Social Media Photo Competition Terms & Conditions

Please read these terms and conditions carefully. This is a skill-based competition: winners are chosen by judges and not selected by chance. By submitting an entry, entrants are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions.

1. Promoter

1.1 The promoter of this competition is 247 Home Furnishings Ltd t/a 247Blinds, Unit A, Trident Business Park, Neptune Way, Huddersfield, HD2 1UA, Company number 03922968 ("247 Blinds", "we', "us", "our")

2. Eligibility

2.1 The Competition is open to individuals who are aged 18 or over and resident in West Yorkshire or Greater Manchester at the time of entry.

2.2 The following are not eligible to enter:

• a) employees of 247 Home Furnishings Ltd;;
• b) any judge of the Competition; and
• c) the immediate family members and household members of anyone listed in (a) or (b).

2.3 Entries must be made by the entrant personally. Entries made by third parties on an entrant's behalf, or by automated means, will not be accepted.

2.4 By entering, entrants confirm that they meet the eligibility requirements in this section 2. Any entry from a person who does not meet them will be disqualified. This applies even if the ineligibility only comes to light after the winners have been chosen.

2.5 We reserve the right to require proof of age, identity and address from any entrant, including any winner. An entrant who cannot provide this proof when asked will be disqualified.

3. How to enter

3.1 To enter, an entrant must do one of the following:

• Post an public image or video on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X or LinkedIn, tagging the 247blinds account along with the hashtag #247hauntedwindows
• Submit an image through the form shared in the competition announcement.

3.2 No entry fee applies.

3.3 There is no limit on the number of entries per person, but each entry must be a different image and must comply with these terms. We may disqualify anyone who submits repeated near-identical entries, or who uses multiple or fake accounts, to gain an advantage.

4. Entry period

4.1 The competition opens on 1 October 2026. The competition will run from 1 October 2026 to 11:59am on 2 November 2026, UK time (the "Entry Period").

5. Qualifying entries

5.1 To be considered a Qualifying Entries, an entry must:

• a) be submitted during the Entry Period in accordance with section 4;
• b) be a photograph or video of a window in the entrant's own home, or one the entrant has the owner's permission to photograph;
• c) be the entrant's own original work;
• d) fit the "Haunted Windows" theme, meaning the window has been dressed, styled or presented in a spooky or Halloween-inspired way.

5.2 An entry that does not meet all the requirements in 5.1 will not be judged.

5.3 To be eligible, an entry must be submitted during the Entry Period.

6. Content rules

6.1 Your entry must not:

• a) be unlawful, defamatory, obscene, threatening, discriminatory or hateful;
• b) contain graphic or gratuitous violence, gore, or sexual content (fake blood and Halloween props in the ordinary spirit of the theme are fine);
• c) infringe anyone else's copyright, trade mark, privacy or other rights;
• d) contain another brand's logo or advertising, or promote any product or service other than as an incidental part of the window;
• e) show a house number, street name or any other detail that identifies where you live; or
• f) show a person who is identifiable, unless they have agreed to appear. If your entry shows a child under 18, a parent or guardian must have agreed to it.

6.2 You keep the copyright in your entry. By entering, you confirm that:

• a) you took the photograph [or made the video] yourself, and you own it;
• b) you have all the permissions needed for us to use it as set out in this section, including from anyone who appears in it and, if it contains music or other third-party material, from the owner of that material; and
• c) it complies with 6.1

6.3 Your entry must stay public, on the account you entered from, until we have announced the winners. Entries that are deleted, made private or removed before then cannot be judged and will be disqualified.

7. What we can do with your entry

7.1 By entering, you give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, copy, display, share and publish your entry in connection with this Competition, including in judging, in the winner announcement, and in promoting the Competition and its results.

7.2 We may crop or resize your entry to fit a platform. We will not otherwise alter it in a way that changes its meaning. Where reasonably practicable we will credit your social media username. We will not sell your entry or license it to anyone else for their own use.

7.3 We will not use your entry in paid advertising, on packaging or in any other marketing not covered by in section 13 without asking you first.

8. Winner selection

8.1 Winners will be chosen by a panel of three judges (the "Judges"), at least one of whom is independent of 247Blinds and the entrants. The full names of the Judges are available on request by emailing [email protected].

8.2 The Judges will choose the winners from the Qualifying Entries, selecting those they consider best meet the following criteria, which are equally important: (a) creativity and originality; (b) spookiness, meaning how well the window captures a haunted or Halloween feel; and (c) effort and attention to detail.

8.3 There will be three winners. One person may only win once. Each person can win only one prize. If more than one of a person's entries would be among the winning entries, only their best entry will win.

