A Postbox Full of Imagination Competition

Terms and Conditions – Royal Mail's "A Postbox of Imagination Competition"

Royal Mail Group Ltd ("Royal Mail", "RMG" or the "Promoter") is offering children the opportunity to take part in the A Postbox Full of Imagination Competition (the "Competition"), celebrating 100 years of Winnie the Pooh.

Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. By submitting an entry, entrants and their parent, guardian or authorised adult agree to these Terms and Conditions.

1. Eligibility

1.1

The Competition is open to UK residents aged 11 years and under at the date of entry.

1.2

Entries must be submitted on behalf of the child by a parent, guardian, teacher or other authorised adult aged 18 years or over.

1.3

The Promoter reserves the right to verify the eligibility of entrants and may request proof of age, identity or authority to enter on behalf of a child.

1.4

Royal Mail employees and their immediate family members may enter, provided all other eligibility requirements are met.

2. Competition Period

2.1

The Competition opens at 00:01 on 28 October 2026 and closes at 23:59 on 30 November 2026 (the "Competition Period").

2.2

Entries received after the closing date will not be considered.

3. How to Enter

3.1

To enter, children should create an original entry inspired by Winnie the Pooh.

3.2

Entries may include:

• a short message;
• a drawing of Winnie the Pooh, a favourite Winnie the Pooh character or a treasured teddy bear;
• a memory or story inspired by Winnie the Pooh.

3.3

Entries should be sent to:

FREEPOST WINNIE THE POOH COMPETITION

Please do not include a stamp.

3.4

Each child may submit one entry only.

3.5

Entries should be sent using the Freepost address above. No stamp is required.

3.6

Entries must be the child's own original work and must not contain content that is unlawful, offensive, defamatory, inappropriate or infringe the rights of any third party.

4. Judging Process

4.1

This Competition is a skill-based competition. Winners will be selected by a judging panel and will not be chosen at random.

4.2

A judging panel appointed by the Promoter will review all eligible entries.

4.3

Entries will be judged on:

• creativity;
• imagination;
• effort;
• originality; and
• how well they reflect the spirit of Winnie the Pooh and the themes of friendship, kindness and imagination.

4.4

Three (3) winners will be selected from all valid entries received during the Competition Period.

4.5

The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the outcome.

5. Prize

5.1

There will be three (3) prize winners.

5.2

Each winner will receive a Winnie the Pooh themed prize bundle.

5.3

The prize bundle will include 1 x Royal Mail Winnie the Pooh Stamps and Collectibles  Framed Piglet Fan Sheet, 1 x Presentation Pack, 1 x Winnie the Pooh Stamp Books and 1 x Set of Postcards.

5.4

The approximate value of each prize bundle is £71.04.

5.5

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

5.6

The Promoter reserves the right to substitute any element of the prize with an alternative of equal or greater value if circumstances make this necessary.

6. Winner Notification

6.1

The parent, guardian, or authorised adult who submitted the winning entry will be contacted using the details provided with the entry.

6.2

Reasonable efforts will be made to contact winners.

6.3

If a winner cannot be contacted within 14 days of the initial contact attempt, the Promoter reserves the right to select an alternative winning entry.

7. Publicity and Use of Entries

7.1

By entering the Competition, entrants and their parent, guardian or authorised adult acknowledge that Royal Mail may feature submitted entries and accompanying materials in connection with the Competition.

7.2

Entrants retain ownership of their original work, except where the entry uses Disney’s copyright works (for example, drawings of Winnie the Pooh characters), in which case rights in the entry are assigned to Disney under clause 7.10. In either case, Royal Mail’s licence under clause 7.3 applies.

7.3

By entering the Competition, entrants grant Royal Mail Group Limited and its agencies a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual licence to reproduce, publish, display, share, adapt (including resizing, cropping or formatting) and otherwise use the submitted entry, in whole or in part, for the purposes of:

• administering the Competition;
• announcing winners;
• public relations activity;
• publication on Royal Mail websites and landing pages;
• publication on Royal Mail social media channels;
• inclusion in Royal Mail marketing and promotional materials; and
• promoting Royal Mail's Stamps and Collectibles products.

7.4

By submitting an entry, the parent, guardian or authorised adult confirms that they consent to Royal Mail publishing or displaying the entrant's first name, age, county and submitted entry materials in connection with the Competition and for the purposes described in clause 7.3.

7.5

Royal Mail will not publish a child's surname, full address or contact details in connection with the Competition.

7.6

Physical entries submitted to the Competition may not be returned.

7.7

In clauses 7.7 to 7.12: “Disney” means Disney Enterprises, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries; “we” and “us” mean Disney; “you” means the entrant and the parent, guardian or authorised adult submitting the entry on the entrant’s behalf; and “these Terms and Conditions” means these Competition Terms and Conditions.

7.8

The Competition may ask for or allow you to communicate, submit, upload or otherwise make available text, chats, images, audio, video, contest entries or other content (“User Generated Content”), which may be accessible and viewable by the public. Whether User Generated Content is submitted by post or otherwise, you may not submit or upload User Generated Content that is defamatory, harassing, threatening, bigoted, hateful, violent, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, or otherwise offensive or that harms or can reasonably be expected to harm any person or entity, whether or not such material is protected by law.

