The Connexions Impact Challenge is a competition being run by Connexions Sussex Limited. We are asking young people send us a ringtone related to how they connect with people.
Please read these rules carefully, as they apply to all entries into the challenge.
If you would like to receive free information to your mobile, text 07909 997 806.
Who may enter?
1. This competition is only open to people aged between 13 and 19 years old on 1 May 2006 who live in Sussex. It is free to enter.
2. If you are under the age of 16 you must get your parent’s permission before entering this competition.
How to enter
3. Send your ringtone with your name, age, email address and theme by text to 07909 997 809, by email to impact@connexions-sussex.org.uk or by post to Impact Challenge, Connexions Sussex, FREEPOST NAT3948, Brighton BN1 3ZW.
4. The FINAL deadline for receiving entries is 5pm on Friday 30 June 2006.
5. Entries must be your own original creative work and must not include anybody else's creative input.
6. You must fill in your name, address, age, email address, telephone number and theme when you enter. We will keep your details safe - to find out more, see our Privacy Policy.
7. You can enter as many times as you wish.
How the competition will be judged
8. Our panel of judges will assess the entries on their originality, impact and relevance to the theme before choosing finalists.
9. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
10. We will contact the finalists directly to let them know that they have been selected. If a finalist can't be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made to do so, or is unable to participate in the masterclass described below, we shall have the right to select the next most popular entry, as voted for by the judges.
11. Only the finalists will be contacted directly.
The Prizes
12. We will invite the finalists to attend a one-day masterclass in Sussex - date to be confirmed.
13. We will pay the finalists' travel expenses for attending the masterclass and other events for their return journey from their home addresses to Brighton.
14. Finalists under the age of 18 must obtain a parent or guardian’s written permission to attend the masterclass and events and may have to be accompanied. We will discuss the necessary arrangements on an individual basis.
15. The finalists’ developed ideas will then be put on the Connexions website to face a vote. We will announce the winner at a time and place to be decided and we will contact the winner directly.
16. Finalists may also be required to take part in any competition publicity. We may feature photographs, names, ages and home district of the finalists in publications or releases to the media and on the internet.
17. These prizes must be taken as stated and cannot be deferred or substituted.
Use of ringtones
18. We will put the winning and finalists’ ringtones on our website at www.connexionseastsussex.org.uk and they will be available for anyone to download and use as they wish.
19. You agree that we may use any ringtone entered into this competition without payment, for as long as we wish and in whatever way we decide.
20. Any ringtones produced in the workshops will be owned by Sussex Connexions Ltd. The entrants will be credited.
21. Finalists and the winning entrant may not allow anyone else to use the ringtone contained in their entry for any other purpose, without our written permission.
22. The finalist and winning ringtones may be played on Southern FM.
23. The winner may be required to be interviewed on Luke Smith's show on Southern FM.
General
24. We shall have the right to disqualify any entry in breach of any of the above rules.
25. We also reserve the right to cancel this competition at any stage.
26. If you need to contact anyone to discuss your entry or these competition rules, please write to: Head of Communications at the same address as above.
CONNECTIONS SUSSEX LIMITED – MAY 2006
