent advice before making important decisions based on anything you read, hear, or discuss through the Service.

16. External Links and Third-Party Services

16.1. The Service may include links to third-party websites, services, articles, videos, books, tools, or resources.

16.2. We are not responsible for the content, policies, availability, accuracy, or security of third-party websites or services.

16.3. The inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement unless clearly stated.

17. Limitation of Liability

17.1. Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our liability for:

(a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence;

(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

(c) any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including consumer statutory rights.

17.2. If we fail to comply with these Terms, we are responsible for loss or damage that is a foreseeable result of our breach of contract or our failure to use reasonable care and skill. We are not responsible for loss or damage that was not foreseeable.

17.3. The Service is supplied for personal use. We are not responsible for business losses, including loss of profit, revenue, business, anticipated savings, or business opportunity, where you use the Service for a commercial purpose.

17.4. We do not guarantee that third-party platforms will operate without interruption. We will take reasonable steps to restore or provide access where a problem is within our control. Nothing in this clause limits your right to an appropriate remedy if we cannot provide a material part of the paid Service.

18. Member Responsibility

18.1. You are responsible for your own conduct and for Member Content you submit. If your unlawful conduct or material causes us a direct and reasonably foreseeable loss, you may be responsible for that loss to the extent permitted by law.

19. Force Majeure

19.1. We are not responsible for delay or failure caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, government action, internet or infrastructure failures, email delivery problems, payment processor issues, or platform outages. We will take reasonable steps to reduce the effect on members and resume the Service. This clause does not remove any statutory right to a refund or other remedy where the paid Service cannot be provided.

20. Dispute Resolution

20.1. If you have a complaint or dispute, please contact us first at help@singyourselfhappy.com. We will endeavour to resolve the matter informally.

20.2. If we cannot resolve a consumer complaint through our internal process, we will provide any information about Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) that the law requires, including whether we are obliged or willing to use a particular approved ADR provider.

20.3. Consumers may also seek advice from the consumer-protection or dispute-resolution body available in their country of residence.

21. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

21.1. These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. If you are a consumer resident elsewhere, you retain the benefit of any mandatory consumer-protection laws that apply in your country of residence.

21.2. The courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. If you are a consumer resident in Scotland, Northern Ireland, or another country, you may bring proceedings in your home courts where applicable law permits.

21.3. Nothing in this clause prevents either party from relying on mandatory rights or remedies available under applicable law.

22. Severability

22.1. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be severed and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

23. Entire Agreement

23.1. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any purchase information shown at checkout, constitute the entire agreement between you and us in respect of the Service.

23.2. Stripe's payment terms, Birdsend's terms, Signal's terms, and any applicable platform terms may also apply to your use of their respective services.

24. Related Services

24.1. David Alston also operates davealston.com, a writing and consulting website.

24.2. That service has its own legal documents. If you use it, its terms and policies apply.

25. Contact

For any questions regarding these Terms, please contact:

David Alston
Trading as Sing Yourself Happy
Halton Mill, Mill Lane, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6ND
help@singyourselfhappy.com