Terms and
Conditions for NU-Cycle 2023 Prize Draw
1.
THE PROMOTER
1.1
The promoter is Northumbria University at Newcastle of Northumbria
University Sutherland Building
College Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST. Herein referred to as ‘The
promoter’.
2. THE
COMPETITION
2.1 The
title of the competition is NU-Cycle 2023 Prize Draw.
2.2 Entrants
must have signed up to take part in the NU-Cycle, fundraised
donations on the dedicated JustGiving page and be aged 18 years or over. Anyone
connected with the administration of the Promotion is not eligible to
participate
3.
HOW TO ENTER
3.1 The
competition will run from 9am on 20th September 2023 (the “Opening
Date”) to 5pm on 31st October 2023 (the “Closing Date”) inclusive.
3.2 All
competition entries must be received by the Promoter [at the address set out at
1] by no later than 5pm on the Closing Date. All competition entries
received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.
3.3 To
enter the competition:
(I) The Promotion is free to enter and no purchase is necessary.To enter the Promotion, you must sign up to take part in NU-Cycle 2023 via the online form and fundraised via the JustGiving page. No minimum amount of donations raised is necessary. There can be only one entry per person. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted. If a team is drawn as the winner from the prize draw, there will then be a further draw in which team member names will be submitted and one drawn to win.
3.4 The
Promoter will not accept:
(a) responsibility for competition entries that are incomplete, lost, mislaid, damaged, corrupted 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.
3.6 Please
email alumni@northumbria.ac.uk for a copy of these competition terms and conditions.
3.7 The
winning competition entry will be chosen at random via a computer process, this
will be supervised by an independent person. This selection process will take
place within 30 days of the competition closure date.
3.8 The
Promoter will send the full details of the computer programme used and the
details of the independent supervisor to anyone who writes within one month
after the Closing Date of the competition requesting details of the judge and
who encloses:
a) self-addressed
envelope to the address set out to:
Northumbria University
at Newcastle - NU-Cycle 2023 Competition
Northumbria
University
Sutherland Building
College Street
Newcastle upon
Tyne
NE1 8ST.
4. ELIGIBILITY
4.1 The
competition is only open to all current Northumbria University Students and
staff aged 18 years or over, except:
(a) employees
of agents or suppliers of the Promoter, who are professionally connected with
the competition or its administration; or
(b) members
of the immediate families or households of the above.
4.2 In
entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and
eligible to claim the prize. The Promoter may require you to provide proof that
you are eligible to enter the competition.
4.3 The
Promoter will not accept competition entries that are:
(a) automatically
generated by computer;
(b) completed
by third parties or in bulk;
(c) illegible,
have been altered, reconstructed, forged or tampered with;
(d) incomplete
4.4 Entries on behalf of another person will not
be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
4.5 The
Promoter reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to
the spirit or intention of the prize competition.
5. THE
PRIZE
5.1 The
prize is one
year’s membership to Northumbria University’s Sport Central gym and
there is ONE available to be won.
5.2 Prizes
are subject to availability. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute the
prize with a cash alternative to the value of the prize.
5.3 The
Promoter reserves the right to replace the prize with an alternative prize of
equal or higher value if circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control makes it
necessary to do so.
5.4 The
prize is not negotiable or transferable.
5.5 In
order to claim the prize you must respond within 120 hours of being notified, if
not you will forfeit your prize and Northumbria University reserves the right
to choose another winner.
6. WINNERS
6.1 The
decision of the computer process overseen by an independent supervisor is final
and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
6.2 The
Promoter will contact the winner personally as soon as practicable after the
Announcement Date, using the email address or postal address provided with the
competition entry. The Promoter will not amend any contact information once the
competition entry form has been submitted.
6.3 The
Promoter must either publish or make available information that indicates that
a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation the Promoter
will:
(a) send the surname and the country of residence of each winner to anyone who emails [Northumbria University Alumni & Philanthropy Office] at [alumni@northumbria.ac.uk] within thirty (30) days after the closing date stated in paragraph 3 above.
(b) send the surname and county of major prize winners and, if applicable copies of their winning entries, to anyone who emails alumni@northumbria.ac.uk or writes to the address set out in Condition 1 (enclosing a self-addressed envelope) within one month after the Closing Date of the competition.In such circumstances, Northumbria University must still supply the information to the Advertising Standards Authority upon request.
6.4 If
you object to any or all of your surname, county and winning entry being
published or made available, please contact the Promoter,
nucareers@northumbria.ac.uk. In such circumstances, the Promoter must still
provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards
Authority on request.
7. CLAIMING
THE PRIZE
7.1 Please
allow 30 days for delivery of the prize. If you are the winner of the prize,
you will have 120 hours from the Announcement Date to claim the prize. If you
do not claim the prize by this date, your claim will become invalid.
7.2 The
prize may not be claimed by a third party on your behalf.
7.3 The
Promoter 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
120 hours of the Announcement Date, the Promoter reserves the right to offer
the prize to the next eligible entrant selected from the correct entries that
were received before the Closing Date.
7.4 The
Promoter does not accept any responsibility if you are not able to take up the
prize.
8. LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
8.1
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. The
extent of the promoters liability to you, whether in contract, tort or
otherwise is capped at the value of £50.00 GBP. will be Your statutory rights
are not affected.
9. OWNERSHIP
OF COMPETITION ENTRIES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
9.1
All competition entries and any accompanying material submitted to the Promoter
will not become the property of the Promoter on receipt of entry. The Promoter
does not claim any rights of ownership in your competition entry.
9.2 You
agree that the Promoter may, but is not required to, make your entry available
on its website and any other media, whether now known or invented in the
future, and in connection with any publicity of the competition.
10. DATA
PROTECTION AND PUBLICITY
10.1 The
Promoter will only process your personal information as set out in the
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/leadership-governance/vice-chancellors-office/legal-services-team/gdpr/.
See also Condition 6.3 and Condition 6.4,
with regard to the announcement of winners.
10.2 If the Promotion is publicised on Facebook, Twitter, Snap Chat,
Instagram or any other social media platforms, the Promotion is in no way
sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, any of these social
media platforms. By participating in the
Promotion, entrants agree to release and hold harmless each such social media
platform from any and all liabilities incurred directly or indirectly in
consequence of, or arising from, the Promotion or participation in it.
11. GENERAL
11.1 If
there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and
conditions, the Promoter may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to
exclude you from participating in the competition.
11.2
Any visitor who posts a comment that contains any negative or offensive wording
will automatically be removed from the competition and declared ineligible to
participate.
11.3 The
Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize
competition where it becomes necessary to do so.
11.4 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.
