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air up® Back2School Creative Competition

Terms & Conditions

1. The Promoter

The promoter of the "air up® Back2School Creative Competition" (the "Competition") is:

air up GmbH
Friedenstr. 22A
81671 Munich
Germany

("air up®", "we", "us" or the "Promoter").

2. About the Competition

air up® is running the "air up® Back2School Creative Competition", a skill-based creative prize competition.

Participants are invited to work together with their class, team or group to develop and submit a creative idea showing how to drink more water.

The Competition is a judged competition. Winners will be selected by an air up® judging panel based on the judging criteria set out in these Terms and Conditions. The outcome is not determined by random selection.

Three winning groups will be selected. Each winning group will receive air up® drinking bottles for its class or team (maximum quantity of 30), together with a 3-month supply of air up® Pods.

Entry to the Competition is free. No purchase is necessary.

By participating in this Competition, the participant agrees to these Terms & Conditions.

3. Competition Period

  • The Competition opens on 25 August 2026.
  • Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. on 12 October 2026 (GMT+1). Entries received after this deadline will not be eligible.
  • The winners will be notified by email on 13 October 2026.

4. Who Can Enter

The Competition is open to:

  • children and young people aged 18 or under who enter on behalf of their own class, sports club, team or group;
  • parents or legal guardians entering on behalf of their child's class or group;
  • teachers entering on behalf of their class or group; and
  • coaches or trainers entering on behalf of their team or group,
  • residing in the United Kingdom.

If a child or young person enters, they must provide the email address of a parent or legal guardian as part of the entry process.

Participants must provide the information requested in the entry process, including whether they are a student, parent, teacher or coach and whether the group is a school, camp or sports club. The name and location of the group must also be provided.

Employees of air up®, participating agencies and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter.

We may ask participants to provide reasonable evidence of their age or eligibility to participate.

5. Group Participation and Permissions

The Competition is intended to be entered by classes, teams and groups.

The person submitting an entry confirms that the relevant school, sports club, camp or other institution has been informed that the entry is being submitted and that, if the group wins, the institution is willing to enter into a short cooperation agreement with air up® where this is reasonably required to facilitate delivery and distribution of the prize.

The person submitting the entry, or the supervising adult where applicable, also confirms that they have obtained all permissions and consents necessary for other members of the group to participate in the creation and submission of the entry, including any parental or guardian permissions that may be required.

6. How to Enter

To enter the Competition, participants must:

  1. work together with their class, team or group;
  2. develop a creative idea about how to drink more water;
  3. create or produce their idea; and
  4. submit a photograph or video of the completed creation by email using the "Join Challenge" field.

The email address for entries is: back2school_uk@air-up.com

Subject line: Challenge UK

Possible formats include:

  • a collage;
  • artwork made from natural materials;
  • a comic;
  • a sculpture or self-created "Hydration Helper";
  • a jingle, rap or other creative audio idea.

These examples are illustrative and are not exhaustive.

7. Requirements for Entries

Entries must relate to the Competition theme and must comply with the following requirements.

Entries must not contain:

  • faces or photographs of children;
  • children's full names;
  • school uniforms or signs displaying clearly identifiable names, logos or other identifying information;
  • recognisable interiors of schools, classrooms or other facilities where this could identify the location;
  • identifiable voices of children; or
  • negative, defamatory or disparaging statements about other brands.

Entries that do not comply with these requirements may be disqualified.

air up® may also require the removal of any entry or content that has already been published where it subsequently becomes apparent that the content breaches these Terms and Conditions or the Competition requirements.

8. Entry Confirmations

By submitting an entry, the person submitting the entry confirms that:

  • the relevant school, club, camp or institution has been informed about the entry;
  • they have read and accepted these Terms and Conditions;
  • they have read the applicable Privacy Notice; and
  • they have obtained any permissions or consents required from other members of the group, their parents or guardians, or the relevant institution.

The entry process will only allow an entry to be submitted once the required confirmations have been provided.

air up® will not use personal data collected solely for the administration of the Competition to send CRM or marketing emails unless the relevant individual has separately provided any consent required for such marketing.

Participants are not required to provide student data beyond the information expressly requested as part of the Competition entry process and are not required to provide photographs of children.

9. Judging and Selection of Winners

The Competition is a skill-based creative prize competition.

After the Competition closes, an air up® judging panel will assess eligible entries and select three winning groups.

There will be no random prize draw.