7.9

In most instances, we do not claim ownership of your User Generated Content; however, you grant us a non-exclusive, sublicensable, irrevocable and royalty-free worldwide license under all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, privacy and publicity rights and other intellectual property rights for the full duration of those rights to use, reproduce, transmit, print, publish, publicly display, exhibit, distribute, redistribute, copy, index, comment on, modify, transform, adapt, translate, create derivative works based upon, publicly perform, publicly communicate, make available, and otherwise exploit such User Generated Content, in whole or in part, in all media formats and channels now known or hereafter devised (including in connection with the Competition, Disney’s products and services and on third-party websites, services, applications, and/or platforms), in any number of copies and without limit as to time, manner and frequency of use, without further notice to you, without attribution (to the extent this is not contrary to mandatory provisions of applicable law), and without the requirement of permission from or payment to you or any other person or entity. You agree that submission of User Generated Content does not establish any relationship of trust and confidence between you and us, and that you have no expectation of compensation whatsoever (except as may be specifically stated in these Terms and Conditions in connection with the submission, or arising from it).

7.10

You represent and warrant that your User Generated Content conforms to these Terms and Conditions and that you own or have the necessary rights and permissions including, without limitation, all copyrights, music rights and likeness rights (with respect to any person) contained in the User Generated Content, without the need for payment to any other person or entity, to use and exploit, and to authorize us to use and exploit, your User Generated Content in all manners contemplated by these Terms and Conditions; and you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees) by any third party arising out of or in connection with our use and exploitation of your User Generated Content resulting from your breach of these Terms and Conditions. You also agree to waive and not to enforce any moral rights, ancillary rights or similar rights in or to the User Generated Content against us or our licensees, distributors, agents, representatives and other authorized users, and agree to procure the same agreement to waive and not to enforce from others who may possess such rights.

To the extent that we authorize you to create, post, upload, distribute, publicly display or publicly perform User Generated Content that requires the use of our copyrighted works, we grant you a non-exclusive license to create a derivative work using the specifically referenced copyrighted works as required for the sole purpose of creating such a work, provided that such license shall be conditioned upon your assignment to us of all rights worldwide in the work you create for the duration of copyright in the User Generated Content, in all formats and media known or unknown to date, including for use on Disney’s products and services and on third party sites and platforms. If such rights are not assigned to us, your license to create derivative works using our copyrighted works shall be null and void.

7.11

We may monitor, screen, post, remove, modify, store and review User Generated Content or communications sent in connection with the Competition, at any time and for any reason, including to ensure that the User Generated Content or communication conforms to these Terms and Conditions, without prior notice to you. Your entry may be disqualified in accordance with clause 9 if your User Generated Content violates these Terms and Conditions, including unlawful postings or content, without prior notice to you. We are not responsible for, and do not endorse or guarantee, the opinions, views, advice or recommendations posted or sent by users.

7.12

Any licence granted to or rights assigned to Disney under clauses 7.9 and 7.10 are subject to, and shall not affect, the licence granted to Royal Mail Group Limited in clause 7.3.

8. Data Protection

8.1

The Promoter will process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and its Privacy Policy available at: https://www.royalmail.com/privacy-policy

8.2

Personal data provided as part of the Competition will be used solely for:

• administering the Competition;
• contacting winners;
• delivering prizes; and
• administering publicity relating to the Competition.

8.3

Personal data will not be used for marketing purposes unless separate consent has been obtained.

8.4

The Promoter may share personal data with its agencies, suppliers and fulfilment partners where necessary for the administration of the Competition and delivery of prizes.

9. Checks and Disqualification

9.1

The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries.

9.2

The Promoter may disqualify any entry where it reasonably believes:

• these Terms and Conditions have been breached;
• false, misleading or incomplete information has been supplied;
• the entry is not the entrant's original work; or
• the entry contains inappropriate or offensive content.

10. General

10.1

The Promoter reserves the right to amend, suspend or cancel the Competition where it becomes necessary to do so due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control.

10.2

The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, damaged, incomplete or misdirected in the post or otherwise not received by the Promoter for any reason.

10.3

The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or injury suffered by entrants as a result of entering the Competition or accepting a prize, except where liability cannot be excluded by law.

10.4

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit the Promoter's liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

10.5

The Promoter's decision in all matters relating to the Competition is final.

10.6

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

10.7

These Terms and Conditions are governed by English law and entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

10.8

Disney (as defined in clause 7.7) may enforce clauses 7.7 to 7.12 under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. Subject to this, no other third party has any right to enforce these Terms and Conditions.

11. Disney Disclaimer

11.1

Winnie the Pooh and associated characters, names, images and elements are trademarks and copyrighted material of Disney and/or their respective owners.

11.2

This Competition is promoted and administered by Royal Mail Group Limited. Disney, The Walt Disney Company Limited and their parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies are not sponsors, administrators or judges of this Competition and are not responsible for the administration of the Competition, the selection of winners or the fulfilment of prizes.

11.3

All Disney-related intellectual property rights remain the property of their respective owners.

12. Promoter

Royal Mail Group Limited
185 Farringdon Road
London
EC1A 1AA