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NOMINATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS: ITV FEELGOOD FACTOR AWARD for PRIDE OF BRITAIN AWARDS
Nomination opening date:
Monday, 8 June 2009
Nomination closing date and time:
Friday, 7 August 2009 at 23:59 p.m. Nominations made or received after this closing date and time will not be considered.
Nominees’ eligibility:
Nominations for the ITV Feelgood Factor award may be made for someone who is an inspiring person, who supports and enables others to change their lives for the better.
There is no age restriction on nominees, but permission must be obtained from the nominee and, if the nominee is under 18 years old, from their parent/guardian before their name, address and phone number is forwarded to ITV to be considered for the award. If you and/or the nominee are under 18 years old and are required to attend the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards ceremony or participate in the programme in person, you and/or the nominee must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Nominees must not be employees and/or members of the immediate families (including any live-in partner) of employees of companies within the ITV group of companies and any of their subsidiaries and/or agencies associated with the ITV Feelgood Factor award and/or the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards event.
In addition, the nominee must agree to take part in any filming, broadcast and publicity related to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards event, and they must be able to travel to London to attend the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards ceremony held on Monday 5 October 2009.
Method of nomination:
Viewers may visit the website at www.itv.com/prideofbritain and follow the instructions to access and complete the online nomination form, or they may send an email to the email address as specified during the ITV regional news programme (the “programme”) which is participating in the ITV Feelgood Factor award for the Pride of Britain Awards and provide the information as instructed during the programme. Nominations may also be received from the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards production team.
There is no phone, postal, red button or any other method of nomination available, other than those stated here. There is no limit on the number of nominations you may make.
All completed nomination forms received by ITV ahead of the closing date and time for receipt of nomination forms will be considered for the ITV Feelgood Factor award as part of the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards.
Nomination must be completed with the following required information:
• Name of the person you are nominating for the ITV Feelgood Factor award;
• The nominee’s postal address and a landline and/or mobile telephone number;
• The name of your nominee’s ITV news region (i.e. one of the following: Tyne Tees and Border, Yorkshire, Granada, Central, Anglia, Meridian, West and Westcountry, Wales, London and Northern Ireland);
• State why your nominee deserves the award (include as much detail as possible – maximum of 500 words);
• Your name;
• Your email address;
• Your daytime telephone number; and
• If you are under 18 years of age, the name and daytime telephone number of your parent or guardian. ITV reserves the right to contact your parent or guardian to verify your parent or guardian’s consent for your participation in this nomination process. If ITV cannot verify parental consent then your nomination will be excluded.
By making a nomination, you acknowledge and agree ITV may contact you and/or your nominee in relation to such nomination. ITV does not represent, undertake or warrant that it will contact all nominators or nominees.
Nomination selection process:
Nominations received by the closing date and time will be reviewed by a short-list panel in each of the 10 ITV news regions. The shortlist panel will select a short-list of 4 nominees from each of the 10 ITV news regions who will each be filmed between Monday 10 August 2009 and Monday 14 September 2009. ITV reserves the right to broadcast the films for each shortlisted nominee on each participating ITV region’s regional news programme. For each participating ITV region, a final selection panel made up of regional ITV representatives and an independent local community leader or celebrity will then review each of the films along with the submitted nomination forms for the short-listed nominees to determine the finalist for that ITV region. The decisions of the shortlist panel and the final selection panel are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
The overall winner of the ITV Feelgood Factor award will be determined from the regional finalists by the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards jury. The decision of the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards jury is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The overall winner of the ITV Feelgood Factor award will be announced at the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards ceremony on Monday 5 October 2009. Each of the 10 regional finalists along with one guest will be required to attend the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards ceremony in London on Monday 5 October 2009.
The following travel and accommodation will be provided for each finalist and their guest: standard class return train tickets from the finalist’s local railway station to London and hotel accommodation in London for the night of Monday 5 October 2009 only on a room-only basis based on two people sharing a room. Additional travel may be provided as specified to each of the regional finalists at the relevant time subject to conditions and restrictions. For the avoidance of doubt, unless otherwise specified, ITV will not be responsible or liable to refund any costs or expenses incurred by the finalist and/or their guest in attending the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards ceremony including but not limited to any additional accommodation, any additional travel expenses, parking costs, hotel supplementary charges, telephone calls, room service, mini-bar goods, souvenirs, incidental costs, taxes and any insurance.
Cost of nomination:
There is no charge for nominations submitted by email or via the website at www.itv.com/prideofbritain, with the exception of your internet service provider's fees where applicable.
General:
The nominee must comply with any instructions and/or directions as given to them by ITV, their subcontractors and agents including without limitation in conformity with the Ofcom Broadcasting Code and all applicable rules, laws, regulations and guidelines. If selected as a shortlisted nominee or finalist, the nominee must agree to be filmed and to provide their signature as proof of waiver and/or consent. Failure to provide such proof may result in that nominee not being able to participate further in the nomination selection process.
Neither ITV nor its sub-contractors accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any network or line, system, software, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any nomination being lost or not properly registered or recorded.
ITV cannot promise that the service and/or system will be free from errors or omissions nor that it will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition. The service and/or system may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond the reasonable control of ITV. ITV may suspend, withdraw or re-set this interactive service in its sole discretion at any time. ITV will not be liable to you or to any other person in the event that all or any part of the service and/or system is discontinued, modified or changed in any way.
Queries/complaints:
If you have a query or complaint about your nomination, you may register it with it with ITV Viewer Services who can be contacted by phone on 0844 88 14150, or by email at viewerservices@itv.com. You will need to give the following information:
a) Your Name
b) Your email address
c) The IP number of your computer and your internet service provider
d) The date(s) and time(s) when you experienced problems
e) The nature of the problem you have been experiencing
f) A contact telephone number you can be reached on if necessary
Alternatively, you may send the above required information by email to: itvihelp@itv.com and we will contact you as soon as possible.
“ITV” is Tyne Tees Television Limited, Television House, The Watermark, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear NE11 9SZ (Company No. 00598781)
