Terms & Conditions of Membership

“Application for Membership Form”: means the application for membership form to be completed and submitted to the Club in order to become a Member of the Club.

“Caterer” means Sodexo Limited or such other third party as the Club appoints from time to time.

“Connected Company” means any subsidiary or parent company for the purposes of the Companies Act and/or company under the common ownership of Mr Shahid Khan.

“Child Member” means a child between the ages of 1 and 6 years old whose parent is a Member.

“Club” means Lighthouse Social, whose correspondence address is Fulham Pier Limited, Fulham Football Club Training Ground, Motspur Park, KT3 6PT.

“Club Rules” means the rules and regulations the Member agrees to adhere to in utilising his/her membership as updated from time to time.

“Contract Term” means a period of twelve months and which is renewable on a yearly basis by the Member until his/her membership is terminated by either party in accordance with these terms;

“Founder Member” means an individual that is invited to join the Club as a Founder.

“Joining Fee” means the initial fee payable to join to Club.

“Guest” means a relative, friend, colleague who is invited by a Member in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions issued by the Club.

“Home Match” means a men’s or women’s football fixture played at the Stadium during the Term. 

“Lighthouse Social Membership Committee” means those persons appointed by the Club to act as its membership committee, to advise the Club on community curation and Member experience. The Committee may be updated from time to time at the absolute discretion of the Club and without notice to any Member.

“Member” means a person who is named on the Application for Membership Form and who is approved by the Lighthouse Social Membership Committee as a member, in writing, and shall include Founder Members, Under 30 Founder Members, Under 30 Members and Child Members.

“Membership Categories” shall mean the following: Member, Under 30 Member, Founder Member Under 30 Founder Member, or Child Member.

“Membership Fee” means the payment made by the Member to the Club to cover membership costs for the Contract Term.

“Specified Service” means the service provided by the Club and set out in clause 3 to these Terms and Conditions.

“Stadium” means Craven Cottage, Stevenage Road, London, SW6 6HH.

“Terms and Conditions”: means the terms and conditions of Membership set out below.

“Under 30 Member” means an individual under 30 years old but over 25 years old on the date their Application is approved by the Club by the Lighthouse Social Membership Committee to be a member.

2.1 By becoming a Members you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and the Club Rules. Upon Membership being accepted by the Club, the Member will be provided with a Member handbook which includes a simplified version of the key day to day Rules, whilst the full Terms and Conditions and Club Rules will be available on the Club Website.

2.2 Save in the case of Child Members, Members shall be 25 year old and over and by submitting your Application Membership Form you are representing you are or will be 25 at the date your Membership will commence.

2.3 You acknowledge and agree that each Application Membership Form will be reviewed by the Lighthouse Social Membership Committee on a case by case basis and if you are accepted as a Member you will be informed in writing. You acknowledge that individual feedback cannot be given on every Application Membership Form and therefore you will only be contacted by the Club if you are accepted as a Member.

2.4 The Club reserves the right in its absolute discretion to allow you and/or Guests entry into the Club and may remove you and/or your Guests at any time without any liability to you. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall constitute or imply any entitlement to enter the Club.

3.1 The Club shall at its sole discretion provide the following Specified Service to each Member: 

(a) access to all Lighthouse Social club programming; and 

(b) access to benefits and spaces on the 3rd, 4th and 5th floors of Fulham Pier which may include the Screening Room, ‘Club’ style Shared Workspace, Conservatory, Library, Kitchen Dining Space, Sky Room, Railroad Room, Reception Lounge, Island Bar and DJ Lounge, Chimney Room Lounge, Pantry, Exotic Room, Lobby Lounge, Night Mixology Bar, Bar Lounge Private Dining Space, Hammersmith Bar & Terrace, Central Bar & Living Room Lounge, Roof Terrace Promenades, and Putney Lounge Bar & Events Terrace. 

3.2 Each element of the Specified Service shall be subject to availability from time to time and shall be dependent on the Membership Categories applicable to your Membership. 

