The Sun on Sunday Christmas wrapping for kids competition – terms and conditions
By entering the Promotion, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions (these Terms and Conditions).
Completion and submission of an entry form or e-mail will also be deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Promotional materials relating to the Promotion, including all information on how to enter the Promotion published in publications of the Promoter (defined below) (including social media if applicable) or on the Promoters websites, also form part of these Terms and Conditions.
In the event of any conflict between any terms referred to in such promotional materials and these Terms and Conditions, these Terms and Conditions take precedence.
All information submitted in connection with this Promotion will be processed in accordance with our privacy policy accessible at //www.newsprivacy.co.uk/ and The Works’ privacy policy which can be found at //www.theworks.co.uk/page/privacy-policy.html and The
Azalea Foundation’s privacy policy which can be found at //theazayliafoundation.com/
The promoter of this Promotion is News Group Newspapers Ltd (publishers of The Sun and The Sun on Sunday) of 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF (the Promoter).
Participation in the Promotion
1. The Promotion is only open to residents of the United Kingdom only. The following individuals are not eligible to enter the Promotion:
a. employees and agents of the Promoter, News Corp UK & Ireland Limited or other group companies;
b. employees and agents of any organisation directly connected with the operation or fulfilment of the Promotion (including third party promotional partners) and their respective associated, affiliated or subsidiary companies;
c. the immediate families and household members of all such employees andagents referred to in (a) and (b); andd. individuals under 18 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian who must make the entry on their behalf.
2. The Promotion starts at 00:01am (UK time) on 22 September 2024 and closes at 11.59pm (UK time) on 27 September 2024. (the Promotion Period). Any entries received outside the Promotion Period will be void.
3. Participants may make a maximum of one entry per person. Participants may only win one prize per person, irrespective of the number of entries submitted. Bulk, automatically generated or third party entries are void. At the end of the Promotion,
participants' entries will not be returned to them.
4. To enter you must draw a festive picture on A4 paper using pencils or pen. It can be either landscape or portrait. Email a photo of the picture to [email protected] with the heading CHRISTMAS during the Promotion Period. Include your
name, your child’s name and age and your address and telephone number. Also include a short description of why you made the entry in no more than 200 words.
In terms of design, simple, bright designs are best. Keep the original artwork safe as we will need to scan it if it is chosen as the winning entry, or your entry will be void as we will need to professionally scan and photograph it. You MUST state your child’s age.
5. There are three entry categories that will be judged by our panel of judges. These are: a) Five and under; b) Age six years to ten years; and c) age 11 years to 16 years.
There will be one winner only per category. The three winning entries will have their designs turned into Christmas wrapping paper which will be sold in The Works shops in the run up to Christmas, to fund presents for children in hospital and also to provide donations to The Azaylia Foundation. You agree, as part of the winning entry for your child to be named and photographed with their winning entry to appear in all platforms of The Sun on Sunday both online and in print in perpetuity and to to take part in reasonable publicity in relation to the Promotion including a short interview about the winning entry which will be published on the same platforms with the image.
6. Entries to the Promotion must be the original work of the participant and not previously published. Entries which are or in the Promoter's reasonable opinion appear to be plagiarised will be disqualified. Participants acknowledge and agree that:
a. they have obtained all rights, licences, and permissions necessary, in writing, from any person who may have helped create and/or be featured in their entry; and
b. their entry to the Promotion (including any text and photographs):
(i) does not contain or feature any personal information about any person (including their name, contact details, a photograph of them and/or any other identifying information) without that person's consent (proof of which must be provided to the Promoter upon request);
(ii) does not contain any content that is defamatory, libellous, racist, homophobic, derogatory, pornographic, obscene, sexist, illegal, and/or otherwise inappropriate;
(iii) does not include trade marks, logos, or copyright protected material which belongs to third parties without permission (including company names, music, photographs, motion picture or television programme clips or audio tracks, works of art, or images published on or in websites, television, movies, or other media);
(iv) is not subject to any third party agreements and the Promoter will not be required to pay any sums to any third party as a result of the Promoter's use (as set out in these Terms and Conditions) or the exploitation by the Promoter of the idea, video or other rights contained in any entry; and (v) does not contain any known virus, trojan horse, worm, trapdoor or similar software that may in any way infect or affect any of the
Promoter's hardware or software systems.
