Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021
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DAILY MIRROR PRIDE OF BRITAIN AWARDS 2021 - ITV REGIONS FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 GOOD MORNING BRITAIN YOUNG FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 AND THIS MORNING EMERGENCY SERVICES AWARD 2021 NOMINATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Closing date and time:
Nominations for:
● The ITV Regions Fundraiser Award of the Year 2021;
● The Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021; and
● This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021;
(all part of the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021) as promoted in the ITV regional news programmes, Good Morning Britain and This Morning (together the “Programmes”) open on 30 October 2021 and close on Friday 13th August 2021 at 11:59pm
Eligibility:
a) Nominees must be UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man residents;
b) Nominees for the ITV Regions Fundraiser Award of the Year 2021 and the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021 must be individuals and not groups of people, an organisation or similar;
c) Nominees for the This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021 may be groups of people or an individual. In the event of a group winning the award, the Prize Provider reserves the right to request that a capped number of representatives from the group or organisation receive the Winner’s Package (as outlined below) at the Prize Provider’s discretion;
d) If you (the nominator) are under 18 years old, you must have your parent or legal guardian’s permission to nominate and you must provide the name and daytime telephone number of your parent or legal guardian on request;
e) If your nominee is under 18 years old on the date the nomination is made, you must obtain consent from their parent or legal guardian before you put them forward to be considered for the award and you must provide the name and daytime telephone number of their parent or legal guardian on request;
f) The Promoter reserves the right to contact the relevant parent or legal guardian to check consent and to exclude nominations for which the requisite consent has not been given;
g) If a nominee is under 18 years old and required to attend the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony or participate in the Programmes in person, the nominee must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian;
h) It will be your (the nominator’s) responsibility to obtain permission from the nominee to nominate them, and where required have the consent of their parent of guardian, before submitting their nomination and to make them aware that their nomination is subject to these terms and conditions and the Promoter’s Privacy Policy and part of the prize is attending the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 to collect their awards and that they may be required to appear on the Programmes or the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 programme. Information provided may also be used as part of an editorial feature within the Daily Mirror. Nominees must not be employed or engaged by or be 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 Regions Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021, the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021, This Morning Emergency Services Award and/or the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 event;
i) If a nominee has raised money for a child or group of children, any vulnerable adult(s) or any other person(s), it is the responsibility of the nominee to obtain permission from the child/ children (and their parent(s) or legal guardian(s)), the vulnerable adult(s) (and any person in loco parentis if required) and the person(s) before making the nomination. The Promoter reserves the right to contact the relevant persons, parent(s) or legal guardian(s) if required.
j) Nominees must be available to be contacted between Sunday 1st August 2021 and Thursday 30th September 2021 and must agree to take part in any filming, broadcast and publicity related to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021;
k) Successful nominees must be available to travel to London to attend the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony due to be held in the Autumn of 2021 (the exact date to be communicated to successful nominees);
l) The Promoter reserves the right to exclude corporate-backed fundraising and volunteer work or fundraising for which the individual has been paid;
m) Nominees must let the Promoter know if they have ever been convicted of a crime, if they are the subject of ongoing criminal proceedings or investigations, if they have any County Court Judgments against them, or of any other matter that might cause disrepute to ITV or the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards. Nominees agree that Promoter has the right to do, or to engage third party organisations to do, background checks on them to verify the information that they provide in this regard (including but not limited to Disclosure & Barring Service checks or Disclosure Scotland checks carried out by third party organisations);
n) Disclosure of criminal convictions, current criminal proceedings or investigations and other matters including those that may cause potential disrepute, may not automatically exclude nominees from the selection process but the Promoter, the ITV/Daily Mirror Pride of Britain team and/or any judging panel shall be entitled to exercise their sole discretion in this regard and may invalidate a nominee’s application or otherwise result in the termination of the nominee’s participation in the Programmes or the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021. In all cases the decision of the Promoter, the ITV/Daily Mirror Pride of Britain team and/or the judging panel(s) shall be final;
o) Further eligibility requirements for each Award are as follows:
ITV Regions Fundraiser of The Year Award 2021
Nominees must be residents in the ITV news region for which the entries are submitted (i.e. Tyne Tees, Border, Yorkshire North, Yorkshire South, Granada, Central East, Central West, Anglia East, Anglia West, Meridian East, Meridian West, West Country (East) West Country (West), Wales, London, Channel Islands or UTV). Where a nominee lives on the border of two or more regions, the nominee can only be nominated for one region;
Nominees must be aged 16 or over from the start of June 2021;
Nominees must have organised or participated in raising funds for a charitable or voluntary organisation or cause between Saturday 1st August 2020 and Friday 13th August 2021;
Fundraising for political organisations is not eligible.
