Terms and Conditions

Entering the Competition

1.            Sawday’s Canopy & Stars’ Hug a Tree competition (the “Competition”) is open to UK residents, Republic of Ireland, Channel Isles and Isle of Man aged 18 and over* ("You") subject to paragraph 2 below.

*Please note that one person (so either winner OR guest) must have: held a full driving licence for a minimum of 12 months, and have no more than 6 points on your licence, (0 points if 21 or under)

2.            Employees or agencies of Sawday’s, Co-wheels or their family members, or anyone else connected with the Competition may not enter the Competition. 

3.            By entering the Competition you are accepting these terms and conditions.

4.            To enter the Competition, you must send us a photo of yourself hugging a tree either via social media (using #Treehug and @canopyandstars) or the entry form on the Hug a Tree competition page.

a.            If you have any questions about how to enter or in connection with the Competition, please e-mail us at info@canopyandstars.co.uk with “Sawdays Canopy & Stars Hug a Tree competition” in the subject line.

5.            You are responsible for the cost (if any) of sending your Competition entry to us. 

6.            Only one entry is permitted per person. 

7.            The Competition is open from 9:00(am) on 30 June 2016. The closing date and time of the Competition is 23:59 on 30 September 2016.  Entries received after that date and time will not be considered. Sawday’s Canopy & Stars (“SCS”) reserves the right in its absolute discretion to extend the closing date where the entries are not of sufficient quality.

8.            You own the copyright to your Competition entry as its author.

9.            By submitting an entry to the Competition, You give Sawday’s Canopy & Stars:

a.            Permission for your entry to be published by SCS and grant SCS a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to republish your Competition entry in electronic format and hard copy for purposes connected with the Competition; and

b.            The right to use your name and town or city of residence for the sole purpose of identifying You as the author of your entry and/or as a winner of the Competition. 

10.          Your entry must be your own work, must not be copied, must not contain any third-party materials and/or content that You do not have permission to use and must not otherwise be obscene, defamatory or in breach of any applicable legislation or regulations. If SCS have reason to believe your entry is not your own work or otherwise breaches this paragraph 10, then SCS may not consider it. 

Picking the winner

11.          One winner will be selected at random within 7 days of the competition closing date. The Judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. 

The Prize

12.          One winner will win a 7 night holiday at three Canopy & Stars spaces starting on 3 April 2017 and ending on 10 April 2017. The prize includes four nights at The Arc Cabin in Cambridgeshire (3-7 April), 2 nights at Bramblewood Yurt near Bath (7-9 April) and then one night at Lime Treehouse in Worcestershire (9-10 April). The winner will also receive car hire from Co-wheels (pick up from one of 60 locations UK wide) and £250 spending money. Not included: travel to and from the Co-Wheels pick up. Each stay is on a self catering basis.

13.          The winner will be notified by a member of SCS staff by phone on or before 7 October 2016.  If winner does not respond to SCS within seven days of being notified by SCS, then the winner’s prize will be forfeited and SCS shall be entitled to select another winner (and that winner will have to respond to the phone call or email from SCS within seven days or else they will also forfeit their prize).  If a winner rejects their prize, then the winner’s prize will be forfeited and SCS shall be entitled to select another winner.

14.          Details of the winner and their winning entry will also be published on www.canopyandstars.co.uk/hugatree on 14 October.

15.          Dates of travel are non-negotiable or transferable. If winner is unavailable for these dates, the winner’s prize will be forfeited and SCS shall be entitled to select another winner. Winner or guest must be in possession of a full UK driving license (inc. counterpart).

16.          The prize cannot be exchanged or transferred by You and cannot be redeemed by You for cash or any other prize.  You must pay all other costs associated with the prize and not specifically included in the prize. 

17.          We retain the right to substitute the prize or portion thereof with another prize of similar value in the event that the original prize offered is not available.

Some other rules

18.          Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.

19.          We take no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt. 

20.          No purchase is necessary. 

21.          The winner may be required to help SCS promote the prize post-trip.

22.          Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude the liability of Sawday’s Canopy & Stars for death, personal injury, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation as a result of its negligence.

23.          Sawday’s Canopy & Stars accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by You as a result of entering the Competition or accepting and participating any prize.  Sawday’s Canopy & Stars further disclaims liability for any injury or damage to You or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the Competition. 

24.          Sawday’s Canopy & Stars reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this Competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud). The decision of SCS in all matters under its control is final and binding.

25.          Sawday’s Canopy & Stars shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control. Such circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, hurricane, strike, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, supervening legislation or any other circumstances amounting to force majeure.

26.          The Competition will be governed by English law. 

Promoter: Sawday's Canopy & Stars, Merchants House, Wapping Road, BS1 4RW, Bristol