7. The Promoter reserves the right to remove or temporarily suspend from the Promotion any entries submitted if, in its reasonable opinion, it suspects any breach of these Terms and Conditions or if it receives any complaint from a third party
relating to such entry.
8. Entries received which are not submitted via the official entry method will not be accepted. Use of script, macro or any automated system to enter the Promotion is prohibited and entries made (or which appear to have been made) using any such
system may be treated as void. Any illegible, incomplete or fraudulent entries will be rejected. No purchase of any product or service is required to enter into this Promotion. Participants should be aware that they may be subject to data charges at
the usual rate depending on their own individual arrangements for Internet access if they enter the Promotion online or by email.
Winners and Prizes
9. There will be three winners, one winner per age category.
10. The winners will be the entrants whose entry, best demonstrates the best original, artistic flair, utilising simple, bright designs. The winners will be selected by a panel of judges including at least one independent member. The decision of the judges
shall be final. The names of the judges for a Promotion can be made available on request.
11. The prize is that the winning design per age category will be turned into Christmas wrapping paper and sold In The Works in the run up to Christmas 2024.
12. Prizes are as stated and are non-exchangeable and non-transferable.
13. The winner is responsible for paying all associated costs that are not specifically stated in any Promotional materials or these Terms and Conditions, including (where applicable) transport, accommodation, meal costs, spending money, insurance and
all other incidentals. Winners are also personally responsible for any personal or incidental expenses and any VAT, national and/or local tax liabilities incurred in claiming or using the prize. By participating in the Promotion, participants agree that the prize is awarded on an quota basis, and that neither the Promoter nor any of its subsidiary or affiliated companies, make any guarantees, representations or warranties of any nature with respect to the prize.
14. The Promoter may amend or withdraw any element of a competition, prize draw, vote or poll for reasons beyond their reasonable control, including but not limited to the unavailability of the vote, poll, competition or prize draw entry platform before
the closing date, or for strike, lock-out, labour dispute, illness, act of God, natural disaster, adverse weather conditions, war, riot, civil commotion, accident, public health concern in relation to potential infection, epidemic or pandemic, malicious damage, fire, flood and/or storm, compliance with law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, breakdown of plant, machinery or transportation. The Promotor is not responsible for any loss or damage caused to you as a result of any of these occurrences.
Winner Announcement and claiming of prize
15. Winners will be notified by phone or using the other contact details provided to the Promoter within three days after the end of the Promotion Period. All reasonable endeavours will be made to contact the winners during the specified time. If a winner cannot be contacted or is not available, the Promoter reserves the right to re-draw another winner from the valid/correct entries that were received during the Promotion Period. Winners may be required to submit valid identification.
16. The Promoter proposes to make available a list of winners, subject to any objections from the relevant individuals. For a copy of the list, please send a stamped self-addressed envelope by no later than 28 days after the end of the Promotion Period to News UK, Promotions Department, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF stating for which Promotion you would like winners’ details. If a winner objects to this information being made available, they should inform the Promoter at the earliest opportunity using email [[email protected]/ [email protected]].
Winners acknowledge that the Promoter may still be required to share their details with the Advertising Standards Authority or other regulators.
Data Protection and Publicity
17. The Promoter will collect and process participants' personal information in accordance with the privacy policy at //www.newsprivacy.co.uk/. The information provided may be shared with the Promoter's agents, affiliates and, if
applicable, any third party prize provider (including those outside the UK/European Economic Area) who will process such information in accordance with their own privacy policy.