Previous winners of the ITV Regions Fundraiser of the Year Award are not eligible for the 2021 award.
Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021
Nominees must be aged 15 or under from the start of June 2021;
Nominees must have organized or participated in raising funds for a charitable or voluntary organization or cause between Saturday 22nd August 2020 and Friday 13th August 2021;
Fundraising for political organisations is not eligible.
This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021
All of the nominees within the group or organisation must be aged 16 or over from the start of June 2021.
p) If the nominee is unable to participate in the process for reasons beyond their control, another person on their behalf may represent them in the process, at the Promoter’s discretion; and
q) The Promoter reserves the right to check that all eligibility conditions have been met at any time throughout the process.
r) The Promoter reserves the right to terminate the nomination and/or participation of the Nominee to the Award in the event the Nominee does not have any of the required consents set out in these Terms and Conditions or the consents are subsequently withdrawn.
Method of nomination:
You can nominate for the awards by visiting the following websites:
for the ITV Regions Fundraiser Award of the Year 2021 go to itv.com/prideofbritain;
for the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021 go to itv.com/GMB; and
for the This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021 go to itv.com/thismorning.
The websites will have a link on the page to the Pride of Britain website (the “Website”) where nominators should follow the instructions to access and complete the online nomination form.
Alternatively, to nominate for any of the three awards, you can complete a nomination form found in the Daily Mirror newspaper if or when made available in the Daily Mirror newspaper. Please include on the form the name of the award you are nominating the nominee for and try to keep the reasons for making your nomination to 500 words or less.
For the ITV Regions Fundraiser of The Year Award 2021, please also include the name of your nominee’s home ITV News Region (e.g. Tyne Tees, Border, Yorkshire North, Yorkshire South, Granada, Central East, Central West, Anglia East, Anglia West, Meridian East, Meridian West, West Country East, West Country West, Wales, London, Channel or UTV). The Promoter and/or Daily Mirror Pride of Britain team reserve the right to consider nominations for the category you have nominated in, or any other Daily Mirror Pride of Britain category.
There is no limit on the number of nominations you may make.
By making a nomination, you acknowledge and agree that the Promoter and/or the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain team may contact you and/or your nominee in relation to such nomination. The Promoter does not represent, undertake or warrant that it or the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain team will contact all nominators or nominees. For the avoidance of doubt, if we suspect that you and/or your nominee are not eligible to participate in this nomination process, we reserve the right to terminate or suspend their further participation. The nominee must comply with any instructions and/or directions as given to them by the Promoter, their subcontractors and agents including without limitation in conformity with the Ofcom Broadcasting Code and all applicable rules, laws, regulations and guidelines.
Cost of nomination:
There is no charge for nominations submitted via the Website with the exception of your internet service provider's fees where applicable.
Nomination and selection criteria:
a) ITV Regions Fundraiser of The Year Award 2021
Nominations for the ITV Regions Fundraiser of The Year Award 2021 may be made for someone aged 16 years and over who deserves recognition for tireless, creative, inspiring or selfless fundraising for good causes. The creativity and ingenuity of the nominee’s fundraising, amount of funds raised and personal endeavours of the nominee when fundraising can be considered when shortlisting and judging.
b) Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021
Nominations for the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021 may be made for children aged 15 years and under who have inspirational stories of fundraising.
c) This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021
Nominations for the This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021 may be made for an individual or group (where all members are aged 16 or over) who has been involved in emergency services which include but are not limited to police, fire, ambulance, paramedics or air, sea or mountain rescue who has gone beyond the call of duty. In the event of a group winning the award, the Prize Provider reserves the right to request that a capped number of representatives from the group or organisation receive the Winner’s Package (as outlined below) at the Prize Provider’s discretion. Nominees must have been working or volunteering for such service at the time of the incident which demonstrated going beyond the call of duty.
