About
White Hat started almost 20 years ago when a group of security and risk professionals came together to raise money for charity. At first, this was largely through organising the annual White Hat Ball, which raised over £410k for NSPCC Childline in 2025. Fundraising activities have now expanded to include the White Hat London Marathon in aid of NSPCC Childline and a range of industry events throughout the year. The White Hat Events Committee have now raised over £2.5m for charity, a fantastic achievement.
White Hat Ball Code of Conduct
All guests attending NSPCC/White Hat events are expected to adhere to standards of conduct that meet the expectations of the NSPCC appropriate standards of behaviour. Guests should report incidents and concerns to an NSPCC volunteer or member of staff.
White Hat Ball Booking Terms and Conditions
1. Full payment for your table is required upon receipt of a completed booking form/confirmation of booking. Depending on your preference, either an invoice will be raised which will have payment terms of 30 days, or you will be contacted to take payment by credit card within two weeks.
The NSPCC reserves the right to refuse attendance to the event and remove your name and that of your party from the guest list, with no refund, should any outstanding balance of full ticket/table payment not be received 3 working days prior to the event.
2. Cancellation policy: Tickets/tables cancelled within 12-8 weeks of the event will be charged at 25 per cent of the ticket price. Tickets/tables cancelled within 8-4 weeks of the event will be charged at 50 per cent of the ticket price. Any tickets/tables cancelled less than 4 weeks before the event will be charged at full price.
3. To the extent that you purchasing a ticket as a consumer, namely in an individual, personal capacity rather than in a professional or business capacity, you may cancel your ticket within 14 days of purchase. In this case, you will receive a full refund of the ticket price. Otherwise, any cancellations are subject to our refunds policy in paragraph 1 above.
4. Neither the NSPCC or its guests shall be responsible or liable for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of these event terms and conditions and/or provision of the event that is caused by any event or circumstance outside of its reasonable control, including but not limited to strike, lockdown, pandemic, war etc.
5. All guest names and dietary requirements must be submitted by the date requested otherwise the NSPCC cannot guarantee these will be in place for the event
6. Where company names are used in print, the name provided in the booking form will be used
7. A professional photographer will be present at the White Hat Ball. By attending the event, you give permission for any photograph and footage in which you feature, to be used for future NSPCC event marketing materials. If you do not want to appear in future marketing materials, please contact whitehatball@NSPCC.org.uk so we can make the necessary arrangements.
Photography by CPG Photography Ltd.