Information provided by participants will be used for the purpose of conducting this Promotion (including for prizes to be delivered) and other purposes as may be specified and/or consented to at the time of entry or on promotional materials. If participants do not provide any of the mandatory information
requested when participating in the Promotion, their entry will be void.
18. The Promoter is required to either publish or make available information that indicates a valid award took place. As such, the Promoter will send the surname and county of major prize winners and, if applicable copies of their winning entries, to
anyone that contacts the Promoter at the address given above by no later than 28 days after the end of the Promotion Period.
Intellectual Property
19. Participants will retain copyright in their submitted entries to the Promotion, however, by entering, all entrants grant the Promoter a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual licence to edit, publish, use and commercially exploit each Promotion
entry in any and all media (including print and online) for publicity, news and commercial purposes in respect of all intellectual property rights arising in and related to the entries in question.
Participants acknowledge and agree that they have all rights necessary to grant the rights provided for in this paragraph 19, and that all materials forming part of their entry to the Promotion, and any use of such materials by or on behalf of the Promoter, comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations and do not infringe or otherwise violate the intellectual property or other rights of any third party, including privacy rights. The winner also agrees to be photographed and interviewed with their winning entry which will be published across all Sun on Sunday platforms in print and online.
General
20. The Promoter's decision is final and binding on the entrants. No correspondence will be entered into.
21. The Promoter reserves the right to require the participants to prove that they are eligible. If a winner is found to be ineligible, the Promoter reserves the right to award their prize to another participant and to require the return of any prize
already awarded.
22. The provision of the prize does not imply endorsement by the Promoter of The Works or any other third parties concerned in any way with the Promotion. Any complaints or queries relating to the use of the prize should be directed to
[email protected]
23. Unless otherwise stated in the promotional materials, this Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, the manufacturer or service provider of the relevant prize. You are providing your information to the
Promoter and not to the manufacturer or service provider of the relevant prize (although, if you win, your details may be disclosed to the prize provider in order to provide you with the prize).
24. Entrants must not do anything illegal and/or dangerous and/or that would put themselves or others at any risk. Save where it has been negligent, the Promoter will not be responsible for any damage, loss or injury resulting from participants'
entry into the Promotion or their acceptance and/or use of the prize, or for technical, hardware or software failures, lost, faulty or unavailable network connections or difficulties of any kind that may limit or prohibit participant's ability to participate in the Promotion.
The Promoter will not be responsible for any lost, damaged, defaced, incomplete, illegible or otherwise unreadable entries. Proof of posting is not proof of receipt by the Promoter of any entries. Without prejudice to an entrant’s statutory rights and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up a prize. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall in any way limit or exclude the Promoter's liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other
matter where liability may not be limited as a matter of law.
25. The Promoter reserves the right at any time to cancel, modify or supersede the Promotion (including altering prizes) if, in its reasonable discretion, it becomes necessary to do so. In the event of a printing or other error resulting in there being
more winners than prizes for the Promotion, the Promoter reserves the right to (a) declare as void any claims or entries resulting from such printing or other error; and/or (b) allocate the available prize(s) through a further draw or to divide the
prize(s) or the value of the prize(s) between the winners of the Promotion.
26. Any participant who enters or attempts to enter the Promotion in a manner, which in the Promoter's reasonable opinion is contrary to these Terms and Conditions or by its nature is unjust to other entrants (including tampering with the operation of
the Promotion, cheating, hacking, deception or any other unfair playing practices such as intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other participants or the Promoter and/or any of its agents or representatives) may be rejected from the
Promotion at the Promoter's sole discretion. Furthermore, where such actions have significantly impaired the Promotion, the Promoter may, at its sole discretion, add further stages to the Promotion as it deems reasonably necessary in order to resolve
any problems arising from such actions.
27. The Promoter reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions in its reasonable discretion. Any amendments will be published on the Promoter’s website (the Website).
28. These Terms and Conditions are governed by English law. The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute or claim arising in association with the Promotion or these Terms and Conditions.