8.4 If there are fewer Qualifying Entries than prizes available, we will award only as many prizes as there are Qualifying Entries. If there are no Qualifying Entries, no prize will be awarded, and we will announce this in the same way we would announce a winner.

8.5 The Judges' selection of the winners is final. This does not affect your statutory rights.

9. Prize

9.1 There are three prizes. Each winner will receive £250 (including VAT) to spend on goods from 247Blinds and/or 247Curtains (the "Prize").

9.2 Each winner can choose to take their Prize in one of two ways:

• a) Chosen goods. You can tell us which goods you would like, up to a total value of £250, and we will place the order for you and send it to you free of charge.
• b) Voucher. We will send you a single-use voucher code worth £250, which you can use online in one order on https://www.247blinds.co.uk/ or https://www.247curtains.co.uk/.

9.3 The following categories of products cannot be purchased with the prize:

• Shutters with a stated delivery time exceeding 12 weeks.

9.4 The prize is non-transferable, non-exchangeable and no cash alternative will be offered.

10. Conditions of the prize

10.1 You must claim your Prize within 14 days of us first contacting you (the "Claim Period"). To claim it, you must:

10.2 Using the Prize. You must use your Prize within 45 days of the end of the Claim Period (the "Use Period")

10.3 To receive the Prize, you must agree to the following “(the "Publicity Requirements"):

• a) You will send us at least one clear "after" photo of the window with the Prize goods fitted along with a short comment in your own words about your makeover, within 14 days of delivery.

11. Contacting the winners

11.1 The winners will first be contacted by public or private response to the account that entry was submitted by, within 14 days of the end of the Entry Period.

11.2 We will only contact winners from an official @247blinds.co.uk email address or the official 247blinds social media account.

11.3 We will never ask winners to provide payment card details, bank details or make any payment in order to claim the prize.

11.4 We accept no responsibility for any third party attempting to impersonate 247 Blinds or 247 Curtains or for any loss arising from communications with such parties.

11.5 If a winner does not respond within 14 days, cannot be verified, is found to be ineligible, or otherwise fails to comply with these terms, we reserve the right to disqualify that winner and select an alternative winner from the remaining eligible entries.

12. Disqualification

12.1 We reserve the right to refuse, withdraw or disqualify any entry where we reasonably believe:

• a) the entry does not comply with these terms;
• b) the entrant has acted fraudulently or dishonestly; or,
• c) the entrant has attempted to manipulate or unfairly influence the administration of the competition..

12.2 Our decision on eligibility, validity of entries and winner selection is final.

13. Publicity

13.1 We will announce the winners by 30th November 2026 in a post on the 247Blinds Instagram account.

13.2 To show that a valid award has taken place, we will publish, or make available on request, the following information about each winner: their surname, their county of residence, their social media username, and their winning entry. We will not publish a winner's full address, email address or telephone number.

13.3 If you would like us to publish less (for example, an initial instead of your surname), tell us at [email protected] before the announcement. We will respect your request, but we may still need to give this information to the Advertising Standards Authority or another regulator.

13.4 Winners must agree to the Publicity Requirements in 10.3. This part of the section explains what that means.

13.5 The competition entry along with “after” photos, videos and comments comprise the “Makeover Content”.

13.6 You give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence, from the date you agree to the Publicity Requirements, until withdrawn, to use, edit and publish the Makeover Content, along with your first name, county and social media username in:

• a) press releases we send to the media;
• b) blog posts and other pages on our website; and
• c) our own social media channels.

We may crop, resize, caption and show the before and after images side by side, but will not otherwise change them in a way that alters their meaning. You keep the copyright in your photos. We will not use them in paid advertising or other marketing without asking you first.

13.7 We may invite you to a home visit or video. These are optional, need your written agreement, and do not affect your Prize.

13.8 If we send content to the media, the outlet decides how, when and whether to use it. We cannot recall content once a third party has published it.

13.9 We will handle personal information in connection with the announcement in accordance with section 14 and our Privacy Policy.

14. Data Protection

14.1 We will process personal data relating to entrants and winners for the purposes of administering this prize, verifying eligibility, contacting the winners and awarding the prize.

14.2 Personal data will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

15. General

15.1 We reserve the right to amend, suspend, cancel or withdraw this competition where it becomes necessary to do so due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

15.2 This Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram, Facebook, Meta, TikTok, X or LinkedIn (the "Platforms").

15.3 These terms, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Competition (including non-contractual disputes), are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have non-exclusive jurisdiction. This does not affect any right you have as a consumer to rely on the mandatory laws where you live, or to bring proceedings in the courts of the part of the UK where you live.