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The Woodland Trust is the UK's largest woodland conservation charity.
Please read these terms and conditions ('Terms') carefully before using this or any of our other websites or placing an order with us. If you are under 18, please ask a parent or guardian to read and discuss them with you.
If you don’t accept these Terms (note in particular the sections on Disclaimers and Liability), please don’t use or order from our websites. You will be bound by these Terms, and they will form a contract between you and us.
These Terms apply to the entire contents of our websites and to any correspondence by email between us and you. Our privacy and cookie policies don't form part of these Terms but should be read also.
Some parts of our websites may also contain additional provisions which apply in addition to these Terms.
These apply when you visit or use one of our websites including when you order products, donation packs or virtual gifts from one of our websites.
We may change these Terms at any time, in which case the amended Terms will be posted on our websites and will apply from the date we post them, with the exception of orders which we have accepted from you before the new Terms were posted. These will continue to be subject to the Terms in force when your order was accepted.
Please check these Terms on each occasion you use our websites. If you continue to use our sites you will be bound by the latest Terms.
You agree to only use our sites in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations and is consistent with these Terms and does not infringe the rights of anyone else, nor restrict or inhibit their use and enjoyment of our sites (including, amongst other things, hacking).
We reserve the right in our sole discretion to deny any user access to any of our websites without prior notice.
You may access and use most parts of our websites without registering your details with us. Before you can take part in our message boards/discussion forums, or otherwise post comments to our websites you will need to register with us.
To purchase products, apply for donation packs or take part in certain other activities on our websites, you also have the option to register with us.
If you choose to register with us, each registration must be for a single user only. Please ensure that the details you provide are correct and complete, and inform us immediately of any changes to the information that you provided when registering.
You must make sure that you keep your password confidential. Do not share it or let anyone else access your account. Always ensure you log out of your account at the end of your session to avoid anyone else using it.
You should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else, or if your password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorised manner. We may disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms.
We use, store and process information about you in accordance with our cookie policy. By using our websites, you consent to our use, storage and processing of your information in accordance with that statement.
We regret that donations cannot be refunded. Our donation packs and virtual gifts are all forms of donations. Please contact our supporter care team on 0330 333 3300 if you have a query about a donation you have made.
If you have a complaint about any content on (or sent via) any of our websites please notify us immediately by email at enquiries@woodlandtrust.org.uk. Please note that no action can be taken until we receive a fully completed Report content form.
You must not post or transmit to any of our websites any material:
If you post or transmit to any of our websites material of the type prohibited under term 6.1 above (or which otherwise results in a claim or action against us) and we incur any costs, expenses, liability or losses as a result, then you agree to indemnify us for all such costs, expenses, liability and losses.
If you post or transmit any material to any of our websites ('contribution'):
We may remove or edit any material or posting you make on any of our websites at any time.
Party political or any other views and opinions expressed in user contributions to our websites do not represent the views or opinions of the Woodland Trust, which is a non-partisan conservation charity. We encourage open debate. However, comments or opinions expressed in contributions posted by our website users are attributable only to the individual contributors.
You acknowledge that all copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in our websites and all photographs, footage, designs, images, text, software, data and other material in our sites or generated by our sites are owned by us or our licensors. You are permitted to use the sites and this material only as expressly authorised by us.
You are permitted to print and download extracts from our websites for your personal non-commercial use and for private study, provided in each case that:
No other use of material on our websites may be made without first obtaining our written permission. In particular, you must not do the following unless you have first obtained our written permission:
If you wish to use any material from any of our sites other than in accordance with term 7.2 above please email your request to designteam@woodlandtrust.org.uk with the subject line 'Permissions request'.
The photographic, text and other graphic images within any products or publications supplied to you are copyright works and none of them may be copied, reproduced, licensed or otherwise exploited.
The Woodland Trust name and logo are trademarks of the Woodland Trust. Other logos and names used on our sites may also be the trademarks of the Woodland Trust or their respective owners. No permission is given by us in respect of the use of any such trademarks, names or logos and such use may constitute an infringement of the holder's rights.
Whilst we encourage our supporters to campaign on the issues referred to on our websites, unless we have specifically authorised you in writing to do so please do not imply that you are taking action on behalf of the Woodland Trust and in particular do not state that the Woodland Trust is taking, or proposes or is considering taking, action against individuals or organisations, for example, a boycott of a company's products.