3.3 The Club shall use its reasonable endeavours to provide the Specified Service within the advertised times. You acknowledge and agree that access to the Club will not be permitted on days on which Home Matches or any Stadium event takes place, unless otherwise notified to you. The Club will use reasonable endeavours to notify you advance of the relevant dates of Home Matches and/or Stadium events, but you acknowledge these are subject to change. 

3.4 The Club may at any time, without notifying the Member, make any changes to the Specified Service which are necessary to comply with any safety, statutory or regulatory requirements. 

3.5 Each Member will be provided with a digital membership card. Entry will not be permitted to the Club without the digital membership card. 

3.6 The use of camera, video and recording devices is not permitted at the Club unless it’s within a pre-booked private dining room or enclosed event space. As Lighthouse Social is a private club, Members and their guests who are on the premises have the right not to be filmed, photographed or recorded without their permission. 

3.7 During certain Club events, the Lighthouse Social team and / or Lighthouse Social partners may elect to film or photograph in specific spaces. Such filming and photography may incidentally feature Members and their guests, and by attending such events, Members and their guests grant their approval to be included in the filmed and photographed reportage content created, which may feature on the club’s Member portal only. 

3.8 As part of each Membership, you can invite up to three Guests and each Guest shall comply with the Club Rules. 

3.9 You acknowledge and agree that in the event as a Member you register for a Child Member, this will be subject to separate terms and conditions. For the avoidance of doubt, Child Members are not permitted in the Club and will remain the creche facilities provided as part of the Child Member product. 

3.10 Any other changes or additions to the Specified Service or to these Terms will be notified to the Member in writing by the Club in advance of those changes taking place.

4.1 Membership of the Club is for an initial Contract Term of 12 months and is subject to payment of the Membership Fee each year and the Joining Fee in year 1 of the Membership. At the commencement of your Membership you will provide a credit card which shall be linked to your account. It is your responsibility to update the Club if the details change.

4.2 The Member must renew their Membership by paying the Membership Fee for the next Contact Term otherwise Membership will be terminated in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. Subject to the Club’s approval and in accordance with the Club Rules, Members may be entitled to freeze their Membership once during each Contract Term. In the event a Member wishes to freeze their Membership, the Member must make an application to the Club for consideration. For the avoidance of doubt, the Club may consider any request in its absolute discretion.

4.3 Following the approval of your Membership application, or renewal of your Membership, your Membership Fee will become payable immediately and shall be non-refundable. All Membership Fees are inclusive of VAT and shall be payable in accordance with your Membership.

4.4 By providing us with your payment details, you accept and consent to being charged on a reoccurring basis with Membership Fees in the form requested by the Club upon your Application being approved or renewed. Membership Fees can be changed at the Club’s sole discretion, at any time, and we will notify you in advance if there are to be any changes to the amount, date or frequency of the payment of your Membership Fees.

4.5 Failure to pay the Membership Fee (or any instalment of the same) within one month of the due date, after being notified by the Club, will result in your Membership, and access to the Club, being suspended until payment is received. If you are still in arrears three months from the due date, your Membership may be terminated.

4.6 Any outstanding balance on your account must be settled at the end of each visit. As a Member you agree to be responsible for any Guest balances. The Club shall charge the linked card on your account in the first instance and where any balances are left on your account for longer than seven days, the Club reserves the right to suspend your Membership until the outstanding balance is cleared in full.

4.7 The Membership Fee will be reduced for Under 30 Members from the date of joining until a Member’s 31st birthday, whereupon the full Membership Fee will apply. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Application is not accepted before a Member’s 30th birthday, the full Membership Fee will apply even if the Application was submitted before the Member’s 30th birthday.

5.1 Members and their guests shall not use the names, logos, colours, trademarks, service marks, photographs, trade dress, or other identifying features of the Club and its affiliates (the ‘Club Marks’) without obtaining the specific prior written approval of the Club as to the specific use, which may be provided in the Club’s absolute discretion.

