Hawick's Wee Explore Photo Competition

Within the July 2024 edition of the Project Update we have launched a children’s competition for the town. We have asked that children aged between 5 and 11 years old send us a photo from around the river corridor of the Scheme to be in with the chance of winning a bike. The competition is open to those with a TD9 postcode, that would typically receive the Hawick Flood Protection Scheme Newsletter. All entries should be emailed as an image attachment to hawickfloodps@scotborders.gov.uk.

Terms and Conditions: Photo Competition

The full terms for entering the photo competition:

1. The Photo Competition (the "Competition") is open to children aged between 5 and 11 years old ("You"). To enter you must live at a TD9 postcode, that typically receives the Hawick Flood Protection Project Update Newsletter.

2. To enter the Competition, You should send a photograph of your entry to hawickfloodps@scotborders.gov.uk with "Photo Competition" in the subject line.

3. When submitting your Competition entry, You must provide your name, age and address and the name and contact telephone number of your parent or guardian. Your name and age may be published on our website, within the upcoming Newsletter or on our social media sites along with the submitted entry. All other information will only be used in relation to the Competition (including checking your eligibility to enter and in order to contact the winner to come to collect their prize). We will not use your data for any other purposes whatsoever. We will not keep this information for longer than is necessary for the operation of the Competition. We will process your personal information as set out here https://www.hawickfloodscheme.com/privacy-notice.

4. You may only send one entry to the Competition per child. You own the copyright to your Competition entry as its’ author. Entries sent in that were not the sole product of the named entrant will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.

5. We must receive your entry to the Competition by 11:59 pm on 2 SEPTEMBER 2024.

6. Immediate family members of employees or agents employed by the Hawick Flood Protection Scheme may not enter the Competition.

7. The winning entry will be selected from the shortlist that is considered to be the most creative and well-executed.

8. Hawick Flood Protection Scheme’s decision will be made on or before 6 SEPTEMBER 2024. The decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

9. By submitting an entry to the Competition, You give us: a. Permission for your entry to be published on our website and grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to republish your Competition entry in electronic format and hard copy for purposes connected with the Competition; and b. The right to use your name and age for the sole purpose of identifying You as the author of your entry.

10. Sending in an entry to the Competition means that You accept these Terms and Conditions, which are the rules of the Competition. You should check with your parent or guardian that they are happy for You to enter the Competition based on these Terms and Conditions.

11. The parents or guardians of the winners will be notified by email or telephone on or before 12 SEPTEMBER 2024.

12. The prize will be collected by the parent or guardian from the Hawick Flood Protection Scheme office at Hawick Town Hall by a date agreed with the winner’s parent or guardian. We will not deliver the prize to any address.

13. The Promoter of the Competition is Hawick Flood Protection Scheme whose address is Hawick Flood Protection Office, Hawick Town Hall, Cross Wynd, Hawick, TD9 9EF. Any complaints regarding the Competition should be sent to this address.

14. We accept no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by You as a result of entering the Competition or accepting the prize. We further disclaim liability for any injury or damage to You or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the Competition.

15. We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this Competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud). Our decision in all matters under our control is final and binding. We shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control. Such circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, hurricane, strike, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, supervening legislation or any other circumstances amounting to force majeure.

16. The Competition will be governed by Scottish law.