Any rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved.
We may from on occasion allow companies to advertise goods and services on our websites. Whilst we will not knowingly run an advert that is untrue, or which relates to goods or services contrary to our objects, the appearance of an advert does not mean that we endorse the advertiser's goods or services.
With the exception of products sold on this website, we are not responsible for the accuracy of any advertising material or for any advertised product or service.
The information provided in our websites is intended to provide general information only and should not be considered as a substitute for advice covering any specific situation. While we endeavour to ensure that the information on our websites is correct, we do not warrant the accuracy and completeness of that information and we will not be held liable for any errors or omissions. The material on our websites may be out of date, and we make no commitment to update such material.
The products which are supplied via our websites have been designed to comply with the statutory legal requirements and relevant safety standards of the United Kingdom. We therefore make no representation or warranty that any product provided via or referred to in our sites is compliant with health, safety or other legal requirements which apply outside the United Kingdom, or are otherwise suitable for use outside of the United Kingdom.
You may not access our sites from countries where their contents are illegal or unlawful. If you do access our sites from locations outside the United Kingdom, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
We take every reasonable care to ensure that all orders, donations and subsequent transactions are conducted via a secure link. However, the security of information and payments transmitted via the internet cannot be guaranteed and as we are not responsible for the operation of the secure link we will not, unless we are negligent, be liable for any loss you may suffer if a third party obtains unauthorised access to any information you provide.
We do not warrant that the functions contained in our sites will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that our sites or the servers that make them available are free of viruses or bugs or represent full functionality, accuracy or reliability of the materials. We will not be liable for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system or any other damages (including amongst other losses, loss of profit or loss of use) arising out of your use or delay or inability to use our sites, their content or any link to another website arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise except in the case of death or personal injury caused by our negligence.
We do not limit in any way our liability for fraud or death or personal injury caused by our negligence or breach of statutory duty or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by us or our employees or agents in circumstances where:
Our sites may contain hyperlinks to third party websites. Such links are provided for your convenience only and we are not responsible for the websites' contents. The inclusion of links does not imply any endorsement of the material on those websites nor any association with their operators.
If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to or from our websites, you do so entirely at your own risk and we are not responsible for any damage, loss or offence caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the content, information, advertising, services or products available on third party websites.
We cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages. Please contact us if a link isn't working.
Our websites may also contain functionality provided by third party services. In engaging with these third party services, you are subject to their terms and conditions, and the Woodland Trust has no responsibility or liability in connection with those services or relationship.
Our websites may also contain functionality provided by third party services. In engaging with these third party services, you are subject to their terms and conditions, and the Woodland Trust has no responsibility or liability in connection with those services or relationship.
If you wish to link from your website to any pages of our sites you may do so only on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, the website page, and subject to the following conditions:
At any time and at our complete discretion we reserve the right to withdraw the permission to make website links to our sites.
If any provisions of these Terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any country which apply to these Terms, the remaining provisions of these Terms shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
If you breach these Terms and we take no action, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies at a later date or in any other situation where you breach these Terms.
Events beyond our control. We will not be liable to you for any delay in delivering any services or order or for breach of our obligations, if the delay or breach is due to acts of God, civil commotion, riots, malicious damage, floods, drought, fire, epidemic, legislation, failure of ISP or telecommunications provider or any other cause beyond our reasonable control. This does not affect your statutory rights.
These Terms, use of our sites and the supply of products and services by us are governed by and to be interpreted in accordance with English and Welsh law. In the event of any dispute arising in relation to these Terms, use of our sites or in relation to the supply of any products or services by us the appropriate UK courts will have jurisdiction over the dispute.
These Terms are provided in the English language only.
Donation packs are donations to the Woodland Trust which you can apply for through our shop and in return you will receive a certificate and various other benefits as a thank you for your donation. Current donation packs include:
All orders for products are subject to availability and we reserve the right to refuse to supply to any individual or company.
Your submission of an order represents an offer to purchase the products (or an application for the donation pack) indicated by you and is not binding on us until we have accepted your order. This means that if a product is shown on our sites but is not available or is incorrectly priced or otherwise incorrectly described or if we are unable to arrange delivery to your address or wish to decline your offer/application for any other reason, we will not be obliged to sell you that product/provide you with that donation pack. In this instance we will inform you and not charge for the product/donation pack.
