Funding Competition
Terms & Conditions

About your information

If you wish to take part in this competition then you will need to provide us with your name, email address and contact telephone number when you submit your responses. This data will be processed by SWF in accordance with our Privacy Policy and this Statement, for the purposes of (i) registering your entry; (ii) considering your submission and sending it to the assessors; (iii) contacting you if we need any further information or to notify you if you are selected to receive a grant; (iv) for the administration of the competition; (v) to arrange any related publicity; and (vi) for other related purposes in connection with the competition or ScottishPower’s sponsorship of the Highlands and Islands League.

You should be aware that we will share your entry (including your name, email address and contact telephone number) with ScottishPower, as promoter of the competition and sponsor of the Highlands and Islands League. ScottishPower will only use your data for the purposes described above and in the Terms and Conditions.

ScottishPower Women’s Football Highland Legacy Funding Competition – Terms & Conditions

1. The promoter of the Funding Competition 2024 (“the Competition”) is Scottish Power UK Plc (“ScottishPower”), a company incorporated in Scotland with registered number SC117120 and having its registered office at 320 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5AD. ScottishPower is working in conjunction with Scottish Women’s Football (“SWF”) for this Competition.
2. The Competition will start at [3] pm on [5th March 2024] and end at 5pm on [29th May 2024].
3. The Competition is open to SWF’s member clubs only – to be eligible, a club must be affiliated with SWF.
4. By participating in the Competition, the member club (“Participant”) agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
5. Registration for the Competition is open from [3pm on 5th March 2024].
6. One registration is permitted per member club (and covers all age groups within that club). If successful, the funding (by way of the grant, described below) is provided for the women’s and/or girls section of the club and must be used for the purposes of furthering the women’s and/or girls section only. Registrations are not returnable and, once submitted, cannot be changed or updated. Registrations must be submitted via the online submission form found on the Scottish Women’s Football website.
7. Registrations not submitted in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, or which are delayed, damaged, incomplete, altered, or illegible will not be accepted. No responsibility is accepted for delayed registrations. Proof of sending by email or post will not be accepted as proof of registration. Proof of upload to website will not be accepted as proof of entry.
8. All Participants agree to take part in any publicity that ScottishPower and SWF wish to carry out or conduct in relation to the Competition.

Prizes

1. The prize for the Competition is a grant of £1,000 for a project or projects to improve the quality of equipment and facilities available for women and/or girls football within the successful Participant club. For the purposes of these projects, Girls football is defined as U18s and younger, Women’s football applies to all teams above aged 18. There are four (4) grants available in total in this Competition. A successful Participant may only receive one award.
2. Decisions regarding the award of grants will be made by [June 26th 2024] and the successful Participants will be notified by email and/or phone within ten working days. The names of the successful Participants (ie the club name and location) will also be published on the SWF and ScottishPower websites and may be used on their social media channels.
3. Participants agree that the judges’ decisions are final; no correspondence will be entered into.
4. Grants will be paid by BACs payment to the successful Participant’s nominated bank account.

The Judging Process

1. The successful Participants will be selected by a panel consisting of:
   • Representatives from the ScottishPower Sponsorship team
   • Representatives from Scottish Women’s Football
   • Representatives from the Scottish Women’s Premier League
   • Representatives from ScottishPower’s sponsorship agency
2. The grants will be awarded to those Participants who, in the opinion of the judges, write the most appropriate and suitable responses to the registration questions. The clubs receiving the grants will be those clubs who, in the opinion of the judges: a. will benefit the most from the support package, b. provide the strongest description of how the money will be used, and c. have been and will be most engaged with the Competition.
3. Each successful Participant agrees to take part in any publicity that ScottishPower and SWF wish to carry out or conduct in relation to the award of the grant to the Participant, their use of the grant, the progress of their project and the benefits being derived from it.
4. ScottishPower reserves the right to require repayment of a grant where, in its reasonable opinion, the successful Participant has not used the grant for the purposes of the project that was submitted for the Competition. If for whatever reason the successful Participant is unable to deliver the project (as submitted) for reasons out with its control, the successful Participant must notify ScottishPower and SWF promptly.
5. If any grant is unclaimed after reasonable efforts have been made to contact the successful Participant, ScottishPower and SWF will be entitled to re-allocate the grant as it sees fit without any liability to the club for having done so.

General

1. Any questions regarding the eligibility of a Participant’s entry will be decided by the Promoter, whose decision shall be final and binding.
2. The Promoter reserves the right to: (i) cancel the Promotion or any part of it; (ii) refuse individual participation; and (iii) alter these Terms and Conditions at any time.
3. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of Scotland with the Scottish courts having jurisdiction over any and all disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions.