Skills Street Photo Competition – Full Terms & Conditions
1. About the Competition
The Skills Street Photo Competition is organised by Skills Street CIC (“Skills Street”, “we”, “us” or “the Promoter”).
The competition celebrates learning, creativity and skills development by inviting participants to submit a photograph showing themselves or someone else:
Trying a new skill
Learning something new
Practising or developing a skill
Challenging themselves to improve a skill
By submitting an entry, entrants confirm that they have read, understood and agree to these Terms and Conditions.
2. Competition Period
The competition opens on 19th September 2026.
The competition closes at 5pm on 2nd September 2026.
Entries received after the closing date and time will not be considered.
Skills Street accepts no responsibility for entries which are incomplete, delayed, lost, incorrectly submitted or not received due to technical problems or circumstances outside our reasonable control.
3. Eligibility
The competition is open to UK residents, subject to the requirements set out in these Terms and Conditions.
Anyone under the age of 18 must have the permission of their parent or legal guardian before entering.
Where the entrant is under 18, the parent or legal guardian may be required to confirm their consent before an entry can be accepted as a winning entry.
Employees of Skills Street, individuals directly involved in administering or judging the competition, and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter.
No purchase or payment is necessary to enter the competition.
4. How to Enter
To enter, participants must submit a photograph showing a person trying, learning, developing or challenging a skill.
Entries may be submitted by:
Posting the photograph on social media and tagging Skills Street
Where an entrant posts the photograph to their own social media account, their post must be visible to Skills Street so that the entry can be identified and judged.
Entrants are responsible for ensuring their entry has been submitted correctly.
Only one entry per person can be submitted.
Entries submitted through automated systems, fake accounts or by any other method designed to unfairly increase an entrant's chances may be disqualified.
5. Photo Requirements
Entries must be suitable for a family-friendly audience and must relate to the theme of learning, practising or developing a skill.
Entries must not:
Contain offensive, discriminatory, threatening, abusive or inappropriate material.
Depict dangerous or unlawful behaviour.
Encourage unsafe activities.
Include material that infringes another person's copyright, privacy or other rights.
Include branding, content or material that the entrant does not have permission to use.
Contain personal information about another person without their permission.
Be digitally manipulated in a way that misrepresents the activity being shown.
Skills Street reserves the right to reject or remove any entry that we reasonably believe breaches these requirements.
6. Ownership and Permission to Submit Photographs
The person submitting the photograph must either:
Have taken the photograph themselves; or
Have permission from the photographer or copyright owner to submit it to the competition.
Entrants remain the owner of any copyright they hold in their photograph.
By entering, the entrant gives Skills Street permission to reproduce, display and share the submitted photograph for the purposes of:
Administering and promoting the competition.
Announcing or showcasing the winning entry.
Sharing competition entries or results on Skills Street's social media channels.
Displaying the winning entry on the Skills Street website.
Promoting Skills Street and its activities in connection with this competition.
This permission is non-exclusive, meaning the entrant remains free to use their photograph elsewhere.
7. Photographs Featuring Other People
If a photograph clearly identifies another person, the entrant must have that person's permission to submit and share the photograph.
If the photograph includes a person under the age of 18, the entrant must have permission from that child's parent or legal guardian before submitting the photograph.
By submitting an entry featuring another individual, the entrant confirms that the appropriate permission has been obtained.
Skills Street may request confirmation of this permission before publishing an entry or declaring it the winning photograph.
If adequate permission cannot be confirmed, Skills Street reserves the right not to publish the photograph or to select another winning entry.
8. Safeguarding and Children's Images
Skills Street takes the privacy and safeguarding of children and young people seriously.
Parents and guardians should carefully consider the photograph they submit and should avoid including unnecessary personal information that could identify a child's:
Full name
Home address
School
Contact information
Exact location
Other sensitive personal information
Skills Street may decide not to publish an image where we believe doing so could create a safeguarding, privacy or welfare concern.
Where reasonably possible, Skills Street will respect requests from a parent, guardian or individual pictured in an entry to stop using or remove an image from Skills Street-controlled channels.
9. Selecting the Winner
This is a skill-based competition and the winner will not be selected at random.
Eligible entries will be judged according to the following criteria:
Creativity – how imaginative or engaging the photograph is.
Relevance to the theme – how clearly the photograph represents learning, practising, developing or challenging a skill.
Originality – how distinctive the idea or photograph is.
Storytelling – how effectively the photograph captures a moment of learning, achievement, effort or discovery.
Overall impact – the overall quality and impression of the photograph.
The competition will be judged by Skills Street Staff and Directors.
Where judging involves subjective assessment, the judging process will include an independent judge or an independent member of the judging panel.
The full name of the independent judge or independent panel member will be available on request.
The judges' decision will be based on the published judging criteria.
10. The Prize
There will be one winning entry.
The winner will receive a Skills Street goodie bag.
The contents of the goodie bag may include a selection of Skills Street branded items and/or other promotional items.
The exact contents may vary depending on availability.
The prize:
Is subject to availability.
Is non-transferable.
Cannot be exchanged for cash.
