1. By entering into the Competition, you confirm your acceptance and agree to these terms and conditions.
2. You confirm that you accept and acknowledge that, should you be determined the winner of this Competition, you will be required to enter into a separate contractual agreement that stipulates the winner’s rules, in addition to all terms associated with use of the Prize Fund, Vehicle and brand and reputational obligations of any winner (the “Winner’s Agreement”) (which can be made available to any entrant upfront, upon request). Pursuant to clause 40 below, should any winner object to entering into the Winner’s Agreement, the Promoter shall have the right to offer the prize to an alternative entrant.
3. The Competition is promoted and managed by Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC (the “Promoter”) a company registered in England and Wales company number 1672070 and whose registered office Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry, CV3 4LF.
4. These Terms and Conditions apply so far as the law permits so, please read them carefully before entering.
5. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions and the Competition.
CAN I ENTER THE COMPETITION?
6. The Competition is free to enter (no purchase necessary).
7. The Competition is open to individuals who:
(a) are members of small registered non-governmental organisations and/or registered charitable organisations with a net annual income of no more than £500,000, driving humanitarian, environmental and conservation impact;
(b) are aged 25 years old or older;
(c) have held a full driving licence for 3 years or more, have no previous disqualifications, a maximum of 9 live penalty points and no single convictions of more than 5 points; and
(d) are residing in UK
throughout the Competition Period and term of the Winner’s Agreement. Proof of age, occupation and drivers' licence eligibility will be required from all entrants.
8. The following individuals will not be eligible to enter the Competition:
(a) employees, agents or suppliers of the Promoter, its retailer network and associated companies or their Family Members. For the avoidance of doubt, “Family Members” means the parents, children, siblings, aunts and uncles, grandparents, grandchildren of an employee, agent or supplier of the Promoter, its retailer network and associated companies; and/or
(b) individuals who are currently benefitting from any similar form of bursary, grant or competition prize fund to that of this Competition; and/or
(c) any employees; independent contractors; agents; associates; volunteers; beneficiaries; sponsorship, bursary or other charitable funding recipients; or ambassadors of competitors of the Promoter (to be determined by, and at the sole discretion of, the Promoter) involved in the manufacture, production, import, distribution or sale (including direct consumer sales platforms new and used) of motor vehicles, clean hydrogen fuel cells, EV evolved technologies and mobility services such as subscription services (the “Brand Sector”).
9. Entrants must have validly completed the entry form.
10. In entering the Competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize you may win. It will be the Promoter’s sole decision as to whether any eligibility requirement has or has not been met and the Promoter may require evidence or confirmation from entrants before awarding prizes.
11. The Competition is open from 00:01 (BST) Wednesday 2nd April 2025 and closes at 23:59 (BST) Monday 16th June 2025 (the “Closing Date”) inclusive. Entries submitted after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.
12. Entrants may submit up to 1 (one) valid entry. Any additional entries will not be counted or eligible to win.
13. The Competition will require access to a mobile, an email account, a computer, a video recording device and internet access. These will not be provided by the Promoter.
14. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entry which does not comply with these Terms and Conditions or if an entrant’s conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the Competition.
15. No entries from agents, third parties, organised groups or entries automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No bulk entries will be accepted. Each entry is subject to approval by the Promoter. Any entry that is deemed as offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful or otherwise objectionable content or information will not be granted approval and will therefore be excluded from the Competition, subject to the Promoter’s discretion.
16. If, for any reason, a technical interruption equipment failure, telephone failure, network, server, computer hardware or software failure or site failure or postal failure occurs and the Competition is not capable of running as planned or entries are not received or validly submitted or the Prize (as defined below) is disrupted, the Promoter reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition if necessary.
17. The Promoter does not take any responsibility for incomplete entries or entries that are lost, mislaid, damaged or delayed in transit (regardless of cause) and any such entries will not be considered valid. The Promoter will not accept proof of posting or transmission as proof of receipt of entry to the Competition.
18. The Promoter reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition if necessary.
FIRST ROUND
19. To enter, each entrant must visit www.defenderawards.com (the “Website”) and complete the entry form (the “First Round”).
20. Only entries that have been answered in full, completed correctly and submitted will be considered as a valid entry.
21. All valid, eligible entries will be submitted to a third-party screening process for due diligence checks.
SECOND ROUND
22.Entrants who successfully pass the First Round and the third-party screening process (set out in clause 21) will progress to the second round. In the second round, entrants must:
23. Complete a form containing further questions regarding contact details; entrants’ proposed project details; and the impact the Prize (defined below) will have on the entrants’ project and charitable work; and
24. submit 1 (one) entry video describing their project, what they would use the funding for and why they should win the Competition. The Entry Video should be titled “Defender Awards” along with the entrant’s full name (“Entry Video”);
(“Second Round”).