Shortly after we receive your order, we will acknowledge it by email, detailing the products you have ordered/donation pack you have applied for. This email is issued automatically and does not mean that your order is accepted.
We may contact you to obtain further information to enable your order to be evaluated or processed.
Acceptance of your order for a product/application for a donation pack and completion of the contract between you and us will take place when we dispatch the product/donation pack to you.
Any products on the same order which we have not dispatched to you do not form part of that contract.
Alcohol may not be purchased by anyone under 18.
The price you pay is the price displayed on our site at the time we receive your order apart from where an error has occurred in displaying the price.
While we try and ensure that all prices on our sites are accurate, errors may occur. If we discover an error in the price of products you have ordered we will inform you as soon as possible and give you the option of reconfirming your order at the correct price or cancelling it.
If we are unable to contact you we will treat the order as cancelled. If you cancel and you have already paid for the products, you will receive a full refund.
Prices displayed include VAT where applicable. Price and availability information is subject to change without notice.
Products may differ slightly form the images shown. All sizes and dimensions of products as indicated on our sites are approximate but we make every effort to make sure they are as accurate as possible.
We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colours of the images that feature on our sites. However, we cannot guarantee your monitor's display will accurately reflect the colour of the product.
You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the details provided on the order form.
Please take particular care when entering information to be used in or on any products, gifts cards or certificates to be personalised to your requirements.
We do not file details of your order for you to subsequently access direct on our websites.
We accept Visa Credit, Visa Debit, Mastercard Credit, Mastercard Debit and Maestro. For orders or one-off donations made online we cannot accept cheques.
For orders from our shop, payment will be taken at the point of goods despatch. For virtual gifts, donation packs and e-cards, payment will be taken at the order processing stage.
By placing an order or making a donation you consent to payment being charged to your debit or credit card as provided on the order form. We will use Secure Trading to validate your payment.
It is possible to set up regular monthly donations by direct debit online. Payment will be set up to be taken from your account on either the 7 or 22 of the month, dependent upon the time of the month your monthly donation was set up. Payment will be collected on the next or nearest collected date. If you wish to change the date set out in your direct debit agreement to the alternative date we offer, we can do this once the first payment has been taken.
If an error has been made in the payment of your direct debit by us or your bank/building society, under your bank's direct debit guarantee scheme you are entitled to a full and immediate refund of the amount paid from your bank or building society. If you receive a refund you are not entitled to, you must pay it back when requested to do so by the Trust.
You can cancel a direct debit at any time by simply contacting your bank or building society. We would be grateful if you could also let us know that you wish to cancel your regular donation.
In case of query, please call 0330 333 3300 (Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 5.00 pm), quoting your order reference number.
We will let you know what you will be charged for postage, delivery and packaging before you submit your order.
Additional delivery charges may apply for overseas deliveries, or bulky or heavy items and you will be notified of any additional delivery charges during the order process and required to provide your confirmation that such charges will be included in your order and charged to your card prior to the goods being dispatched. If confirmation is not received, then the order cannot be processed and will be cancelled.
Express delivery is not available.
Donation packs will be sent by 2nd class post using Royal Mail or National Carriers and there are no delivery charges.
We aim to:
Please allow up to 30 days in case we are exceptionally busy. The delivery timescales stated are subject to availability of the products ordered and circumstances beyond our control. We make every effort to deliver products within the above timescales, however delays are occasionally inevitable.
If you do not receive your products/packs within the time quoted above, please contact our support response team on 0330 333 3300 or email them at customerservices@woodlandtrustshop.com. If we fail to deliver your order within 30 days we will notify you of the reason for the delay and you may cancel your order and we will provide you with a refund for the products not delivered. We will have no other liability to you in the event of delay in delivery.
All deliveries will be made to you (or the recipient specified by you) at the address specified by you in your order. With the exception of gift memberships, we regret that we cannot send membership packs to an alternative delivery address, they will be sent to the main billing address only.
We may, at our discretion and expense, deliver parts of your order separately. You will be responsible for the products as soon as they are delivered.
If we cannot deliver the products to you at the address you have specified for any reason (other than when we are at fault), we will notify you and store the products for up to 30 days. At our discretion we may either attempt to redeliver the products to you or issue you with a refund for the price paid less postage and handling charges. Note – no refund will be made for products which have been customised or personalised in accordance with your requirements.
