Full Terms and Conditions

 
1. This competition is open to residents of the United Kingdom aged 18 or over only. Entries must be submitted by a parent or legal guardian on behalf of a child aged 3-15. Employees of the Promoter, their families, agencies, or anyone else professionally connected with this promotion, are not eligible to enter.

2. This promotion opens at 9:00AM on Tuesday 23 September and closes at 00:00AM on Wednesday 22 October.

3. To enter, parents / guardians must complete the official application form available at https://www.toyretailersassociation.co.uk/mini-toy-testers/. Only one entry per child will be accepted. Applications for children under the age of 16 must be completed by a parent or legal guardian. Proof of age / identity may be required.

4. Eight children will be selected as winners from all valid entries.

5. Each winner will be invited to attend the Mini Toy Testers day in London on Saturday 8 November 2025. Winners will be able to test toys shortlisted for the DreamToys list and will take home 15 toys from the list at the end of the event. Travel costs to and from London are the responsibility of the parent / guardian. The prize is non-transferable, non-refundable and no cash alternative is available.

6. Winners will be notified via the contact details supplied on the entry form within five working days after the closing date, unless otherwise specified. 

7. Eight winners will be accepted at random from all applicable entries, with two winners chosen from each age category, using a random number selector tool.

8. Each winner must share their feedback of the toys via video content captured at the Mini Toy Testers day in London on 8 September. By accepting the prize, parents or guardians provide consent for the video content to be used by DreamToys for any marketing purposes.

9. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the winner using the details on entry. However, if a response has not been received within 48 hours, or if the selected winner is ineligible, otherwise in breach of these terms and conditions, or unable to take up the prize for any other reason, the Promoter reserves the right to select an alternative entrant using the same process referred to above in these terms and conditions.
  
10. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for failed delivery due to the provision of incorrect contact details by the entrant. 

11. The terms and conditions of any 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, these shall take precedence. 

12. The prize is non-transferable and cannot be sold or auctioned. No cash or other alternative to the prize will be offered unless in the event of unforeseen circumstances, in which case the Promoter reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value than the original. 

13. The winners will receive their prize within 30 working days following the end of the competition, unless otherwise specified. In any event, the prize must be claimed and taken within six months of the closing date. 

14. The Promoter is required to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation in relation to the processing of any personal information obtained from you, including when you take part in this promotion. The Promoter takes the protection of your personal information seriously. 

15. By entering this promotion/competition, you have provided your personal information including name, email address, contact phone number, child’s name and age to the Promoter, who is the Data Controller. Your personal information will be processed by the Promoter in performing the contract you have entered into by taking part in the competition. 

16. Any personal information collected will be used for administrative or operational reasons connected with the promotion, including to communicate with you. Your personal information will also be shared with WPR Agency Limited in order that they may administer the promotion, arrange prizes and discuss any specific requirements with the winners on behalf of the Promoter. The Promoter will not pass your personal information outside of the EEA or to any other external organisation without your prior permission. 

17. Your personal information will be retained for a maximum of six months from the closing date to enable the Promoter to complete administration of the promotion and to comply with its obligations under the Advertising Standards Authority CAP Code. 

18. You have the right to object to the processing of personal information and to have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed. If you have a concern about the way the Promoter is collecting or using your personal data, please raise your concern with the Data Protection Officer in the first instance at Don@wpragency.co.uk. Alternatively, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/. 

19. The Promoter may download cookies to your computer when you log on to the Promoter’s website. For more information about the Promoter’s commitment to your privacy and details of how the Promoter uses cookies, please refer to the Promoter’s Privacy Notice and Cookie Notice.

20. No bulk, machine-generated consumer group or third-party entries will be accepted. Entries are restricted to one entry per person. In the event of multiple entries being received from the same person or account, only the first entry will be accepted. 

21. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify incomplete, altered or illegible entries. No responsibility will be accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed, technical or telecommunications faults. Proof of submitting is not proof of receipt. 

22. The Promoter reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to verify the winners including, but not limited to, proof of identity and/or age, as required, and to withdraw a prize where there are reasonable grounds to believe there has been a breach of these terms and conditions or otherwise where an entrant has gained advantage in participating in the promotion or has won using fraudulent means.  

23. The Promoter’s decision is binding in all matters relating to this promotion, and no correspondence shall be entered into.  

24. Owing to exceptional circumstances outside its reasonable control and only where circumstances make this unavoidable, the Promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the promotion or these terms and conditions at any time but will always endeavour to minimise the effect to participants in order to avoid undue disappointment. 

25. To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter accepts no liability for any damage, loss or injury suffered (including loss of opportunity) whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way due to entering this promotion or taking up a prize. The Promoter is not responsible for any third-party acts or omissions. 

26. Entrants will retain ownership of any content, submissions and other material they submit as part of this promotion. However, entrants grant the promoter (and its agents and affiliates) a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to use any such content, submissions and other material for the purposes of this promotion.  

27. By accepting the prize, the winner’s parent or legal guardian agrees for their child to be included in marketing material, including promotional photography and filming from the event which may be used across the DreamToys website, social media platforms, participating retailer channels and distributed to local and national media.

28. These terms and conditions (and any non-contractual disputes/claims which arise out of or in connection with them) will be governed by English law and entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. 

29. Promoter: The Toy Retailers Association, The Northdown, Cranbrook Road, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 1DP.

For any queries regarding the prize draw, please contact: DreamToys@wpragency.co.uk