The judging panel will assess each eligible entry against the following criteria:

  1. Relevance to the Competition theme – how effectively the entry addresses the question of how to drink more water;
  2. Originality of the idea – how original, inventive and creative the idea is;
  3. Quality of execution – how effectively and thoughtfully the idea has been created and presented; and
  4. Overall message – how clearly and convincingly the entry communicates its idea.

The judging criteria require participants to exercise creativity, skill and judgement in developing and executing their entries. The judging process is intended to ensure that not all eligible entries are capable of winning and that winners are selected based on the quality of their creative work rather than chance.

If the judging panel considers two or more entries to be of equal merit, it may take the overall quality and originality of the entries into account when making its final selection.

The judges' decision is final, subject to participants' statutory rights.

10. The Prize

Each of the three winning groups will receive:

  • air up® drinking bottles for the entire class or team; and
  • a 3-month supply of air up® Pods.

For the purposes of this Competition, an "entire class or team" means a maximum of 30 people.

The exact number and model of bottles supplied, together with the exact quantity of Pods, will be confirmed with each winning group by air up® by email.

The prize is not transferable and there is no cash alternative.

If any element of the advertised prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond air up®'s reasonable control, air up® reserves the right to substitute it with an alternative prize of equal or greater value.

11. Winner Notification and Prize Delivery

The winning groups will be notified by email on 13 October 2026.

The prize will be delivered to the relevant school, club, camp or other institution and not to an individual teacher, coach or other individual, unless otherwise agreed with air up®.

air up® will cover the cost of delivery to the United Kingdom.

air up® may enter into a short cooperation agreement with the relevant school, club, camp or other institution where reasonably necessary to facilitate administration and distribution of the prize.

If a winner cannot be contacted using the details provided in the entry, or if the winner does not satisfy the eligibility requirements or cannot accept the prize, air up® reserves the right to select another eligible winner from the remaining eligible entries.

12. Use of Entries

By submitting an entry, the participant grants air up® a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use the submitted creative work for purposes connected with the Competition, including communicating about and promoting the Competition.

This includes the right to publish the submitted work on websites, social media channels and other digital channels operated by air up®.

The licence will apply for 6 months from the date of submission.

The licence does not transfer ownership of the submitted work to air up®.

The participant confirms that, to the extent necessary, they have obtained the permissions required to grant these rights in relation to the submitted work.

air up® will not knowingly publish content containing children's faces, full names, identifiable voices or other sensitive information where doing so would breach these Terms and Conditions.

13. Disqualification

air up® may disqualify an entry or participant where:

  • these Terms and Conditions have been breached;
  • the participant does not meet the eligibility requirements;
  • false, misleading or incomplete information has been provided;
  • required permissions or consents have not been obtained;
  • the entry does not comply with the content requirements;
  • the entry contains unlawful, defamatory or otherwise inappropriate content; or
  • there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Competition has been manipulated or that the entry has been submitted fraudulently.

air up® may also require the removal of content that has already been published where it breaches these Terms and Conditions.

14. Changes, Suspension or Cancellation

air up® reserves the right to amend, suspend or cancel the Competition where this is reasonably necessary due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including technical, legal or other circumstances that prevent the Competition from being operated as intended.

Where reasonably practicable, air up® will communicate any material changes through the Competition landing page or other appropriate channels.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or limits any liability or rights that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

15. Personal Data

Personal data will be stored, used and processed exclusively for the participation, realisation and processing of the raffle and in compliance with the statutory provisions. Personal data will not be passed on to third parties who are not involved in the organisation of the raffle. Upon request, air up GmbH will provide each participant free of charge with information about all personal data stored by air up GmbH as part of the raffle and will delete this data immediately and free of charge upon request. An informal message to dataprivacy@air-up.com is sufficient for this purpose. The participant in the raffle expressly agrees to the storage and use of the personal data provided for the above-mentioned purposes.

Personal data relating to unsuccessful entries will be retained for 6 months, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law or is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Where the Competition involves processing personal data relating to children, air up® will apply appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable UK data protection law.

Where consent is relied upon as the lawful basis for processing personal data from children under 13 in connection with an online service, the appropriate parental or guardian authorisation and verification process will apply.

16. Liability

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes liability where it would be unlawful to do so, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

Subject to the above, air up® will be responsible for loss or damage caused by its breach of these Terms and Conditions or by its negligence, subject to applicable law.

17. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions affects any mandatory rights that participants may have under the laws applicable to them.

The courts of England and Wales shall have jurisdiction over any disputes arising in connection with the Competition, except where mandatory law provides otherwise.

18. Contact

If you have any questions about the Competition or these Terms and Conditions, please contact: back2school_uk@air-up.com

19. Final Provisions

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply.

Version: 11 August 2026

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