Ditch the Label and Simple want to know
“What does choosing kindness look like?”
Enter the Choose Kindness Creative Competition and win the chance to meet Little Mix and £1000 for your school!
The Task
We’re asking people aged 11-18 to consider what choosing kindness looks like, and to send us their creative interpretation.
Your creative piece of work can be anything from videos, photographs or posters, to stories, sculptures or essays.
The competition is free to enter and is open to individuals aged 11-18 in UK secondary or further education, or equivalent.
How to Enter
Entries must be submitted in a digital format via our Competition Entry Form or by emailing education@ditchthelabel.org, with the subject link “Choose Kindness Competition”.
Scroll down for further details on how to enter as an individual or teacher.
The Prizes
The top five competition entries will be chosen by Little Mix themselves, and each of these winners will win tickets to see Little Mix in concert, plus the opportunity to meet Little Mix.
On top of this, the overall winner will receive £1000 for their school.
The Deadline
Monday 13th April 2020
Individual Entries
To enter, you must create a piece of work based on the brief ‘what does kindness look like?’ using any creative medium you wish.
You should submit your entry in a digital format – so physical items such as paintings or sculptures should be photographed, and performances should be videoed.
The photo, video or URL link to their entry should be submitted via our Competition Entry Form or by emailing education@ditchthelabel.org.
If the file size is larger than 10MB, a file sharing service such as WeTransfer should be used to share the entry via a URL link. If entering via email, a completed cover sheet from the Individual Competition Pack should also be attached.
If you are under the age of 16 you will require parental permission.
For Teachers
To enter, students must create a piece of work based on the brief ‘what does kindness look like?’ using any creative medium they wish.
Students should submit their entry in a digital format – so physical items such as paintings or sculptures should be photographed, and performances should be videoed.
The photo, video or URL link to their entry should be submitted via our Competition Entry Form or by emailing education@ditchthelabel.org.
If the file size is larger than 10MB, a file sharing service such as WeTransfer should be used to share the entry via a URL link. If entering via email, a completed cover sheet from the Teacher Competition Pack should also be attached.
Any students under the age of 16 will require parental permission.
Sharing with your students
We’ve included an assembly in the Teacher Competition Pack to help you to introduce the Choose Kindness Creative Competition to your students. This assembly is fully scripted and supported by a student-facing PowerPoint.
It explores the benefits of choosing to be kind – both for us and for other
people – before introducing the competition and explaining the key
information.
We recommend nominating a ‘teacher lead’ for the competition so students
know who to go to for more information, and who to name as the teacher
to be contacted in the event that they win the competition.
Whole Class Submissions
To submit entries on behalf of your whole class, you should upload all of the entries into a folder on a file-sharing service, such as Dropbox or Google Drive.
Each file should be named after the student who made it, and should be accompanied by a completed cover sheet found in the Teacher Competition Pack – also named after the student.
You may then submit a URL link to that folder using the Competition Entry Form or via email to education@ditchthelabel.org.
Abridged Terms and Conditions
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and subsequent government guidance on social distancing measures, there has been some amendments to the terms and conditions.
The updated terms and conditions can be found below.
Open to GB residents aged between 11 to 18 in secondary or further education, or equivalent.
- Opening date: 24/02/2020
- Closing date: 13/04/2020
Prizes: The grand prize winner will receive £1000 for their school, 3 x tickets to a Little Mix concert and the chance to meet Little Mix.
Four runner up winners will receive 3 x tickets to a Little Mix concert and the chance to meet Little Mix. All winners must be accompanied by an adult. 1 entry per person.
See full terms here.