25. Upon submitting the Entry Video, the entrant accepts, acknowledges and confirms that:
25.1. they are eligible to enter the Competition;
25.2. they acknowledge and accept that their name, image and/or Entry Video may be used in association with and for the promotion of the Competition (as set out in these Terms and Conditions);
25.3. the Entry Video must be between 60-90 seconds long, no bigger than 500 MB and in a mp4, mov, webm or m4v format only; and
25.4. their Entry Video must not contain or refer to any third-party brand and must not contain or reference any third-party names, logos, trademarks or use images which are under copyright without the copyright owner’s consent.
26. All valid Entry Videos will be submitted to a third-party screening process to assess entrant’s alignment with the Promoter’s brand values.
THIRD ROUND
27. Successful entrants will be chosen from all valid Second Round entries (and third-party screening process set out in clause 26) by an expert judging panel for their market (the “Finalists”) on Tuesday 19th August 2025.
28. There will be 8 UK market Finalists in total.
29. Finalists will be contacted within 10 (ten) working days from Tuesday 19th August 2025 via email and informed that they have been successfully chosen as a Finalist.
30. Finalists’ entries will be automatically progressed to the final round, where winning entries will be selected by a global expert judging panel (“Global Super Panel”).
THE PRIZE
31. 1 (one) winner for the UK market will be selected out of all Finalists submitted to the Global Super Panel, on Tuesday 2nd September 2025 (the “Winner(s)”).
32. Winners (globally) shall be compromised of the following categories: ‘Defenders of the Land’, ‘Defenders of the Sea’, ‘Defenders of the Wild’ and ‘Defenders of Humanity’ (each a “Category” and together the “Categories”). The Winners (and their Category) determined by the Global Super Panel will be final and judges may in their absolute discretion place Winners into a different Category to that stated in Winners’ initial entry.
33. Entrants may only win 1 (one) prize throughout the duration of the Competition.
34. The Winner will be contacted via telephone using the telephone number provided with their Competition entry within 5 (five) working days from Tuesday 2nd September 2025 and asked to confirm their name, contact details and that they accept the Prize. After such confirmation, the Winners will be provided with the Winner’s Agreement.
35. Pursuant to clause 2 and clause 34, Winners will have 5 (five) working days to review and sign the Winners Agreement from the point of receipt. Should any Winner fail to enter into the Winner’s Agreement by this time, the Promoter shall have the right to offer the Prize to the next eligible Finallist.
The Winner may be announced by the Promoter in:
(a) (solely at the discretion of the Promoter and subject to the Promoter holding the event) the ‘Defender Awards’ global event which will be held at a location and on a date to be determined by the Promoter and which Winners may be required to attend in person. Winner’s must therefore ensure that they posses a valid passport in order to travel to the event. Subject to the Promoter’s travel and expense policy, the Promoter will confirm in writing to the Winner, any and all reasonable expenses the Promoter shall cover in relation to travel, accommodation, and limited food and beverages as a result of the Winner’s attendance to the ‘Defender Awards’ global event; and
(b) a press release and/or social media post(s) on the Promoter’s owned social channels.
37. It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that the contact details provided through the website are accurate for notification of any Prize won by the Winner.
38. The Winner will win the Prize. There is 1 (one) Prize available to be won in total per Winner. The Prize is for the Winner to receive:
38.1. A grant bursary of £100,000 (one hundred thousand pounds sterling) (excluding VAT) to be used toward the Winner’s charitable work during the Competition and term of the Winner’s Agreement; and shall be provided in the following instalments:
(a) For year one: £50,000 (fifty thousand pounds sterling) (excluding VAT) to be paid by 5th April 2026; and
(b) For year two: £50,000 (fifty thousand pounds sterling) (excluding VAT) to be paid by 5th April 2027
(the “Prize Fund”); and
38.2. Provision of 1 (one) Defender (of such model and specification to be determined by the Promoter) for use by the Winners solely in support of the Winner’s charitable work and subject to the terms of the Winner’s Agreement (the “Vehicle”).
39. There are no cash or credit alternative prizes, and the Prize is non-transferable and non-negotiable. The Prize may not be claimed by a third party on your behalf.
40. If the Promoter subsequently discovers the Winner is ineligible or the Winner has breached these Terms and Conditions or the terms of the Winner’s Agreement (available to entrants upfront, upon request) or foul play or unethical conduct is suspected under these Terms and Conditions then the Promoter reserves the right to not award the Prize and another entrant will be selected at random as the Winner.
41. If the Prize offered is unavailable, cancelled or suspended due to circumstances beyond the control of the Promoter, the Promoter will not be able to offer an alternative and will not owe any further liability to the Winners. The Winners will not be entitled to any monetary equivalent or compensation for costs or expenses incurred or suffered in connection with taking up the Prize.