5.2 You hereby expressly recognise that the Club are the valid, unique and exclusive property of the Club, its parent, affiliates and/or subsidiaries. Members and their guests may not produce, use or create, or authorise others to produce, use or create the Club Marks for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, in any communications, marketing, advertising or other promotional materials (including, but not limited to, brochures, flyers, invitations and email messages) that utilise the Club Marks without the Club’s prior written consent.

6.1 Without prejudice to any other remedies it may have, the Club shall have the right to refuse entry to the Club, or to eject any person from the Club, on any occasion, including where (by way of non-limiting examples):

(a) you offer or distribute (either free or for sale by any person) within the Club any consumer article or commercial product of any nature;

(b) being (or appearing to be) intoxicated by reason of any substance (whether alcohol, drugs or otherwise);

(c) smoking or vaping in the Club;

(d) the possession or display of a banner or flag that bears material or slogans that are offensive, obscene, abusive, racist, discriminatory or deemed by the Club in its sole discretion to have a political message;

(e) the use of foul, obscene, abusive, racist and/or discriminatory language and/or gestures in the Club;

(f) fighting or engaging in and/or inciting violence in the Club;

(g) having possession of, consuming, or being under the influence of illegal drugs whilst in the Club;

(h) any failure to pay or default of payment in respect of any sums owing to the Club (or any third party) in connection with the Membership; or

(i) any abuse of Club staff or other staff engaged by the Club including the Caterer, whether physical, verbal or in writing and whether in person, online or in any other forum.

6.2 Conduct by a Member or Guest that is prejudicial to the reputation and character of the Club may result in suspension or expulsion of such Member or Guest. Such conduct may include inappropriate, violent or abusive behaviour, or the communication of information concerning the Club affairs, Members or their Guests in the Club to the media. An expelled member may not return to the Club as a Guest. A refund of the expelled Member’s subscription will be at the discretion of the Club. Any Member who wilfully remove, damage or destroy any property belonging to the Club, or to members or guests on the premises of the Club, will be liable to expulsion and/or suspension or termination of their Membership.

6.3 Without prejudice to any other remedies, if the Club considers that any member’s (or their guests) conduct either inside or outside of the Club is, at its absolute discretion, contrary to the interests of the Club, the Club may with immediate effect expel the Member or Guest from the Club and/or suspend or terminate the Membership without having to give any reason to the Member.

6.4 If a member is placed on suspension for any reason, the Club reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to charge and collect such member’s membership dues and fees during such period of suspension, should they so arise.

7.1 Except in cases of death or personal injury caused by the Club’s negligence, the Club shall not be liable to the Member by reason of any act, omission or representation (unless fraudulent or negligent) for any loss of profit or any indirect, special or consequential loss, damage costs, expenses or other claims (whether caused by the negligence of the Club or its agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with the provision of the Specified Service and the entire liability of the Club under or in connection with the Membership or Specified Service shall not exceed a sum equal to twice the Membership Fee for the Membership Term. This warranty is in lieu of all other terms, conditions and warranties, expressed or implied statutory or otherwise and any other liabilities whatsoever and howsoever arising. 

7.2 The Club shall not be liable to the Member or be deemed to be in breach of these Terms and Conditions by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of the Club’s obligations in relation to the Specified Service, if the delay or failure is due to any cause beyond the Club’s reasonable control, and time shall not be of the essence.

8.1 Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, the Club may terminate your Membership where you are in breach of these Terms and Conditions and/or the Club Rules, in which case it shall confirm such termination to you in writing (including by email). For the avoidance of doubt, the Club shall not be required to provide any reason for its decision to terminate your Membership and you agree that you shall not bring or threaten any claim against the Club by reason of its decision to terminate your Membership and/or refuse you entry to the Club.

8.2 In the event that the Club terminates this agreement, the Club shall be entitled to (without affecting any other right or remedy available to it):

(a) retain the full amount of the Membership Fee (if paid in advance); or

(b) recover any outstanding balance of the Membership Fee in full as a debt;

and in either case the Club shall have no further obligation of any kind to you.;

8.3 Termination shall not affect your obligation to pay any unpaid part of the Membership Fee and such sums shall become immediately due and payable on termination or expiry.

