HELP US BUILD A NEW WILDLIFE HOSPITAL

Currently, The Fox Project’s rescue operations revolve around our hospital unit in Broadwater Forest near Tunbridge Wells and our cub unit at Pembury.  Both facilities work well, but capacity is reaching its limit, especially at the cub unit where fifty cubs in a facility designed to hold thirty meant we almost burst at the seams in 2019.  Our hospital unit also bulged scarily, being at full capacity for far longer than was comfortable.  Building our own hospital would allow us to expand and bring together both units with a small office, overnight staff quarters, storage space and a workshop.

Whilst the Hospital Project is very exciting and vital to our future, we know it will be a long old slog and have no illusions that some of us will have more grey hair at the end than we started out with!  Just finding a place to call home will be the first hurdle; we operate in the most expensive part of the country, so finding a piece of land we can afford won’t be easy.  But we’ve never been put off by hard work or a challenge.  Maybe YOU can help directly?  Do you have a piece of land that you might want to sell?  Maybe you have considered selling but are concerned to protect the environment from property developers?  Well, that’s exactly how we would feel and it’s precisely the kind of long term protection and security we’d prefer to have.

The Fox Project has stood the test of time, highs and lows, ups and downs and lots of bumps in the road.  But we’re still here and we’re still growing.  While our pot of savings – the proceeds of a couple of significant legacies – will give us a start, it is, by no means, sufficient to complete our project.  So we’re starting here!  As of now, that ‘pot’ is ring-fenced and we need to keep adding to it.  Are we daunted?  Just a little – this will be the biggest fundraising campaign we’ve ever undertaken, but you, our supporters, have brought us this far over three decades and we know you won’t desert us now.  When we get where we’re going, it will be a huge achievement for everyone involved and we’ll have a facility designed to serve wildlife well into the future.

We’ll be launching fundraising campaigns as the months go by, suggesting ways in which you might support the Hospital Project, buy a little slice of the hospital ‘cake’ and invest in our future.

We hope you’ll continue to support us in your usual way and with your usual generosity.  Where specified, your donation will be designated specifically for our hospital fund and, if there’s any doubt, you can donate directly through our Just Giving “HOSPITAL PROJECT”

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/wildlifehospitalappeal

But don’t forget, if you’re a UK taxpayer, to sign up for Gift Aid.  That way, we can claim a further 25% of your donation from the government and that brings us 25% nearer to our ambitions.

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The organisers reserve the right to modify these terms and conditions without notice.

What and how to enter

To enter the competition please submit your entry to fundraising@foxproject.org.uk along with a screenshot or confirmation e-mail of your entry fee. Your entry will not be included without confirmation of entry fee.

Photographs must be a minimum 1MB – maximum 5MB file.

A maximum of five entries may be entered per applicant.

An image will be rejected if it appears to have been taken in such a way that wildlife law or animal welfare requirements may have been breached or it has been otherwise taken in an irresponsible way.

The Fox Project reserves the right to remove or refuse any entries from the competition for any reason.

Competition entry

You agree that if you are the winning photographer, you will take part in and cooperate fully with reasonable publicity and to the use of your name and photograph in such publicity, for example, the publication of photograph(s) with your name on our social media platforms.

By entering the competition, you agree to the provisions of these terms and conditions and to comply fully with them.

The competition is open to anyone except those directly involved with the competition and judging (including their families and relatives).

If you are under the age of 18 you must have permission to enter from your parent or guardian. By submitting an entry for the competition, your parent/carer/guardian is deemed to have given such consent and to agree to the use of the entry as described in these terms and conditions.

The closing date for submissions is 10th of February 2023. All submissions received after this time will not be eligible. Please note that sending is not proof of receipt.

The Organisers cannot be held responsible for emails that do not arrive due to the entrant’s email security settings or restrictions placed by their Internet service provider.

Your entry must be submitted digitally via the process outlined on our webpage:

No other forms of entry will be accepted.

