TERMS AND CONDITIONS

My Homes Plus competitions

1. The Promoter of these competitions is The Housing Plus Group Limited (registered in England and Wales as a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 with register number 30224R and with its registered office at Acton Court, Acton Gate, Staffordshire, ST18 9AP) (the “Promoter”). The Promoter is the parent society of Homes Plus (a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 with register number 28312R and registered office at Acton Court, Acton Gate, Staffordshire, ST18 9AP).
    
2. The title of these competitions are My Homes Plus Word Search (“The Word Search”) and My Homes Plus annual report survey (“The annual report survey”), collectively The Competitions
    
3. The Promoter is offering tenants and residents of Homes Plus properties who enter the Competitions within its customer magazines the chance to win a £25 shopping voucher. To enter the Competitions, you must follow the instructions contained within the magazines and either post your answers to the address provided in the magazines or complete the online form at the web address provided in the magazine.
    
4. The Competitions are open to all tenants and residents of Homes Plus properties. 
    
5. The Competitions are not open to employees of the Promoter or any of its affiliated organisations who are directly involved with marketing and administering the Competitions, nor to their families or agents.
    
6. One entry is allowed per person per competition.  Entries submitted on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
    
7. The Competitions are open to entries from 12.00 noon on the issue date of the magazine and will run until 12.00 noon on the closing date published in the magazine (the “Promotional Period”). Entries received after 12.00 noon on the date that ends the Promotional Period will not be accepted.
    
8. The Promoter will not accept responsibility for entries that are lost, mislaid, incomplete, illegible, misdirected or delayed regardless of cause.
    
9. No purchase is necessary to enter the Competitions.
    
10. Three winners will be drawn for each of the two competitions: one winner of each competition will be a Stafford resident, one winner of each competition will be a South Staffordshire resident, and one winner of each competition will be a Shropshire resident. The prize is non-refundable, non-transferable and non-exchangeable and there is no cash alternative offered.
     
11. The winner will be the first name picked in a random draw of correct entries received before the end of the Promotional Period. Three separate draws will be held for entries received from Homes Plus customers. The draws will be held within 30 days of the competition’s closing date. Tenants who are in rent arrears are not eligible for the Prize and should the winner be found to be in rent arrears the prize will be withdrawn.
     
12. The prize will be sent via email to the winners' email address or Royal Mail to the winners’ home address; if a winner declines their prize or the prize is returned to sender, The Promoter may identify a new winner from the remaining entries. If a winner declines their prize they forfeit any right to the prize.
     
13. The Promoter reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value.  In the event of unforeseen circumstances or circumstances outside its reasonable control, the Promoter reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, these Competitions without prior notice.
     
14. The name and area of residence of the winners will be published in the following edition of the customer magazines.
     
15. The Promoter reserves the right to exclude any entries which the Promoter in its sole discretion considers to be inappropriate, unrelated or offensive and to disqualify any entries if the Promoter, at its sole discretion, believes that there has been an attempt to manipulate or tamper with the operation of the Competitions.
     
16. By entering this competition you acknowledge that for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018, the Promoter is the data controller and you are the data subjects in respect of any Personal Data. You agree that the Promoter may store and use the data you enter into this competition for the purposes of judging entries and marketing the Competitions and can contact you via email in relation to the Competitions. You agree that the Promoter may use your name, photo and competition entry in its social media channels and website (including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, homesplus.co.uk and housingplusgroup.co.uk), worldwide. You understand that you won’t have any right to preview or pre-approve the content (and, that you won’t be entitled to any kind of payment) in the event that it is used by The Promoter as noted above. You can withdraw your consent for the use of your name, photo and competition entry as described above at any time by contacting the Marketing and communications team by emailing commsteam@housingplusgroup.co.uk or writing to Marketing and communications team Housing Plus Group, Acton Court, Acton Gate, Stafford ST18 9AP.
     
17. Except for the purpose of carrying out the Competition, the Promoter will not use entrants’ personal data without the express consent of the entrant. See - www.housingplusgroup.co.uk/privacy-policy for our full privacy policy.
     
18. You agree to be bound by the decisions of the Promoter, which are final in all matters relating to the Competitions. No correspondence will be entered into in respect of the Promoter’s decisions.
     
19. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of England and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England, including the seeking of all injunctive or ancillary relief actions.
     
20. All Competition entries and any accompanying material submitted to the Promoter will become the property of the Promoter on receipt and will not be returned.
     
21. Limitation of liability - Your attention is particularly drawn to this paragraph. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible to you, whether in contract or tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the Competitions. Your statutory rights are not affected.
     
22. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall limit or exclude any liability for fraud.
     
23. These terms and conditions do not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these terms and conditions.
     
24. If any paragraph or part of a paragraph of these terms and conditions is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant paragraph or part of a paragraph shall be deemed deleted. Any modification or deletion of a paragraph or part of a paragraph of these terms and conditions shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of these terms and conditions.