Nomination selection process:
Nominations received by the closing date and time will be considered for the ITV Regions Fundraiser of The Year Award 2021, This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021, or Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021 (as applicable) as part of the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021.
a) ITV Regions Fundraiser of The Year Award 2021:
Shortlist – A shortlist of up to 4 nominees from each of the 17 ITV news regions (the “Regional Shortlisted Nominees”) will be prepared by the Pride of Britain research team and/or an internal ITV regional news judging panel. Candidates will be found through public nominations, contacting the Pride of Britain research team and research by the Pride of Britain and Promoter’s research teams. A shortlisting panel will use the nomination selection criteria to make their decision. All shortlisted nominees will be filmed for the purposes of creating a film profile for the second selection stage.
Regional winner - For each ITV news region, a second selection panel, including members of the ITV regional news team and an independent third party (the “Second Selection Panel”) will review each of the film profiles along with the submitted nomination forms for each Regional Shortlisted Nominee to determine the winner for that ITV region (the “Regional Winner”). One member of the Second Selection Panel will be nominated to be the head judge who will determine the outcome in the event of a tie or in the event of a technical failure or other circumstance beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter, which affects the outcome. The Second Selection Panel will use the nomination selection criteria to make their decision. The name of each Regional Winner will be announced on the relevant regional ITV news programme on or about October. Each Regional Winner will attend the Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony.
National winner - Each Regional Winner will attend the Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony as above, and at the ceremony decision of the Final Selection Panel (as defined below) will be announced at the Pride of Britain 2021 and one national winner will be unveiled from all Regional Winners.
b) Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021:
Shortlist – A shortlist will be prepared by the Pride of Britain research team. Candidates will be found through public nominations and research by the Pride of Britain research team.
c) This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021:
Shortlist – A shortlist will be prepared by the Pride of Britain research team. Candidates will be found through public nominations and research by the Pride of Britain research team.
Winner Selection Process:
For the ITV Regions Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021, This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021 and the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021:
Winner – A separate judging panel of judges (which will consist of representatives of Good Morning Britain as well as other members selected by Pride of Britain and the Daily Mirror and which will include an independent judge) (the “Final Selection Panel”) will review each of the Regional Winners and shortlisted nominees in each category. One member of the Final Selection Panel will be nominated to be the head judge and will determine the outcome in the event of a tie. The Final Selection Panel will select the national winner of the ITV Regions Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021, the winner of the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021 and the winner of the This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021.
The winner in each category will be revealed at a time to be determined by the Promoter in their sole discretion during the Programmes and/or on the websites.
The decisions of the judging panels at each stage will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. There may be a long-listing of nominations prior to the Shortlist stage by a long-listing team as part of the selection process.
Filming:
Nominees agree to make themselves available as and when requested by the Promoter for filming and/or other contact throughout September and October 2021 and/or such other dates as may be determined by the Promoter in their sole discretion.
Shortlisted nominees must agree to be filmed and to provide their signature as proof of waiver and/or consent. Where a shortlisted nominee is aged under 18, their parent or legal guardian must provide their signature as proof of waiver and/or consent on behalf of the shortlisted nominee. Failure to provide such proof of waiver and/or consent from the nominee and/or parent may result in that nominee not being able to participate further in the nomination selection process.
The Promoter reserves the right to broadcast the films for each shortlisted nominee on each of the Programmes (as applicable) and elsewhere in its sole discretion without payment to the nominee.
Winners’ Package:
Each Regional Winner (for the ITV Regions Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021), the winner of the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award 2021 and each representative of the winning group of the This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021 will be invited to attend the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony to be held in London in the Autumn of 2021 (exact date to be confirmed to the winners). Each Regional Winner and winner of the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award can also bring one (1) companion to the ceremony (who must be the parent/guardian of the relevant winning nominee or Regional Winner if they are aged under 18).
a) For each Regional Winner, the Winner’s Package will include:
● standard class travel from the Regional Winner’s UK base to the London hotel for the Regional Winner and their companion;
● tickets for each Regional Winner and one (1) companion to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 including attendance at a champagne reception, a three (3) course dinner;
● tickets for each Regional Winner and their companion to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 after show drinks;
● one (1) night’s accommodation at a four- star central London hotel for each Regional Winner and their companion on the night of the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony on a room-only basis based on two people sharing a double or twin room (at the winner’s choice, subject to availability); and
● return ground transfers from the London hotel to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony.
