Spectacular South Downs Tree Terms and Conditions
By entering the Competition you are deemed to accept these Terms and Conditions. If you are under 18 years of age you are able to submit entries but you must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to enter.
Closing date
The Competition will close at midnight on Thursday 30 November 2023.
Entries received after this deadline will not be accepted.
No responsibility is accepted for network, computer hardware or software failures of any kind which may restrict or delay the sending of your entry. No responsibility is accepted by SDNPA for entries lost, delayed, misdirected, incomplete, or which cannot be entered for technical or other reasons. Proof of entry is not proof of receipt.
Nomination details
All competition nomination must be made on the South Downs National Park website, using the form found on this page.
You may nominate as many trees as you like.
Prizes and judging
Shortlisting will take place following the close of nominations.
A shortlist of five will be chosen and put to a public vote.
The tree with the highest number of votes following the public vote will be declared the winner.
The winning individual or community will then be offered 10 trees to plant in their community.
The trees offered will be selected by our experts as the right tree/trees for that area.
Trees are to be planted in a community space or an area where they can be accessed and enjoyed by the public.
The winning individual or community group will be responsible for finding a suitable location with landowner permission for the planting of trees.
The prize is non-transferable.
By entering the Competition you release SDNPA from and against all claims and damages arising from or in connection with your participation in the Competition.
You agree to comply with these Rules of Entry.
Entrants’ responsibilities
You are responsible for informing SDNPA of any changes to the information entered, in particular of any change of contact details at any time before the closing date.
You will not submit any photographs that are obscene, vulgar, pornographic, hateful, threatening, racist, sexist, discriminatory, or which otherwise violate any local or international laws. No nudity is allowed. Children and babies must be wearing at least a nappy and if your image does feature children you must have their parents’/guardian(s)’ legal consent for the image to be published online and in hard copy. The SDNPA will ultimately decide if something is appropriate or not and whether it is eligible to be entered into the competition.
SDNPA staff, members and their immediate family members may enter this competition but will not be eligible to win a prize.
Copyright and usage
By submitting images to the competition, you confirm and warrant that:
- you are the sole author of each entry and that it is your original work
- you own the copyright and any other intellectual property rights of each image
- you have the permission of those pictured in the image (or, where the image shows any persons under 18, the consent of their parent or guardian) for the usage rights required in the section on licensing below and will indemnify SDNPA against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringement
- you have not licensed or disposed of any rights in the image that would conflict with uses to be made in the licensing section below
- You agree to take part in any post-competition publicity (for under-18s this will be subject to consent from the parent/guardian of the minor).
By entering the competition, you grant the SDNPA a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence to reproduce, enlarge, publish or exhibit, on any media, the images. This may include, but is not limited to:
- News coverage of the competition
- SDNPA newsletter
- SDNPA website
- SDNPA Facebook page
- SDNPA Twitter feed
- SDNPA Instagram feed
- Exhibitions
- Publications – such as leaflets and reports
- for use in press releases to be distributed to national, regional and specialist press promoting the National Park and/or promoting the competition.
The photographer must be the sole author and owner of the copyright of photos entered in to the competition. You will retain full copyright for your image and, wherever possible, will be credited if your image is published by SDNPA. Failure to publish a credit due to error or oversight shall not be deemed a breach of this condition.
Please note that by entering the competition you are giving consent for the SDNPA to process your information for the purpose of administrating the competition. We will only contact you if your photo wins the competition or is selected for inclusion in our photo library. We will delete your information within a year of the close of the competition unless you ask us to sooner, the photo you have submitted wins the competition, or is selected for inclusion in our photo library. We will not share this information with any third party without your consent, unless we are required to do so by law. Your rights are set out in our Privacy Statement www.southdowns.gov.uk/privacy-statement-2/
SDNPA reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition, the rules and the terms and conditions of entry at any time and without prior notice. Any changes will be posted either within these terms and conditions or in the competition details.
The organiser of this competition is: SDNPA, The South Downs Centre, North Street, Midhurst GU29 9DH. Please email commsteam@southdowns.gov.uk with any queries.