Prize Draw Terms and Conditions
‘Supporting Outdoor Learning in Secondary Schools’
February 2026
The Promoter: National Forest Company (referred to herein as “Promoter”) is a registered charity operating at arm’s length for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
1. Eligibility
a) The prize draw is open to any statutory Secondary/SEND school setting located within the boundary of the National Forest and invited to take part (referred to herein as ‘Participant’).
b) Participants must comply with the terms and conditions set out in sections 2-13.
2. Entry Period
a) The entry period for the prize draw will be from February 9th, 2026, until twelve noon on March 2nd, 2026. Should an extension to this period be made, all Participants previously invited to enter will be informed by email.
b) Only complete online entries submitted during the Entry Period and received by Promoter are eligible. Any incomplete, corrupted, or untimely entries are void and ineligible to win. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Promoter.
c) Promoter is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, misdirected, technically corrupted, or for other submission problems of any kind, whether caused by mechanical, human or electronic error, all of which are void and ineligible to win.
d) Additionally, Promoter is not responsible for any electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties.
3. How to Enter
a) Participants will be automatically entered for the prize draw, unless the opt out box is selected at the end of the survey.
b) Multiple entries from any one setting are permitted, however only one entry per Participant will be accepted.
4. Contact Details
a) By entering any Prize Draw, you agree that Promoter may contact you via email, phone, and mail in connection with the Prize Draw and in accordance with the Privacy Notice.
5. Prize Details
a) Prize details are provided within the survey and promotional email.
b) Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any Prize is awarded as is, without any representations or warranties (other than those which cannot be excluded by applicable law), and cannot be transferred, sold, substituted, or redeemed for cash by Participant.
c) Promoter reserves the right, in Promoter’s sole discretion, to substitute any Prize with an alternative.
d) The Prize can only be claimed by and be for use within, the organisation Participants represent.
6. Winner Selection
a) The Winner will be selected at random by Promoter, from eligible entries received within the entry period.
b) The selection process will take place within 7 days of the entry period expiring.
c) Regardless of the number of Participants completing the survey from a single organisation, only one Prize will be offered.
d) The selection process will be conducted fairly and transparently using a random number generator. All eligible entries (excluding Participants that opted out of the prize draw) will generate a unique number, allocated using an online random number generator and witnessed by a minimum of two persons.
7. Winner Notification
a) Potential Winners will be contacted using the email address used to enter the Prize Draw and may be awarded the Prize subject to confirmation of verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms and conditions.
b) Potential Winners must respond to the Potential Winner notification email within 96 hours of it being sent (or the time frame indicated in the Potential Winner notification email, if longer than 96 hours).
c) If a Potential Winner fails to respond to the notification email within the stated timeframe, then that Potential Winner may be disqualified and will forfeit any claim to any Prize(s).
d) After sending the Potential Winner notification email, to the extent a phone number has been provided, Promoter reserves the right to also contact Potential Winners via phone as well.
e) If the winner cannot be contacted within 96 hours of notification, a new winner will be chosen using the same process outlined in 5.3. If the same number is generated, then a further number generation will take place to identify the new winner.
8. Confirmation and Verification of potential winners:
a) A Potential Winner will only be confirmed as the winner eligible to receive the Prize after Promoter has completed verification of Potential Winner’s eligibility to win and confirmed Potential Winner’s compliance with the terms and conditions.
b) Potential Winner must be willing and able to claim and/or accept the Prize(s) in full in the period specified by Promoter.
c) Promoter’s decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the administration, operating, drawing, verification of the Winner, and all issues related to the Prize Draw.
9. Public Announcement
a) By entering the prize draw, Participants consent to the announcement of their organisation’s name as the winner on the Promoter social media or other promotional materials.
b) No imagery or other copyrighted material will be used or shared without prior consent by the Promoter of this prize draw.
c) The winning organisation should acknowledge Promoter in any publicity generated linked to acceptance and use of the Prize.
d) Promoter reserves the right to publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place for the Prize Draw – for example, the organisation name and county of the Winner.
e) Promoter will also require that winners participate in any reasonable publicity required.
d) For details of the winner, available after the deadline date specified, email: enquiries@nationalforest.org
10. Privacy
a) All information collected by the survey will be used solely for the purposes of the research as described and the identification of the prize draw winner.
b) Access to the data gathered is exclusively restricted to this organisation.
c) Promoter only uses Participant’s personal information in accordance with the Promoter privacy notice available at: https://www.nationalforest.org/privacy-policy. Please take the time to read the Privacy Notice as it includes important information and terms which apply to each Participant.
11. Disqualification
a) Participants found to be in violation of these terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, providing false information or attempting to manipulate the entry process will be disqualified from the prize draw.
12. Amendments
a) Promoter reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify a Prize Draw, in whole or in part, due to any fraud, bugs, virus, technical failures, changes in the law, or any other factor beyond Promoter’s reasonable control that impairs the integrity or proper functioning of a Prize Draw, as reasonably determined by Promoter.
b) In the case of cancellation an alternative prize will be sought.
c) Any changes will be notified using the contact email provided in the survey.
13. Liability
a) The Promoter and affiliates of the prize draw are not responsible for any loss, damage or injury that occurs as a result of activity related to the prize.
b) Nothing in these terms and conditions excludes or limits Promoter’s liability for: fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and any matter in respect of which it would be unlawful for us to exclude or restrict our liability.
c) If Promoter fails to comply with these terms and conditions, Promoter will be responsible for the loss or damage Participant suffers that is a foreseeable result of Promoter’s breach of these terms and conditions or its negligence, but Promoter is not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable.
d) Loss or damage is foreseeable if it was an obvious consequence of our breach or if it was contemplated by Participant and Promoter at the time that Participant entered the relevant Prize Draw.
14. Governing Law
a) These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales. This means that your participation in the Prize Draw, for all Claims that are not required to be arbitrated, will be governed by English law.
15. Sponsor
a) The sponsors of this prize draw are the National Forest Company.