8.4 No waiver of any default or breach by the Club shall be construed to be a waiver or release of any other subsequent default or breach by you for the purposes of these Terms and Conditions and no failure or delay by the Club in the exercise of any remedy provided for in these Conditions or as available in law or in equity shall be construed a forfeiture or waiver thereof or of any other right or remedy available to the Club.

8.5 You may terminate your Membership on providing 30 days written notice to the Club. The notice must be provided in accordance with clause 10.4.

9.1 The Club will process any personal data you give to the Club in the course of purchasing a Membership in accordance with its privacy policy, a copy of which can be found on the Club’s Website. The Club will use this data for its internal business purposes and in order that you may benefit from special offers of the Club.

9.2 The Club has CCTV cameras stored throughout the Club and by entering the Club you and your Guests agree and acknowledge to being captured on CCTV. Footage will be stored in accordance with the privacy policy.

9.3 The Club shall use yours and your Guests personal data (including any sensitive personal data) for the purpose of administering the Membership and will be used in accordance with the Privacy Policy. To the extent that such personal data is shared with a third party for the purposes of administering the Membership which may for the avoidance of doubt include a Caterer, the Club will be a data controller and the third party will be a data processor under the Data Protection Laws.

9.4 Where the third party carries out any data processing in connection with this Agreement for the purpose of providing the Membership, the Club shall require the third party (and its employees and agents) to comply with the Data Protection Laws and only process data in accordance with the agreement between the Club and the third party. Upon the expiry or termination of this Agreement and/or the agreement between the Club and the third party (whichever is the sooner), the Club shall procure that the third party securely destroys or returns personal data to the Club and deletes existing copies of the same.

10.1 As a Member of the Club, you agree to conduct yourself in a respectful and appropriate manner. Where you or any Guest fail to act respectfully or appropriately, the Club shall have the right, in its absolute discretion refuse entry and/or suspend and/or terminate your Membership.

10.2 No failure or delay by either party in exercising any of its rights under these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to be a waiver of that right, and no waiver by either party of any breach of these Terms and Conditions by the other shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.

10.3 Each party undertakes that it shall not at any time disclose to any person any confidential information concerning the business, affairs, customers, clients or suppliers of the other party, except as permitted by below.

10.3.1 The Club may disclose your confidential information:

(a) to its employees, officers, representatives, subcontractors or advisers who need to know such information for the purposes of carrying out the party’s obligations under these Terms and Conditions. Each party shall ensure that its employees, officers, representatives, subcontractors or advisers to whom it discloses the other party’s confidential information comply with this clause; and

(b) as may be required by law, a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority.

10.3.2 Neither party shall use the other party’s confidential information for any purpose other than to perform its obligations under these Terms and Conditions.

10.4 All notices relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and may be delivered personally, by courier or by registered mail to Fulham Pier Limited, Motspur Park, KT3 6PT. Save in respect of delivery by courier (where the deemed date for service shall be the date recorded by such courier) the deemed date for service by any such methods shall be two (2) Business Days after being sent to the intended recipient.

10.5 If any provision or part-provision of these Terms and Conditions is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision or part-provision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under this clause shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of the Terms and Conditions.

10.6 These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.

10.7 Each party agrees that it shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this agreement.

10.8 No variation of Membership shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised representatives).

10.9 Neither party shall be in breach of these Terms and Conditions nor liable for delay in performing, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under these Terms and Conditions if such delay or failure result from events, circumstances or causes beyond its reasonable control.

10.10 No one other than a party to these Terms and Conditions shall have any right to enforce any of its terms.

10.11 If there is any conflict or ambiguity between the Club Rules and the Terms and Conditions, the Terms and Conditions shall prevail.

10.12 These Terms and Conditions, and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

10.13 The Club may update and amend these terms and conditions from time to time. The Club will notify you either on the telephone or in person of any material changes.

10.14 Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions or its subject matter or formation.