Competition terms and conditions

1. The Promoter

The promoter is: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, Council Offices, Campus East, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6AE.

2. The competition

2.1   The competition is for children under the age of 16 to win a generic hedgehog house for their garden or school.

3. How to enter

3.1    The competition will run from 06.05.2025 to the 08.06.2025.
3.2    Entrants should design a creative home for a hedgehog (you can include different materials, and it can be as big or small as you like), label the design to explain why they have chosen certain features, provide their name and age, and email the design to climatechange@welhat.gov.uk

4. Eligibility

4.1   All designs must be original work, drawn by children under the age of 16 (labels may be written by adults if children cannot write). Entrants must live within the borough of Welwyn Hatfield.
4.2   Violators will be removed from the contest, stripped of any prize(s), and banned from entering future contests.
4.3   Entries will not be accepted unless submitted via the official contest channel; email to climatechange@welhat.gov.uk
4.4    Submissions will not be accepted once the deadline lapses.
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 Prizes 

5.1    There will be five winners who will each receive a generic hedgehog house for their garden or school.
5.2    The prize must be collected by the winner and is nontransferable and not redeemable for cash.

6. Winners

6.1    Entries will be judged by the designated judging panel, which will be made up of councillors and officers from Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. All decisions are final. WHBC reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is deemed inappropriate or does not conform to stated contest rules.

7. Claiming the prize

7.1   The winner will be contacted via the email address provided during entry. If no response is received after five business days, a new winner will be selected and the previous winner will forfeit all rights to the prize.

8. Consent

8.1  By entering the contest, entrants agree that drawings submitted can be used by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council for future marketing purposes.

9. Data protection and publicity

9.1    All email addresses will be held securely on a server in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. To find out more about how we use your data, please see our Privacy Notice.
9.2    Personal data is never sold or shared with other charities or companies.

10. General

10.1    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.
10.2    The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize competition where it becomes necessary to do so.
10.3    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.