Terms and Conditions for Social Media Competitions

1. Darlington Hippodrome Tickets ‘Competition’ is promoted by Darlington Borough Council Town Hall, Darlington, DL1 5QT​

2.1 Participants of the Competition are invited to build a lego model and post a photo of it on the relevant Facebook post to enter.

2.2 There will be 1 (one) prize winner winning four tickets to the show advertised in the Facebook post.

 

3.1 To enter the competition you must post a photo of the lego model on the relevant Facebook post.

3.2 The Competition will run for the period of time outlined in the Facebook post.

3.3 No entry fee is required.

3.4 Darlington Borough Council will not accept:

(a) 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; or

(b) proof of posting or transmission as proof of receipt of entry to the Competition.

3.5 By submitting a Competition entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions.

4.1 The Competition is only open to those who have commented following the instructions on the Facebook post.

4.2 In entering the Competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim the prize you may win.

4.3 Darlington Borough Council will not accept Competition entries that are:

(a) illegible, have been altered, reconstructed, forged or tampered with;

(b) photocopies and not originals; or

(c) incomplete.

4.4 Darlington Borough Council reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the prize Competition.

5.1 The prize available to be won is:

(a) four tickets to a show as described in the relevant Facebook post.

5.2 The winner of the prize will be selected by team members at Darlington Hippodrome.

5.2 There is no cash alternative for the prize. The prize is not negotiable other than set out in the terms above or transferable.

5.3 Darlington Borough Council event team staff will draw the winner of the prize from all the valid Competition entries received in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

5.4 Darlington Borough Council 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 and who encloses a self-addressed envelope to the address set out in clause 1.

6.1 The decision of the judges nominated by Darlington Borough Council is final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.

6.2 Darlington Borough Council will contact the winner personally as soon as practicable after the Announcement Date, using Facebook messenger provided with the Competition entry. Darlington Borough Council will not amend any contact information once the Competition entry form has been submitted.

7.0 If you are the winner of the prize, you will have 7 days from the Announcement Date to claim the prize by responding to the Facebook messenger made by Darlington Borough Council after the Announcement Date. If you do not claim the prize by this date, your claim will become invalid, and another name will be selected at random from the remaining eligible entries.

7.2 Darlington Borough Council will make all reasonable efforts to contact the winner. If the winner cannot be contacted or is not available, or has not claimed their prize within 7 of days of the Announcement Date, Darlington Borough Council reserves the right to offer the prize to the next eligible entrant selected from the correct entries that were received before the closing date.

7.3 Darlington Borough Council does not accept any responsibility if you are not able to take up the prize.

8. Insofar as is permitted by law, Darlington Borough Council, its agents, or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner/s or any third party, or accept any liability for any loss, damage, or personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize and or however caused, except where the personal injury or death is caused by the negligence of Darlington Borough Council. Your statutory rights are not affected.

9.1 If you are the winner of the Competition, you agree that Darlington Borough Council may use your name, image and town or county of residence to announce the winner of this Competition and for any other reasonable and related promotional purposes.

9.2 By entering into this Competition you may receive future emails from Darlington Borough Council regarding related promotions.

9.3 By entering the Competition, you agree that any personal information provided by you with the Competition entry may be held and used only by the Darlington Borough Council or its agents and suppliers to administer the Competition.

9.4 By entering into the Competition, the usage rights of the photograph(s) submitted become the property of Darlington Borough Council and maybe used in other promotional materials both online and in print.

10.1 If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, Darlington Borough Council may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the Competition.

10.2 Darlington Borough Council reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the Competition at its sole discretion.

10.3 These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.