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Care Without Burnout CIC — Charter & Operating Framework

Last updated: May 2026
Company Number: 17198037
Founder & CEO: Donna Bentley‑Carr

1. Introduction

Care Without Burnout CIC is a community‑interest company created to support unpaid carers with clarity, connection, and practical guidance.
The CIC is founder‑led and mission‑driven, operating with an asset lock to ensure all resources are used for community benefit.

The intellectual property, brand, and creative frameworks used by the CIC are owned by DBC: The Second Ascent Ltd, the Founder’s limited company, and licensed to the CIC under a fair‑market, regulator‑friendly agreement.

2. What Care Without Burnout CIC Is

Care Without Burnout CIC exists to provide accessible, emotionally intelligent support for unpaid carers through:

  • free and paid for digital resources

  • community spaces

  • live support sessions

  • micro‑learning

  • signposting

  • advocacy

  • optional paid programmes

Paid services may be delivered by the CIC or, where appropriate, by DBC: The Second Ascent Ltd under a transparent service agreement.

3. Purpose (Objects)

Care Without Burnout CIC exists to:

  • support unpaid carers emotionally and practically

  • reduce isolation and improve wellbeing

  • provide clear, accessible guidance

  • create safe, inclusive spaces for connection

  • advocate for recognition, dignity, and visibility for carers

  • deliver high‑quality free and paid programmes that strengthen resilience

  • contribute to joined‑up support across health, social care, and community sectors

These purposes guide all decisions, activities, and use of resources.

4. Values

Our work is grounded in:

  • Respect — every carer’s experience matters

  • Inclusivity — we welcome diverse identities, backgrounds, and caring roles

  • Integrity — we operate transparently and ethically

  • Empowerment — we help carers feel more confident and capable

  • Safety — we create psychologically safe spaces with clear boundaries

5. Leadership & Governance

Care Without Burnout CIC is governed by its Founder & CEO, Donna Bentley‑Carr, who holds responsibility for:

  • strategic direction

  • operational delivery

  • financial stewardship

  • partnerships and commissioning

  • safeguarding and risk management

  • oversight of community spaces

As the CIC grows, the Founder may appoint advisors, collaborators, or contractors.
Additional governance structures may be introduced if beneficial for funding, partnerships, or safeguarding.

The CIC has members, not shareholders.
The Founder is the sole member and guarantor.

6. Participation

Anyone engaging with the CIC is considered a participant, not a member.

Participants may:

  • access free content

  • join community spaces

  • attend live sessions

  • purchase paid programmes

  • offer feedback

Participants do not hold governance responsibilities.

7. Activities

Care Without Burnout CIC delivers:

  • digital resources and micro‑learning

  • live Q&A sessions and virtual drop‑ins

  • peer support spaces

  • workshops and events

  • signposting and resource navigation

  • advocacy and awareness‑raising

  • partnerships with NHS, local authorities, and community organisations

  • commissioned work aligned with our mission

All activities are designed to reduce overwhelm, increase confidence, and prevent burnout.

8. Finance & Use of Surplus

Income may come from:

  • grants

  • NHS commissioning

  • local authority contracts

  • premium membership

  • paid programmes and events

  • donations or sponsorships

Financial decisions are made by the Founder in line with the CIC’s community purpose and asset lock.

Surplus is reinvested into:

  • improving the digital platform

  • expanding services

  • subsidising access for carers in hardship

  • strengthening partnerships and delivery capacity

If the Founder contributes personal funds, these may be recorded as a Director’s Loan and repaid when the CIC has sufficient surplus.

The CIC may pay a reasonable licence fee to DBC: The Second Ascent Ltd for use of intellectual property.

9. Safeguarding & Boundaries

Care Without Burnout CIC provides wellbeing‑focused support, not clinical or statutory services.

We:

  • maintain clear boundaries

  • respond appropriately to concerns

  • signpost to professional services when needed

  • ensure community spaces are moderated and psychologically safe

10. Terms of Engagement

By engaging with the CIC, participants agree to:

  • use content for personal use only

  • behave respectfully in community spaces

  • understand that services are not medical, clinical, legal, or statutory advice

Paid services may be delivered by the CIC or by DBC: The Second Ascent Ltd.

11. Privacy Notice

We may collect:

  • contact details

  • payment information

  • interaction data

  • website usage data

We use this information to deliver services, improve content, and ensure safety.
We do not sell data.
Participants may request access, correction, or deletion of their data.

12. Disclaimer

All information provided by Care Without Burnout CIC is for general wellbeing and community support only.
It is not a substitute for medical, clinical, mental health, legal, or statutory advice.

13. Dissolution

If Care Without Burnout CIC is dissolved:

  • all liabilities will be settled

  • any remaining assets will be transferred to the nominated asset‑locked body named in the CIC’s Articles of Association

  • assets cannot return to the Founder or to DBC: The Second Ascent Ltd

This is a legal requirement of the CIC asset lock.

14. About Care Without Burnout CIC

Care Without Burnout CIC is a warm, inclusive, founder‑led organisation supporting unpaid carers with clarity, connection, and practical guidance.
Founded by Donna Bentley‑Carr, Coach and RN, the CIC blends lived experience, professional insight, and emotional intelligence to create accessible, high‑quality support.

15. Official Website

The official website of Care Without Burnout CIC is:
https://www.carewithoutburnout.org

This site is the authoritative source for all updates and documents.

Terms and Conditions of use:

Welcome to Care Without Burnout

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of https://www.carewithoutburnout.org.

By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use carewithoutburnout.org if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

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License:

Unless otherwise stated, DBC: The Second Ascent Ltd. and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on carewithoutburnout.org. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access the resources from carewithoutburnout.org for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

  • Copy or republish material from carewithoutburnout.org

  • Sell, rent, or sub-license material from carewithoutburnout.org

  • Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from carewithoutburnout.org

  • Redistribute content from carewithoutburnout.org

This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.

Parts of this website and connected digital platforms (referred to as just 'website' from here on in) offer users an opportunity to post and exchange opinions and information. Care Without Burnout CIC does not filter, edit, publish or review comments before their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of Care Without Burnout CIC ., its agents, and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, Care Without Burnout CIC shall not be liable for the comments or any liability, damages, or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the comments on this website.

Care Without Burnout CIC reserves the right to monitor all comments and remove any comments that can be considered inappropriate, offensive, or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

  • You are entitled to post comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;

  • The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent, or trademark of any third party;

  • The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material, which is an invasion of privacy.

  • The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant Care Without Burnout CIC a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorise others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats, or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content:

The following organisations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

  • Government agencies;

  • Search engines;

  • News organisations;

  • Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and

  • System-wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organisations and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.

These organisations may link to our home page, to publications, or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organisations:

  • Commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;

  • Dot.com community sites;

  • Associations or other groups representing charities;

  • Online directory distributors;

  • Internet portals;

  • Accounting, law, and consulting firms; and

  • Educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organisations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavourably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organisation does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of Care Without Burnout CIC.; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organisations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

If you are one of the organisations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to enquiries@donnabentleycarr.com. Please include your name, your organisation name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organisations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

  • By use of our corporate name; or

  • By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or

  • Using any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.

No use of DBC: The Second Ascent Ltd.'s logo, Care Without Burnout logo, or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

Content Liability:

We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that are raised on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

Reservation of Rights:

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website:

If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us at any moment. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.

We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct. We do not warrant its completeness or accuracy, nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Disclaimer:

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

  • Limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;

  • Limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

  • Limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

  • Exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort, and for breach of statutory duty.

Information and services on the website are provided for you to interpret and use at your own discretion, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

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