Cannot normally be exchanged for another prize.
If the advertised prize becomes unavailable for circumstances outside Skills Street's reasonable control, Skills Street may provide a reasonable equivalent prize.
11. Winner Notification
The winner will be selected after the competition closes and will be contacted by Skills Street using the social media account or method through which they entered.
We aim to contact the winner within 7 days of the competition closing.
The winner may be asked to provide information reasonably necessary to:
Confirm their identity.
Confirm their eligibility.
Confirm parental or guardian permission where applicable.
Arrange delivery or collection of the prize.
Confirm permission relating to the winning photograph.
The winner must respond within 7 days of the initial notification.
If the winner:
Cannot be contacted;
Does not respond within the stated period;
Is unable to demonstrate eligibility; or
Is found to have breached these Terms and Conditions,
Skills Street reserves the right to withdraw the prize and select another eligible entry using the same judging criteria.
12. Announcement of the Winner
The winning photograph may be featured on:
Skills Street's Facebook account.
Skills Street's Instagram account.
Skills Street's LinkedIn account.
Other official Skills Street social media channels.
The Skills Street website.
Other Skills Street communications directly relating to the competition.
Before entering, participants should therefore understand that the winning photograph may be publicly visible.
Skills Street may announce the winner's first name and/or social media username alongside the photograph, subject to appropriate privacy and safeguarding considerations.
Where the winner is under 18, Skills Street may limit the personal information published alongside the photograph.
Entrants may contact Skills Street if they object to certain winner information being published or wish the amount of information published to be reduced.
13. Personal Information
Any personal information provided in connection with the competition will be handled in accordance with applicable UK data protection legislation and Skills Street's privacy policy.
Information may be used for the purposes of:
Administering entries.
Contacting the winner.
Verifying eligibility and consent.
Delivering or arranging collection of the prize.
Publishing the winning entry where appropriate.
Responding to questions or requests relating to the competition.
Personal information collected specifically for the administration of the competition will not be used for unrelated marketing purposes unless the individual has separately agreed to receive such communications.
Further information about how Skills Street handles personal information is available in our Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy — Skills Street
14. Removal of Photographs
If you have submitted a photograph and subsequently wish to request that Skills Street stops using it, please contact us at support@skills-street.co.uk.
Skills Street will consider removal requests in accordance with applicable data protection requirements and any other legal obligations.
Removal from Skills Street's own website or social media accounts may not automatically remove copies that have already been shared, reposted, downloaded or published by third parties outside Skills Street's control.
15. Disqualification
Skills Street reserves the right to disqualify an entry if there are reasonable grounds to believe that:
These Terms and Conditions have been breached.
False information has been supplied.
Required consent has not been obtained.
The entrant does not own or have permission to use the photograph.
The entry infringes another person's rights.
The entry has been submitted fraudulently.
The entrant has attempted to unfairly influence the competition.
The photograph creates a safeguarding or privacy concern.
The entry contains inappropriate or unlawful content.
Where possible, Skills Street will act fairly and proportionately when considering whether an entry should be excluded.
16. Technical Problems
Skills Street cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to social media platforms or online services used to submit entries.
We are not responsible for entries that cannot be submitted because of:
Internet outages.
Social media platform failures.
Account privacy settings.
Technical errors.
Device problems.
Platform restrictions.
Other circumstances outside our reasonable control.
17. Changes or Cancellation
Skills Street reserves the right to amend, suspend or cancel the competition where circumstances outside our reasonable control make this necessary.
Any material changes will be communicated as clearly as reasonably possible.
The competition Terms and Conditions will not be changed in a way that unfairly disadvantages participants who have already entered except where necessary due to circumstances outside Skills Street's reasonable control or to comply with applicable law.
18. Social Media Platforms
This competition is organised and administered by Skills Street.
It is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Meta or any other social media platform on which the competition is promoted.
Entrants release the relevant social media platforms from responsibility for the administration of the competition to the extent permitted by law.
Any questions, comments or complaints about the competition should be directed to Skills Street and not to the social media platform.
19. Skills Street's Responsibility
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or limits any liability which cannot legally be excluded.
Subject to this, Skills Street will not be responsible for losses arising from circumstances outside our reasonable control in connection with participation in the competition or acceptance of the prize.
20. Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions and the competition are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Participants retain any mandatory rights they have as consumers or individuals under applicable law.
21. Contact Details
For questions about the competition, permission to use photographs, personal information or requests to remove an image, please contact:
Skills Street
Email: support@skills-street.co.uk
Website: www.skills-street.co.uk
Address: Skills Street, Gullivers Valley, Mansfield Road, Rotherham, S26 6QW
22. Acceptance of the Terms
By submitting a photograph to the Skills Street Photo Competition, the entrant confirms that:
They have read and agree to these Terms and Conditions.
Their entry meets the competition requirements.
They have the necessary rights and permissions to submit the photograph.
They have obtained permission from anyone identifiable in the photograph.
Where a child is pictured, appropriate parent or legal guardian permission has been obtained.
They understand that the winning photograph may be publicly featured by Skills Street as described above.