Win in our festive photo competition!

Published: Tuesday 29 November 2022

Updated: Friday 2 December 2022

We are back with our Winter in the Borough free festive photo competition showcasing the very best our borough has to offer from places to visit, eat and shop.

Fancy kickstarting your year with a healthy boost? 

Enter our FREE festive competition for your chance to win a hamper of goodies including superfoods, bath and body products from our very own local business, healf who are experts in health and wellbeing. The local business started online and has gone from strength to strength, opening a new story on King’s Road.

To participate, simply follow the below steps:

  1. Take a photo of your favourite festive spot in the borough 
  2. Tag us @kensingtonandchelseacouncil on Instagram
  3. Include hashtag #OurRBKC 

The competition will run for a period of approximately four weeks ending on 23.59 on 24 December 2022 (GMT) a winner will be announced in January 2023. This competition is for those aged 18+ only. 

To find out about activities or events in the borough please visit www.rbkc.gov.uk/events.

 

View the T&Cs 

Winter in the Borough Festive photo competition - Terms and Conditions

Please read these terms carefully before you submit a picture to be considered for the competition. 

About the candidates

  • Any person over the age of 18 is eligible to enter the competition. Members of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) staff (either permanent or temporary, current or former), interns, contractors and/or sponsors may participate, but are not eligible to win.
  • In entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize you may win. RBKC may at its discretion require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the competition. 
  • Participants must follow the photo competition rules to be eligible to win.

Technical specifications for submitted photos

  • The photo(s) must be posted as a high-resolution JPEG (as high as your camera will allow). The photo must not contain violence, profanity, sex or direct attacks on individuals or organisations. Any entries which are deemed to be offensive will be immediately disqualified.
  • The photo must be posted to Instagram, tagging the Council @kensingtonandchelseacouncil and using the hashtag #OurRBKC
  • The photo must be an original creation taken by yourself - no copyrighted images may be used.
  • The participant must certify and warrant that the submitted photo(s) does not violate the rights of a third party or any copyright. RBKC is not responsible for intellectual property violations that might have resulted through the submissions of photos.
  • RBKC will not accept entries that are:
    • i.    automatically generated by computer;
    • ii.    completed by third parties or in bulk;
    • iii.    illegible, have been altered, reconstructed, forged or tampered with;
    • iv.    photocopies; or
    • v.    incomplete.

Judging and notification of selected photographers

  • After the competition closes at 23.59 on 24 December 2022 (GMT), qualifying photos will be judged on adherence to the competition challenge through its message clarity, composition and overall presentation. RBKC will appoint a panel to judge the entries. The panel’s decision is final. Any attempt by a participant to influence the result or subvert the photo competition will lead to immediate disqualification.
  • The selected winner(s) will be announced in January 2023 and the participant(s) will be notified via Instragram where the entry was made.
  • If a participant is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made to do so, RBKC reserves the right to offer the prize to the next best entry.

Prize

RBKC, as provided by the businesses involved, will be providing the following prize to the winner(s): A wellness hamper from healf.

Rights and ownership

  • By submitting their photos to RBKC, participants agree to grant RBKC a royalty-free, non-exclusive and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish or otherwise use, and authorise others to use the photo in any manner and media, including, but not limited to the right to, adapt, distribute, copy, display or translate in printed or electronic media even if they are not the winning entries.
  • Participants may be asked to take part in publicity activities.

Personal Data

  • RBKC will only process your personal data as set out in:
  • The personal information provided to RBKC by the participants shall only be used for the purposes of this contest. Personal information may include the full name and social media handle of the participant. 

General

  • By submitting a competition entry, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions contained within this document.
  • RBKC will not accept responsibility for competition entries that are lost, mislaid, damaged or delayed in transit, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of any postal failure, equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind. 
  • RBKC reserves the right to modify or cancel the competition or any of the arrangements, schedules, plans or other items directly or indirectly related to the contest, at any time and for any reason if deemed necessary.
  • The competition will launch on Monday 28 November 2022 and will be live until Saturday 24 December 2022.
  • Applicants must be aged 18 or over to enter.
  • Participation in the contest, including being selected as the photo challenge winner, in no manner constitutes an endorsement or support by RBKC of the candidates’ views or aims or of any products or services. Candidates shall not advertise or otherwise claim to have obtained any such endorsement or support. The RBKC name and logo are the property of RBKC and should not be used in any manner whatsoever without the prior consent of RBKC.
  • RBKC must approve in writing any statement, advertisement, press release or similar communication in any media as to the contents thereof and the manner of its presentation and publication, relating to candidate’s participation in the competition.
  • RBKC has made the assumption that these terms and conditions are understood by the entrant.
  • If you do not understand any of these provisions or need further clarification, please email the following email address: [email protected] with the subject line as ‘Terms and Conditions Help’.
  • If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions by you, RBKC may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the competition.
  • RBKC reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize and/or competition where it becomes necessary to do so.
  • Insofar as is permitted by law, RBKC, 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 RBKC, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
  • These terms and conditions shall be governed by the law of England and Wales, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.