For most products you can cancel your order, either before or after we deliver it, by notifying us within 15 days of delivery (or where we deliver your order in instalments, within 15 days of the last item delivered) without giving any reason. You can do so by contacting our supporter care team on 0330 333 3300 (free from a land-line) or by emailing us at customerservices@woodlandtrustshop.com. To meet the cancellation deadline it is sufficient for you to tell us that you wish to cancel before the cancellation period has expired. You then have 15 days to get the products back to us for a refund.
This right to cancel does not apply to:
Until you are sure that you want to keep the products you have ordered, you must carefully handle the products only to the extent that you would handle them if you were looking at the products or carefully trying them on in a shop, in order to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the products. You must not otherwise use or wear them. Products must be returned to us in their original packaging, with all tags intact and in good, re-saleable condition and unused.
Hampers, gift baskets, tree packs and other sets or packs which are made up of a number of products may only be cancelled and returned as a whole.
If the right to cancel applies and you want to return your order once you have received it, for either a refund or exchange, fill out the accompanying delivery slip, package the relevant item securely and send them both to us within 15 days of delivery (or 15 days of you notifying us of your wish to cancel your order as above) using the label provided on the delivery note.
For your protection, we recommend that you use a recorded delivery service. Until the products are returned to us, you must not use them and must take reasonable care of them and ensure that they are returned to us in a re-saleable condition.
Information about how to return products for an exchange or refund is included with each shipped order along with your delivery slip. Please note that you will be responsible for the cost of returning products to us unless we deliver the item to you in error or it is faulty.
If you cancel (and where already delivered, return) your order in accordance with the above provisions, we will refund to you:
When making a refund (other than a refund for a faulty product), we will deduct from the sum to be refunded any reduction in the value of the products returned caused by you using, wearing or handling the products beyond the manner in which you would handle the products if you were looking at them, or trying them on, in a shop.
Any refund issued under these provisions will be made, using the same means of payment as you used for your order, within 14 days of:
You will not incur any fees as a result of the refund but we will not make the refund until we have received the products back or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the products, whichever is earliest.
If for any reason you suspect that your credit card has been used to make an inaccurate or incorrect transaction through this website, please notify your issuing Bank immediately for investigation.
Please note that we cannot accept returns of trees or other perishable goods unless they are defective.
Please check your tree as soon as you receive it. If you believe that your tree is defective, it may be that your sapling is in a dormant state, which you can check by scraping back a small piece of bark to see if pale new wood lies beneath.
If having checked your tree as described above, you still think that the tree you have received is defective and you would like to return it for a refund or replacement please contact our supporter care team on 0330 333 3300 (free from a land-line) or by emailing us at customerservices@woodlandtrustshop.com within ten (10) days, but no later than thirty (30) days, of receiving your tree.
By law you are entitled to receive products which are as described, fit for purpose and of satisfactory quality and our aim is to make sure that you do.
If you do receive a product which is faulty and would like to request a refund or replacement please contact our customer care team as soon as possible.
You can find out more about your rights as a consumer on the Citizens Advice Bureau website.
For replacement or refund of the product you will need to return it to us. Our customer care team will help you do this by arranging collection in the case of items unsuitable for return by post.
If you order one of our donation packs you are making a donation to fund our work for which we are enormously grateful. You will receive a certificate to commemorate the dedication/donation but any trees/woods dedicated will not be marked with the dedication although you are welcome to visit the wood dedicated (or where the tree is dedicated).
Your donation pack certificate will be printed with the wording you enter in the application form. Please check this carefully before you finalise your application. If you notice an error in the certificate wording please reply to the automated thank you email you receive and tell us what you would like correcting and we will do our best to make the changes before the certificate is produced.
All items featured in the dedications section of our websites are genuinely needed and used by the programmes that the Woodland Trust supports. However, once certain types of dedications reach their maximum capacity, we reserve the right to use your donation to help the Woodland Trust continue with its full range of work. Where possible we will aim to use your donation for a similar purpose to that originally requested by you.
You can read more about the range of the Woodland Trust’s work in the Who we are section of the website.
Email certificates are sent as soon as you have submitted your online donation pack application, though due to circumstances beyond our control they may occasionally take several minutes or possibly even hours before they arrive in the recipient's inbox. If you, or your intended recipient, do not receive the certificate, please contact our supporter care team on 0330 333 3300 providing full details of the donation pack applied for. A copy of your application confirmation is always helpful.
See Delivery section for more information on printed certificates.
If you order one of our virtual gifts you are making a donation to fund our work for which we are enormously grateful and obviously you don’t actually buy the item in question.
All items featured in the virtual gifts pages of our websites are genuinely needed and used by the programmes which the Woodland Trust supports. However, realistically, there are only so many types of virtual gifts required and so if you have ordered a virtual gift your donation will not necessarily be used to purchase the item shown but will be used to help the Woodland Trust to continue with its full range of work. You can read more about the range of the Woodland Trust’s work in the Who we are section of our website.
If the choice of card you want is out of stock we reserve the right to send you another card.
The Woodland Trust is not responsible for the messages inserted in e-cards sent from our websites. If you receive an e-card through our website services containing inappropriate content please email us at customerservices@woodlandtrustshop.com and we will deal with your complaint as the Woodland Trust thinks appropriate.
If you send an e-card from our websites you agree:
And to not include in your messages:
If we receive a complaint about your messages we reserve the right to (among other things):
Please ensure that you provide us with the recipient’s correct email address for delivery of the e-card. You will not be entitled to a refund if the e-card is sent to the incorrect address due to your own error.
The Promoter is The Woodland Trust, a company limited by guarantee (Company Number: 1982873) and a registered charity (Charity Number England and Wales: No. 294344, Scotland No. SC038885) whose registered office is at Kempton Way, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 6LL.
All participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse entry, or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.
Each raffle will have a closing date for returning tickets and a draw date. These dates and the prizes to be awarded will be stipulated in the raffle announcement and printed on the raffle tickets.
Any specific raffle terms and conditions, applicable only to that particular raffle draw, will be available online prior to commencement of the raffle and may be viewed by going to the website printed on the tickets for that draw.
Where an entry to the raffle is made online, the entrant must ensure that they have received notification of their raffle number. Where a cleared payment has been made but no raffle number has been allocated, entrants should contact the Woodland Trust as soon as reasonably practicable and prior to the date of the draw. Failure to do so is likely to result in the entrant not being entered into the draw and the Woodland Trust will accept no responsibility accordingly.
To enter any Woodland Trust raffle, tickets must be purchased at the specified price per ticket.
Payments for raffle tickets cannot be made by credit card.
Woodland Trust supporters receiving a mailing pack, but purchasing raffle tickets online, will be allocated different ticket numbers to those indicated in the mailing pack.
Prizes are subject to availability. In the event of any prize being unavailable, the Woodland Trust reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value at its sole discretion.
Save as otherwise stated above, the competition prizes cannot be modified and are non-transferable.
The competition decision on winner selection is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
First and second prize winners will be notified by telephone (where a telephone number is available) or using such other contact details provided by the entrant either on the raffle ticket stub or online. Where a winner cannot be contacted using reasonable means within one calendar month of the close of entry, that prize will be redrawn at the discretion of the Woodland Trust and reallocated to an alternative winner.
Payment of any cash prizes will be made by cheque by post within 28 days of the draw.
A list of winners will be published on the Woodland Trust website the week following a draw.
Raffle tickets must not be sold to or by persons under the age of 18 years. Any person under 18 years old who has entered a raffle will automatically forfeit any prize.
Unless otherwise specified, raffles are only open to residents of England, Wales and Scotland and no entries from overseas, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man can be accepted.
The Woodland Trust shall not be liable to reimburse any additional costs/fees/charges/interest/transaction fees (including credit card/debit card charges, interest or transaction fees ) the competition entrants or winners may incur in purchasing a raffle ticket or participating in the competition.
Woodland Trust raffles are not open to:
Only one player can be the owner of a raffle ticket for the purpose of these rules. The owner of the ticket will be the name and address of the person applying for the ticket (i.e. the name on the raffle ticket stub or the name given online) regardless of the method of payment used to purchase the ticket, unless specific written instructions are received by the Woodland Trust at the time of purchase to register the ticket in another name.
Raffles are not open to Woodland Trust trustees or staff or their family members.