42. Winners accept that the Prize could be cancelled or suspended for any reason whatsoever beyond the control of the Promoter.
43. In the event that any Winner is unable to take up the Prize for any reason they must notify the Promoter immediately. In this circumstance, the Promoter reserves the right to offer the Prize to another entrant. The Promoter does not accept any responsibility if a Winner is not able to take up the Prize.
44. The Winners acknowledge and agree that the Promoter will not be responsible for any costs and/or expenses (subject to clause 36 (a)) of taking up the Prize.
45. In all circumstances, the Promoter's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
46. The Winners shall not, at any point during the Competition or while using the Prize, display or publicize any political slogans or homophobic language, images of a lewd or explicitly sexual nature, images containing logos of competitors and overt brand sponsorship or anything else deemed to be ambush marketing or an abuse of the Promoter, content which is defamatory, obscene, illegal, vulgar, offensive or otherwise unsuitable or infringes others’ rights (including intellectual property rights) or reflects negatively upon the Promoter. Each entrant agrees and acknowledges that any breach of this clause will cause significant damage and loss to the Promoter.
LIABILITIES
47. Neither the Promoter, Jaguar Land Rover Limited, nor its affiliates, agents, officers or employees will be liable (to the extent permitted by law) for any loss or damage arising out of organising or holding this Competition or as a result of an entrant's participation in it, participation in any of the activities or as a result of a Winner winning, participating in, collecting or enjoying the Prize and/or the Competition, or if the Competition does not run as planned. This paragraph does not seek to exclude the liability of any party listed in this paragraph for (a) death or personal injury caused by their negligence, (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, and/or (c) any other matter for which it would be unlawful for them to exclude or attempt to exclude their liability. Your statutory rights are not affected.
48. The Promoter may change these Terms and Conditions or cancel the Competition at their absolute discretion and without incurring liability as a result unless the Prize has been awarded.
USE OF PERSONAL DATA
49. By entering this Competition, you (as an entrant, Finalist and/or Winner) understand that the Promoter (and its agents, contractors and group members on its behalf) may process, store, distribute and/or use the information (including personal data) you provide in your Competition entry and in the process of entering:
(a) To enable them to administer your entry in the Competition, including deciding whether it accords with these Terms and Conditions;
(b) To notify you if you are a Winner. Where you are a Winner you agree that the Promoter may announce or make available on request your name and county/town and winning entry unless you object to the Promoters doing so or request that the amount of personal information announced or made available is reduced by the Promoters, in accordance with Clause 51; and
(c) To share with organisations assisting with the conduct of the Competition and fulfilment of the Prize.
50. Entrants’ name and contact information used for the purpose of this Competition shall be retained for a period of 5 months from the selection of Winners. Winners’ name and contact information used for the purpose of this Competition shall be retained for a period of 2 (two) years and 6 (six) months from the selection of Winners.
51. Should any Winner object to their name and county/town of residence being announced or made available upon request by the Promoters, they should contact defawards@jaguarlandrover.com. The Promoter will not announce or make available the personal information of any Winners who have objected. The Promoter may, however, need to provide such data for any lawful or regulatory purposes to a regulator.
52. Data will be handled in accordance with (i) any data protection legislation from time to time in force in the UK including the Data Protection Act 2018 or any successor legislation; and (ii) for so long as and to the extent that the law of the EU has legal effect in the UK, the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679), and any other directly applicable EU regulation relating to privacy.
53. For more information on how data is handled by JLR, please view the Promoter’s privacy policy https://www.jaguarlandrover.com/privacy.
CONTACT DETAILS
54. To find out the name and country of the Winner(s) please send your request to defawards@jaguarlandrover.com.
55. If you have any other questions about the Competition, please send your question by email to defawards@jaguarlandrover.com before the Competition ends.
56. If you have any questions about how your data is being handled, please contact defawards@jaguarlandrover.com.
The Defender Trophy Challenge is organised and hosted solely by Jaguar Land Rover Limited and governed by its official terms and conditions. Muscats Motors Ltd is not involved in the organisation, management, participant selection, judging, or operation of the competition.
Muscats Motors Ltd is acting only as a local advertiser for the Defender Trophy Challenge in Malta and does not have any role in administering the competition, evaluating applicants, or awarding prizes.
For all official details—including eligibility criteria, competition structure, timelines, application forms, participation requirements, and legal terms—please refer directly to Jaguar Land Rover’s official page and documents:
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Participation in the competition is subject exclusively to the terms set out by Jaguar Land Rover Limited. Any enquiries or issues related to entry, selection, health requirements, travel, or prizes must be directed to the organisers via their official channels.