Competition terms and conditions

Christmas Jumper Design Competition 2026

1. The Christmas Jumper Competition is open to UK and Channel Island residents aged 4 and above. Children’s category entrants must be aged 4-15 years old. Adult’s category entrants must be aged 16 years and above. A parent or legal guardian must give permission for children to enter and submit the entry on their child’s behalf.
2. Employees or agencies of the Marine Conservation Society, Teemill Tech Ltd, their immediate family members, or anyone professionally connected with the Christmas Jumper Design Competition are not eligible to enter.
3. Entrants into the Christmas Jumper Design Competition shall be deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions.
4. To enter the Christmas Jumper Design Competition, you must submit your entry digitally using the online submission form displayed on https://mcsshop.org.uk/christmas-jumper-competition/ by 11:59pm on Sunday 25th October 2026.
5. Entry to the Christmas Jumper Design Competition is free; no purchase or payment is required.
6. Only one entry is permitted per person. Multiple entries from the same person will not be accepted, whether submitted using the same or different contact details.
7. Entries must be the entrant’s own original work, must not copy or closely imitate any existing artwork, character, brand, logo or copyrighted design, and must not infringe any third-party rights.
8. The Marine Conservation Society reserves the right to reject or remove any entry that it reasonably considers to be offensive, inappropriate, defamatory, unlawful, copied, AI-generated in whole or substantial part, or otherwise inconsistent with the values of the Marine Conservation Society.
9. The Marine Conservation Society accepts no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected, incomplete, cannot be delivered or entered due to technical issues or other reasons beyond its control. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt by the Marine Conservation Society.
10. The Christmas Jumper Design Competition closes at 23:59 on Sunday 25th October 2026. Entries received after this time will not be considered.
11. The winner will be chosen by a judging panel of Marine Conservation Society and Teemill Tech Ltd employees.
12. Judging and voting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 28th October 2026, with the winning designs scheduled to be uploaded to https://mcsshop.org.uk/ by the end of November 2026.
13. There will be two winners, one from each category, adult’s (aged 16 and over) and children’s (aged 4-15 years). Each winner will receive a Christmas jumper containing an enhanced and re-created version of their winning design. The specific items supplied are subject to availability.
14. The winning designs will be used as inspiration for a new clothing design. They will be enhanced and re-created to make them suitable for print and sold through The Marine Conservation Society’s online shop at https://mcsshop.org.uk/
15. The Marine Conservation Society’s net proceeds from the sale of merchandise featuring the winning designs will go towards supporting The Marine Conservation Society’s work. There will be no monetary payment to the winning artists for use of their designs.
16. By entering, the entrant/entrant and their parent or legal guardian grant the Marine Conservation Society a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, adapt, edit, enhance and re-create the submitted design for the purposes of administering, promoting and publicising the competition, creating merchandise based on the winning designs, and selling that merchandise through the Marine Conservation Society’s online shop.
17. The parent or legal guardian submitting children’s entry confirms, to the best of their knowledge, that the entry is the child’s own original work and that use of the entry by or on behalf of the Marine Conservation Society in accordance with these Terms and Conditions will not infringe the rights of any third party.
18. After submission, entrants and, if applicable, their parent or legal guardian may withdraw an entry from the competition by emailing [email protected] before the closing deadline, stating the entrant’s name, the parent or guardian’s contact details if applicable, and a brief description of the entry. Withdrawal from the competition will not affect any personal data rights under the Marine Conservation Society’s privacy policy.
19. The Marine Conservation Society accepts no responsibility for any costs not specified as part of the prize.
20. The decision of the judging panel is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
21. The winner will be notified by email within 5 days of the Christmas Jumper Design Competition closing. If the winner does not respond to the Marine Conservation Society within 7 days of being notified, the prize will be forfeited and the Marine Conservation Society will select an alternate winner.
22. The Marine Conservation Society may ask the entrant/parent or legal guardian of a winner to confirm receipt of the prize by email.
23. The prize will only be delivered to an address in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) or Channel Islands, provided by the winner. The Marine Conservation Society is unable to deliver the prize outside the United Kingdom. It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that their contact details are accurate.
24. The Marine Conservation Society may credit the winning child by first name and age only, unless the parent or legal guardian gives separate consent for any additional information to be used.
25. The Marine Conservation Society may credit the winning adult by first name only, unless the adult entrant gives separate consent for any additional information to be used.
26. The prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and is not redeemable for cash or any other prize.
27. The Marine Conservation Society retains the right to substitute the prize with another prize of similar value in the event the original prize offered is not available.
28. The Marine Conservation Society will use and take care of any personal information supplied in connection with the Christmas Jumper Design Competition as described in its privacy policy and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. Personal information will be used to administer the competition, contact the entrant/parent or legal guardian about the entry, notify winners, arrange prizes, and publicise winning entries where consent or another lawful basis applies.
29. The Marine Conservation Society reserves the right to cancel, amend, or suspend the Christmas Jumper Design Competition where necessary due to circumstances beyond its control, including but not limited to technical issues, suspected fraud, or events rendering the Christmas Jumper Design Competition unable to operate as planned.
30. Where Teemill Tech Ltd supports the administration, production, hosting or fulfilment of the competition or related merchandise, personal information may be shared with Teemill Tech Ltd only as necessary for those purposes and in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
31. The Christmas Jumper Design Competition will be governed by English law and entrants to the Christmas Jumper Design Competition submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
32. Promoter: Marine Conservation Society, a registered charity in England and Wales and Scotland, with its registered office at Overross House, Ross Park, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 7US.