Autumn Photo Competition Terms & Conditions

Autumn Photo Competition: Terms and Conditions - November 2025

1. Promoter

The Millboard Company Ltd (company number 06061318) (the Promoter).

2. Eligibility

Open to UK residents aged 18+.
Excludes employees of the Promoter (and its group companies), their agents, and immediate families/households.
Maximum of two (2) entries per person (two distinct images). Automated or bulk entries are not permitted.

3. Promotional period

Opens from 00:01 GMT on 3 November 2025 and closes 23:59 GMT on 30 November 2025 (the Closing Date).
Entries received outside the promotional period are invalid.

4. How to enter (no purchase necessary)

To enter, during the promotional period you must:

Follow @millboard_live_life_outside on Instagram;
Like the associated competition post; and
Share a relevant image on your public Instagram feed that reflects the theme #MillboardAutumnGlow, include the hashtag #MillboardAutumnGlow in the caption and tag @millboard_live_life_outside.

Notes: Instagram Stories/Reels are not counted unless posted to the main feed (unless the Promoter states otherwise). If your profile is private, the Promoter may be unable to see your post so please DM your entry to Millboard.

5. Content standards & ownership

Entries must be the entrant’s original work and must not infringe any third‑party rights (including copyright and privacy). Where other people appear, the entrant must have their permission.
Prohibited content includes anything unlawful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, hateful, discriminatory, or that depicts unsafe practice. The Promoter may moderate and remove or disqualify non‑compliant entries.
By entering, you retain ownership of your image. You grant the Promoter a non‑exclusive, worldwide, royalty‑free licence to use, reproduce, edit for format/size, and communicate your entry from the Closing Date for promotional purposes in the Promoter’s channels (website, organic social, promotional emails, in‑store materials). Where practicable, credit will be given to the Instagram handle. To the extent legally permitted, you waive moral rights in such uses.

6. Judging & selection

Judging window: a winner will be selected on 1st December 2025.
Entries are anonymised and assessed by one or more judges appointed by the Promoter against the following criteria (each weighted equally): (i) creativity; (ii) relevance to the “Autumn Glow” theme and Millboard brand; (iii) image quality/impact.
The judge(s) will select one (1) winner. The judges’ decision is final; no correspondence will be entered into.

7. Prize

One (1) prize: a £500 John Lewis voucher (the Prize), provided by the Promotor.
The Prize is non‑transferable, non‑refundable, no cash alternative.
Voucher is subject to issuer’s terms and may carry an expiry date.

8. Winner notification, verification & fulfilment

The Promoter will contact the provisional winner via direct message on Instagram within 5 working days of the judges’ decision.
The winner must respond within 14 days of notification and may be required to provide proof of age/identity and a UK postal/email address for fulfilment.
If the winner does not respond in time, fails verification, or declines the Prize, the Promoter may award the Prize to a reserve selected in accordance with these T&Cs.
The Prize will be issued/ dispatched within 14 days of successful verification.

9. Winner details (CAP Code compliance)

The Promoter will make available the winner’s surname and county to those who email petra.gale@millboard.com within 30 days of the Closing Date. If you object to this or wish to reduce the information made available, please inform the Promoter at the time of claiming the Prize. In such cases, the Promoter must still provide the information and winning entry to the ASA on request.

10. Disqualification

The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entry/entrant and/or withhold the Prize where it reasonably believes there has been a breach of these T&Cs, abuse or manipulation of the promotion, use of multiple/false accounts, or conduct that is fraudulent or brings the promotion or Promoter into disrepute.

11. Data protection

The Promoter will process personal data for the purposes of administering this promotion (including contacting winners), based on legitimate interests (running a fair promotion) and/or consent where applicable.
Data will be retained only as long as necessary for these purposes and as required by law. See the Promoter’s Privacy Policy at https://www.millboard.co.uk/privacy-policy for more information, including your rights.
Instagram handles of shortlisted/winning entried may be published as set our in sections 5 and 9.

12. Instagram/Meta

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram or Meta. You are providing your information to the Promoter, not to Instagram/Meta. Please do not tag people who are not in the photo or who do not wish to be tagged.

13. Liability & force majeure

To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter’s liability in connection with this promotion is limited to the cost price of the Prize. The Promoter is not liable for: (i) entries lost, delayed, corrupted or not received due to network, hardware or software failure; or (ii) any loss or damage suffered by entrants that is not foreseeable or that is caused by a third party. Nothing excludes liability for death or personal injurycaused by negligence, fraud, or other liabilities that cannot be limited by law.
If events beyond the Promoter’s reasonable control make the promotion or Prize impossible or impractical, the Promoter may cancel, suspend or amend the promotion and/or substitute a similar prize, acting fairly and reasonably.

14. General
No purchase necessary.
If any provision of these T&Cs is held invalid, the remainder shall remain in force.
These T&Cs may be updated to correct errors or for reasons outside the Promoter’s control, but any material change will not disadvantage entrants.
These T&Cs and the promotion are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction.