“heycar Christmas Lights” COMPETITION TERMS & CONDITIONS

  1. We
    1. The Promoter of this competition is: heycar, (“We”, “Us”, “Our”).
  2. The competition
    1. The name of the competition is “heycar Christmas Lights”.
    2. You can win one of the prizes outlined in clause 2.3 by uploading a still image entry and accompanying text into our submission form to share the best residential Christmas light display in your area to the Christmas Lights landing page on heycar.co.uk. 
      1. Full Name (mandatory)
      2. Email Address (mandatory)
      3. Nominated street name (mandatory)
      4. Photo of the street lit up at night (mandatory)
      5. Town/City the street is in (mandatory)
      6. Comment on why nominated street is the best (mandatory) 
      7. Confirmation of being over the age of 18 (mandatory)
    3. The prizes for the heycar Christmas Lights competition are:
      1. 1 x First Prize: £1,500 John Lewis voucher & £500 free fuel card
      2. 1 x Second Prize: £500 John Lewis voucher & £250 free fuel card
      3. 10 x Prize Draw Prizes: £100 John Lewis Voucher & £50 free fuel card
  3. How to enter
    1. The competition will run from 12 midday on 1st December 2021 (the "Opening Date") to 12 midday on 13th December 2021 (the "Closing Date") inclusive.
    2. All competition entries must be received by Us through the entry mechanic referred to in Condition 2.2 above by no later than midday on the Closing Date. Any and all competition entries received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified. 
    3. One entry per person.
    4. To enter the competition:
      1. You must upload your entry via the mechanics referred to in Condition 2.2 above, by the Closing Date, and provide the information requested.
      2. Entries must be in the form of a still photo with accompanying caption in the heycar submission form
      3. Entries must not feature any behaviour which is contradictory to UK driving law, or be seen to be encouraging dangerous driving
      4. Any entries including offensive or illegal behaviour will not be counted. This includes uses of profanities
    5. No purchase is necessary.
    6. We will not accept:
      1. Any responsibility for competition entries that are lost, corrupted or delayed in transmission, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of any equipment or device failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind; or 
      2. Proof of your transmission of an entry as proof of Our receipt of your entry to the competition.
    7. By submitting a competition entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions, and providing your consent for the personal data which you provide to Us when entering the competition to be used by Us and Our agents (including Our public relations agency, Democracy PR) in the manner described in Condition 10 below.
    8. The winner for the first and second prizes will be selected by an independent panel of judges appointed by Us and Our agents. The decision will be final.
      1. The first and second prize winners will be awarded based on the following criteria:
        1. Size of the display
        2. Creativity of the display
        3. Purpose of the display i.e. raising money for charity 
        4. Reasons for the entrant choosing to nominate the display 
    9. The winners of the ten prize draw prizes will be selected at random. The draw will be final.
    10. In the event that the street selected by the judging panel to win the first or second prize has been entered by multiple individuals, a random drawing will determine the winner. 
    11. We will provide proof of the eligibility of the winning entries to anyone who requests it by contacting Us within one month after the Closing Date of the competition requesting details via heycar@democracypr.com.
  4. Eligibility
    1. The competition is only open to all residents and Nominees eligible to work in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) and able to access the internet aged 18 years or over, except for:
      1. employees of heycar or its holding or subsidiary companies;
      2. employees of agents or suppliers of heycar or its holding or subsidiary companies, who are professionally connected with the competition or its administration; or
      3. members of the immediate families or households of (a) and (b) above.
    2. By entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so in accordance with Condition 4.1 above and that you are eligible and able to claim your prize. We may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the competition.
    3. We will not accept competition entries that are:
      1. received after the Closing Date;
      2. duplicates;
      3. automatically generated by computer;
      4. completed by third parties or in bulk or
      5. incomplete.
    4. There is a limit of one entry to the competition per entrant. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted, and joint submissions are not allowed.
    5. We reserve all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is, in Our sole discretion, contrary to the spirit or intention of the competition and these terms and conditions.