Woodland Trust raffles are delivered by WoodsValldata, a third party appointed as an 'External Lottery Manager'. Names of entrants will not be passed to any third-party agency (other than WoodsValldata) and will be processed in strict compliance with data protection legislation.
The Woodland Trust reserves the right to use the names and locations of entrants in its publicity and consent to do so is automatically implied by entering the raffle draw or competition. Should you not wish your name to be used in this way, please contact the Woodland Trust via the website or tick the 'opt-out' box on the web entry /entry form.
The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries not successfully submitted or received due to postal delays or loss. Any money received after the raffle closing date will not be reimbursed and will be allocated to help fund the work of the Woodland Trust. If you would prefer not to have your entry fee allocated in this way, please contact The Woodland Trust and you can be reimbursed or have your entry fee rolled over to the next raffle draw.
All Woodland Trust raffles are licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission.
Woodland Trust raffles are intended to be a fun way to support us and the vital work we do. If you feel you have a problem with gambling you should visit the BeGambleAware website where you can get help and advice, or contact the National Helpline on 0808 8020 133 (lines open 24 hours a day, seven days a week).
The Woodland Trust reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions and to hold void, cancel, suspend or amend a raffle draw where it becomes necessary to do so. This will only be done in wholly exceptional circumstances and due to unforeseen events beyond our control. Any such variations will be posted on the Woodland Trust's website.
The raffle draw will be governed by English law and entrants to the competition submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances 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 the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors, or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
We hope that you are happy with your products and the service you receive, but should you have any queries or problems please contact our supporter care team by email at: customerservices@woodlandtrustshop.com or Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 5.00pm on FREEPHONE 0330 333 33 00
We will try to resolve your complaint as quickly as possible but if we are unable to do so you may refer your complaint to an European Commission registered ADR provider and we will cooperate with the ADR provider in trying to find a mutually acceptable resolution.
A winner will be selected each month from the eligible entries submitted between the opening and closing dates for that month and the winner will have their winning entry exhibited as part of an open-air exhibition at Londonthorpe Woods in September 2024 and will receive the A2 size print of their winning photograph used in the exhibition. There will be 11 winners in total whose entries will be exhibited.
The Judges, comprised of independent partnership volunteers will select one winner and one second place each month from that month’s entries.
The promoter is: The Woodland Trust, a charity registered in England (No. 294344) and in Scotland (No. SC038885), whose registered address is at Kempton Way, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6LL (“the Trust”).
The competition is open to all residents in England and Wales aged 18 and over on the relevant Closing Date.
In entering the competition you confirm that your application is your own original work and content and does not infringe any rights of third parties, including but not limited to copyright or use or reproduce any third-party trademarks without the necessary permissions and consents.
Submitted photos MUST be taken within Woodland Trust property at Londonthorpe Woods or the neighbouring National Trust site at Bellmount and MUST NOT feature any private property. Any photos not conforming to this term will not be accepted.
Submitted photos MUST NOT include any identifiable people. Any photos containing identifiable people will not be accepted.
In entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize you may win. The Trust may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the competition.
By entering, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these competition terms and conditions. The Trust reserves the right to exclude any entry from the competition at any time and in its absolute discretion if the Trust has reason to believe that an entrant has breached these rules, acted fraudulently in any way or brings the Trust into disrepute. The Trust reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the prize competition.
The entries will be judged by the Judges, comprising independent partnership volunteers who will choose the winner based on how the photograph meets the monthly theme and its creativity and originality.
The decision of the Judges is final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
Each of the winners will be contacted by a member of the Trust within 21 days of judging taking place.
If the winner is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made, the Promoter reserves the right to either offer the prize to a runner-up, or to re-offer the prize in any future competition.
The Trust will send the full names of the Judges to anyone who writes within one month after the Closing Date of the competition requesting details of the Judges.
Each winner will have their photograph exhibited as part of an open-air exhibition at Londonthorpe Woods (or a replacement print if the original was damaged during the exhibition) in Ocotober 2024 and will receive an A2 or A3 sized print of their winning photograph used in the exhibition.
The prize is not negotiable or transferable.
Unsuccessful entrants will not be contacted and no feedback on any entry will be provided.
The Trust must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation the Trust will publish your first name, city or county where you live and your winning entry on The Woodland Trust’s ‘Reconnecting Grantham’ Facebook group 21 days after each closing date.
