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Oriel launches competition to offer a deserving Liverpool kids' football team a brand new kit

Published: 24th September 2014 09:33

As part of its drive to empower young people, housing development company Oriel, part of the First Ark Group, is offering one deserving under 16s school football team the chance to win a brand new kit for its squad - just in time for the start of the new season.

Any football team with players aged 16 and under, which is linked to an educational establishment in the Liverpool city region, is eligible to enter Oriel's competition for a chance to win a new kit.

The competition comes on the back of Oriel's recent sponsorship of a summer youth football camp held at the Lord Derby Academy on Seel Road in Huyton, run by the Steven Gerrard Foundation in association with the Hugh McAuley Football Academy. The soccer skills course, held from 22-29 August 2014 and supported by Oriel for the second year running, gave 100 local children the opportunity to develop not only football skills, but grow in confidence and learn life skills too. Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard, who grew up in Huyton, and team mate Jordan Henderson met the budding young footballers during their graduation ceremony at the end of the camp.

To enter to win a football kit, teachers, parents and guardians are invited to submit a 150 word summary which outlines why their team is the most deserving of the new kit. All entries must be emailed to winafootballkit@firstark.com by the 30th September. A panel of judges will review applications and the team which delivers the most compelling submission will receive a new kit, including shirts, shorts and socks for 10 outfield players and a goalkeeper. The winner will be announced shortly afterwards.

Oriel is a housebuilder with a difference; the team is passionate about building high quality, stylish, spacious and green homes with all its profits going back into communities. Group director, Stephen Heverin, said: "It's important that we care about the communities we work with, whether this is by providing new affordable homes, giving youngsters inspiration by helping them to meet their sporting heroes, or simply by supplying something as practical as a much-needed football kit to a local school.

"This year's soccer school, supported by the Steven Gerrard Foundation, has been the best to date. Yet again we've been able to help offer local youngsters the chance to learn new skills and meet Steven, who is such a fantastic role model. We want to extend our support further by encouraging schools that are in need of a football kit to come forward so we can help them to kick off the season in style."

To find out more about Oriel, or to find out more about the competition and its full terms and conditions, please visit http://www.oriel-living.co.uk/.

Competition terms and conditions:

1. All the players in the applying football team must be aged 16 or under
2. The team must be affiliated to an educational establishment
3. The educational establishment must be based in an ‘L' postcode. To clarify, this means within the postcodes L1-L40, L67-L75 and L80
4. Entries can be submitted on behalf of the school/educational establishment by any parent, teacher or guardian. Only one entry is allowed per establishment. Multiple entries from the same establishment may result in the disqualification of the applicants
5. The kit includes 10 outfield shirts, one goalkeeper's shirt, 11 pairs of shorts and 11 pairs of socks
6. The maximum prize value of the kit is £500
7. The team must agree to a follow up news story for the media about its new kit, following the awarding of the prize, including a photo of at least four pupils wearing the kit
8. The new kit must feature the Oriel logo, which Oriel will organise
9. The competition opens on 8th September at 9am
10. Entries close on 30th September at 5pm. Entries submitted after this time will not be considered
11. Entries can only be submitted via the email address winafootballkit@firstark.com
12. The winner will be picked based on the quality of its 150 word entry, as determined by the judges
13. There is no cash alternative to the prize and unless agreed otherwise in writing the prize is non-refundable and non-transferable
14. Except in the case of death or personal injury arising from its negligence or in respect of fraud and so far as is permitted by law, Oriel and each of its associated companies and agents exclude responsibility and all liabilities arising from any postponement, cancellation, delay or changes to the prize details beyond Oriel's control and for any act or default of any third party supplier
15. The terms and conditions of any other third party supplier will also apply to the prize where applicable. If there is a conflict between third party terms and conditions and these terms and conditions, Oriel's shall take precedence
16. Oriel will not be liable for any prize(s) that do not reach the winners for reasons beyond its reasonable control
17. If the winner cannot be contacted within two weeks or is not able or available to accept the prize for any reason which is beyond Oriel's reasonable control, then Oriel reserves the right to award the prize to another entrant
18. Oriel's decision is final and binding in all respects on all entrants. No correspondence will be entered into. Entries that do not comply in full with these entry terms and conditions will be disqualified

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