By submitting images to The Fox Project Photography Competition, each entrant confirms and warrants that:

• They are the sole author of each entry and that it is their original work.
• They own the copyright and any other intellectual property rights of each image.
• They have the permission of anyone pictured in the image (or, where the image shows any persons under 18, the consent of their parent/guardian) for the usage rights required by The Fox Project and will indemnify The Fox Project against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringement.
• They have not licensed or disposed of any rights in the image that would conflict with uses to be made by The Fox Project.
• They have received any necessary permissions from the owner(s) of objects including buildings included in submitted images for the usage rights required by The Fox Project and will indemnify The Fox Project Trust against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringement.
• The Fox Project have permission to use the imagery provided across their marketing channels as long as full credit is given to the image owner.
• If you are the winner, you will take part in and cooperate fully with reasonable publicity and to the use of your name and photograph in such publicity, for example, the publication of photograph(s) with your name on social media channels.

Judging

A Judge will select images based upon technical skill, diversity, originality, and creativity of composition. Judging will be done by professional photographer Matt Maran.

Digital adjustments are acceptable; however, the way in which any digital enhancement or editing has been used will be taken into account when judging the entry.  Cropping is allowed.

The decision of the organisers is final, and no correspondence will be entered into concerning the competition’s judging and organisation. The organisers may also share short-listed photographs across their social media channels and ask followers to vote on their favourite to help aid the judge’s decisions.

Announcement of winners

The Judge will choose the winner. The winning images will be displayed on social media channels.

The overall winners will be announced in February.

Usage Rights

By entering the competition, you grant The Fox Project a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence to reproduce, enlarge, publish, or exhibit, on any media, the images for any purpose to further its aims and objectives. This could include but is not limited to use:

On The Fox Project website, The Fox Project social media channels and The Fox Project email communications.

In the press for the purposes of publicising this photography competition and the promotion of The Fox Project.

As part of digital advertising creatives when promoting The Fox Project.

The organisers will make every reasonable effort to ensure that name credits are given to any photograph published in any medium.

Data Protection

We will keep your details on our secure database to enable us to use your images (see usage rights). We value your support and do not pass on information about you to any group or individual outside The Fox Project. Your data will be kept securely in line with GDPR regulations and our privacy policy. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Indemnity and Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, The Fox Project excludes its liability for any loss, damage, injury, cost, or expense suffered by you, whether directly or indirectly and howsoever caused, in connection with the competition and use of any prize. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude The Fox Project’s liability for death or personal injury arising from The Fox Project’s own negligence or any other liability that cannot, as a matter of law, be excluded.

You agree to indemnify The Fox Project and keep The Fox Project indemnified against any loss, damage, injury, cost, or expense suffered by The Fox Project as a result of your entry in the competition, including (but not limited to) any claim of infringement of intellectual property rights made by any third party.

General

The information given in these Terms & Conditions is correct, but The Fox Project reserves the right to change any of it without prior notice. By entering the competition, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these Terms & Conditions. Any breach of these Terms by an entrant will void their entry. If a breach has occurred but is discovered after the award of a prize, then the organisers may require the return of that prize.

The Fox Project’s Web Privacy Policy applies to the competition and use of The Fox Project’s Photography Competition website.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with English Law and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Prize Terms and Conditions

There will be one overall winner, who will be announced by The Fox Project & Matt Maran in February. This winner will receive a signed copy of Fox: Neighbour, Villain, Icon by Matt Maran, Neil Aldridge and Andy Parkinson and the opportunity to name our first cub of the year.

The prize is as stated, and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The prizes are not transferable.

The Fox Project will contact the winner directly by email to organise the prize and agree preferred dates. Return of any prize notification as undeliverable or failure to reply as specified in the notification (and within the time stated) may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.

The Organiser reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the Organiser’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the Organiser.

The competition and these terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. You and the Promoter irrevocably agree that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or matter or to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these Terms & Conditions and that accordingly any proceedings may be brought in such courts.

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