  5. The prize
    1. The prize is:
      1. 1 x £1,500 John Lewis voucher & £500 free fuel card for one winner (first prize)
      2. 1 x £500 John Lewis voucher & £250 free fuel card for one winner (second prize)
      3. 10 x £100 John Lewis Voucher & £50 free fuel card, one set per winner (prize draw) 
    2. We reserve the right to substitute the prize or any element of the prize with a prize of equal or greater value if circumstances beyond Our control make it necessary for Us to do so.
    3. The prize is not negotiable, transferable or refundable.
    4. In order to claim the prize, you must respond to the email informing you that you are the winner. This will be sent to the email address which you submitted with your entry.
  6. Winner announcement
    1. The winner of the competition will be contacted by email on 14th December 2021 (Announcement Date).
    2. The selected winner is final, and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
    3. The winner will be contacted personally by Our public relations agency Democracy PR as soon as practicable after the Announcement Date, via the email address submitted with their entry.
    4. We (or Our public relations agency Democracy PR) will send the name and county of the winners by e-mail to anyone who contacts Us at heycar@democracypr.com  within one month after the Closing Date of the competition requesting their details. Details of the winner can be viewed on the Instagram page set out in condition 2.2 above from the Announcement Date for a period of not less than 60 days.
  7. Claiming a prize
    1. If you are the winner of a prize you will have 1 week from the Announcement Time to claim your prize, referring to the details of how to claim in condition 5.4. If you do not claim your prize by this date and time, your claim will become invalid.
    2. A prize may not be claimed by a third party on your behalf.
    3. We (or Our public relations agency Democracy PR) will make reasonable efforts to contact the winner. If the winner cannot be contacted or isn’t available, or the winner hasn’t claimed their prize within 1 week of the Announcement Time, We reserve the right to offer the relevant prize to the next eligible entrant that was received before the Closing Date. The decision of the judges nominated by Us in relation to the award of any prize to another shortlisted entry is final, and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
    4. We do not accept any responsibility if you are not able to claim or receive any of the prizes.
  8. Limitation of liability
    1. Insofar as is permitted by law, We, Our agents (including Our public relations agency Democracy PR) 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 any of the prizes except where it is caused by Our negligence or that of Our agents, distributors or employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
  9. Ownership of competition entries and intellectual property rights
    1. We do not claim any rights of ownership in your competition entry or in any intellectual property rights which it may contain. 
    2. You confirm that you have all necessary rights and permissions needed to provide us with any and all content contained in your entry and warrant and agree that We may, but are not required to, make your entry and its contents available on any other media (including via Our social media channels, profiles and website), whether now known or invented in the future, and in connection with any publicity relating to the competition. You agree to grant Us a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable licence, for the full period of any intellectual property rights in the competition entry and any accompanying materials, to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, edit, alter, store, re-format and grant sub-licences to thirds parties to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, edit, alter, store, re-format the competition entry and any accompanying materials for those purposes.
  10. Data protection and publicity
    1. By entering the competition you agree that if you are the winner, you consent to Us (and Our agents, including Our public relations agency Democracy PR, on Our behalf) Using your name, image and town or county of residence to announce the winner and for any other reasonable and promotional purposes related to the Competition.
    2. You further agree to participate in any reasonable publicity required by Us, without the payment of any further fee (save in respect of reasonable travel expenses) being payable for your participation.
    3. By entering the competition, you agree that any personal information provided by you within the body of your competition entry may be held and used only by Us or Our agents and suppliers (including Our public relations agency Democracy PR) to administer the competition, including by way of choosing the winner and sharing their details (specifically, their name and county) with any third party who may request those details in accordance with condition 6.4.
  11. General
    1. If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions then We may, at Our sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the competition.
    2. We reserve the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize competition and these terms and conditions where it becomes necessary to do so. In the event that We need to amend these terms and conditions prior to the Closing Date, We will use reasonable endeavours to notify entrants and potential entrants of any changes made, primarily by posting details of those changes on the instagram page. 
    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 in relation to any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with the competition, these conditions or their subject matter or formation.