Winners will be invited to attend the exhibition in which their photograph is featured.
The participants agree to co-operate with any reasonable requests by the Trust relating to any post-competition publicity, including social media posts promoting Londonthorpe and Bellmount undertaken by the Trust or the National Trust.
If you object to any or all of your first name, age, and city or county where you live being published or made available, or participating in the required publicity, please contact the Trust at ReconnectingGrantham@woodlandtrust.org.uk. In such circumstances, the Trust must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.
Winners will receive the A2 or A3 print (at the Trust`s discretion and choice) of their winning photograph following the completion of the exhibition in September 2024.
The prize can be collected by arrangement or will be sent to each winner at the address provided at the time of entry by Royal Mail 2nd Class post by 31 October 2024. Should the dispatch of the prize be significantly delayed, the Promoter will use reasonable efforts to notify the winners about such delay.
The Trust does not accept any responsibility if you are not able to take up the prize.
Insofar as is permitted by law, the Trust, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances 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 the prize, except where it is caused by the negligence of the Trust, its agents or distributors, or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Entrants will retain copyright in the photographs they submit to the Trust. By entering the competition all entrants grant to the Trust the right to publish and exhibit their photographs, including on the Trust website and social media, in perpetuity, and the right to edit the photographs for this purpose. Entrants waive any moral rights that they have in the photographs.
Winners whose photographs appear in the exhibition pursuant to 'The prize' section above, grant the Trust (including the Trust’s subsidiaries and other publishers, such as Reconnecting Grantham project partners and funders authorised by the Trust) a non-exclusive, worldwide irrevocable licence to publish and exhibit their photographs in print, on their respective websites or in any other media in perpetuity for the full period of any intellectual property rights in the competition entry and the right to sub-licence the competition entry. Where the entrant is a Trust staff member, this licence shall continue even if the Staff Member is no longer employed by the Woodland Trust.
No fees will be payable for any of the above uses. While the Trust make every effort to credit photographers, including in printed reproductions of their work, it cannot guarantee that every use of the photographs will include the photographers' names.
By submitting a photo, the entrant impliedly consents to The Woodland Trust and its partners and subsidiaries (see section on intellectual property rights above) collecting and storing the names and contact details of all entrants submitting a photo. The Trust will use this personal data for the following purposes only:
a. Communicating with the winning entrant regarding their submission.
b. Exhibiting the winning photograph; and
c. Publishing the submitted image in a Woodland Trust publication.
The Woodland Trust takes privacy very seriously, and will only use personal information in accordance with the terms of its Privacy Policy.
By submitting their photo, the entrant acknowledges and agrees that they have read and accepted the terms of the Woodland Trust’s Privacy Policy and these Terms and Conditions.
If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, the Trust may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the competition.
The Trust reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend the prize competition where it becomes necessary to do so.
These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before submitting your entry. 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.
The promoter of this competition is the Woodland Trust, a charity registered in England (No. 294344) and in Scotland (No. SC038885), whose registered address is at Kempton Way, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6LL, to who you should refer any queries in relation to these terms and conditions.
Data protection
The promoter is the Woodland Trust, a charity registered in England (No. 294344) and in Scotland (No. SC038885) whose registered office is at The Woodland Trust Kempton Way, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6LL.
The Woodland Trust will collect and store the following data extracted from the order form:
This personal data will only be used for the following purposes:
By submitting an entry into this giveaway, applicants consent to their data, as detailed above, being processed by the Woodland Trust in accordance with, and for the purposes set out in, these terms and conditions.
The personal data of the applicant will not be transferred to any third party.
The Woodland Trust takes privacy very seriously and will only use applicants’ personal information in accordance with the terms of its Privacy Policy.
By submitting their entry, the applicant acknowledges and agrees that they have read and accepted the terms of the Woodland Trust’s Privacy Policy.
By applying to make a purchase, the entrants acknowledge and agree that they have read and accepted the terms of the Promoter’s Privacy Policy and these competition terms and conditions.
These Terms do not affect your statutory rights as a consumer. For information about your statutory rights visit the Citizens Advice website.
If you wish to talk to us about anything in the Terms please contact our supporter services team:
Please note that calls to our supporter services team may be monitored or recorded.
This page was last updated: September 2019 (PP190930)
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