b) For the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year, the Winner’s Package will include:
● standard class travel from the winner’s UK base to the London hotel for the winner and their companion;
● tickets for the winner and one (1) companion to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 including attendance at a champagne reception, a three (3) course dinner;
● tickets for the winner and their companion to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 after show drinks;
● one (1) night’s accommodation for the winner and their companion at a four- star central London hotel on the night of the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony on a bed and breakfast basis based on two people sharing a double or twin room (at the winner’s choice, subject to availability); and
● return ground transfers from the London hotel to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony.
c) For the This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021, the Winner’s Package will include:
● standard class travel from the winner’s UK base to the London hotel for each representative of the winning group (or individual);
● tickets for each representative of the winning group (or individual) to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 including attendance at a champagne reception, a three (3) course dinner;
● tickets for each representative of the winning group (or individual) to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 after show drinks;
● one (1) night’s accommodation for each representative of the winning group (or individual) at a four-star central London hotel on the night of the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony on a bed and breakfast basis based on two people sharing a double or twin room (at the winner’s choice, subject to availability); and
● return ground transfers from the London hotel to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony.
Each of the Regional Winners of the ITV Regional Fundraiser Award and the winners of the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year Award and the This Morning Emergency Services Award will be contacted by the Promoter or the Pride of Britain team in advance of the event to arrange delivery of the Winner’s Packages.
It is the responsibility of each Regional Winner, Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser and each representative of the winning group (or individual) of the This Morning Emergency Services Award or the winning nominee (as applicable) to inform the Prize Provider of any dietary requirements prior to attending the ceremony. It is the responsibility of each Regional Winner, Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser and each representative of the winning group (or individual) of the This Morning Emergency Services Award or the winning nominee (as applicable), or their parent/ guardian if they are aged under 18, to pay for meals and drinks (other than stated above), any additional hotel charges, room service, mini-bar goods, souvenirs, telephone calls, excursions, treatments, additional travel and accommodation, taxes, insurance and any other expenses which may be incurred when attending the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 ceremony and the Promoter is not to be held responsible or liable to refund any such expenses.
It is the responsibility of the Regional Winner or the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of the Year or the This Morning Emergency Services Award winner (as applicable) (or their parent/guardian if they are aged under 18) to inform the Prize Provider of any wheelchair or similar access requirements they may have and to adhere to any applicable health and safety guidelines.
Please note that the winners and Regional Winners will need a current and valid credit/debit card with sufficient available funds in order to check in at the hotel for security deposit purposes. Where a companion of the winners is aged under eighteen (18) years old, the companion must have prior parental or guardian permission to accompany the winner when taking up the Winner’s Package.
Please note this package is date specific and the winners and companions must arrive in London on the dates as notified by ITV to the winners in 2021.
The winners and their companions acknowledge that in the event that the Pride of Britain award ceremony does not take place as specified for any reason, the Promoter does not accept responsibility in these circumstances and no alternative Winner’s Package will be provided.
Any information and/or data which is provided to ITV will be used in accordance with the Pride of Britain privacy policy available here.
ITV's General Participation Terms also apply - to view these, please click here.
Prize Providers:
Reach plc, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP for: tickets to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 and Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 after show drinks tickets for the winners of: the ITV Regions Fundraiser Award (and seven (7) of the seventeen (17) companions), the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser Award (and one (1) companion of their choice) and the This Morning Emergency Services Award. Accommodation, standard class travel from the winner’s UK base to the London hotel and return transfers from the London hotel to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 for the winners of the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser Award 2021, the This Morning Emergency Services Award 2021 and each of the respective companions.
ITV Broadcasting Limited, 2 Waterhouse Square, 140 Holborn, London, EC1N 2AE for: Accommodation, standard class travel from the winner’s UK base to the London hotel and return transfers from the London hotel to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 for each of the Regional Winners of the ITV Regions Fundraiser of the Year Awards and their respective companions. Tickets to the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 and Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards 2021 after show drinks tickets for ten (10) of the seventeen (17) companions of the winners of the ITV Regions Fundraiser Award.
Promoter: ITV Broadcasting Limited, 2 Waterhouse Square, 140 Holborn, London, EC1N 2AE