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E: 11/10 (5pm) Win a 2-night trip to visit Santa in Lapland for a family of 4 (TEXT)

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Note: This is a charity fundraising comp, but text entry at SNR is available.
Use of SNR entries is up to each entrant's conscience.
One option is to make one paid donation entry and then up to nine SNR entries.


Global Radio
(comp is running across Heart & Smooth)

Text SNOW to 65588

Other Stations: Entrant must send a text message with the relevant keyword to one of the following radio stations shortcodes: Heart East, Heart South – 82122 (SANTA), Heart North West – 82122 (HUSKY); Smooth Lakes – 65588 (HUSKY), Heart West Midlands, Heart West, Heart South Wales - 82122 (LAPLAND), Smooth West Midlands – 65588 (LAPLAND); Heart Scotland, Heart North East – 82122 (ELF); Smooth Scotland – 65588 (ELF); Heart London – 82122 (SNOW); Smooth London - 65588 (SNOW); Heart Hertfordshire, Heart North Wales, Heart Yorkshire – 82122 (XMAS); Smooth East Midlands, Smooth North East, Smooth North West – 65588 (XMAS)

Texts cost one standard network rate message plus a voluntary £3 donation to Global’s Make Some Noise (registered charity 1091657 & SC041475). You may cancel your donation by replying "CANCEL" within 60 MINUTES, of receiving our text confirming your entry.

For the avoidance of doubt, you do not need to donate in order to be eligible for entry to the competition. Anyone who texts CANCEL as instructed in the first bounceback message and thereby opts out of donating £3 to Charity will still be included in the prize draw.
You can enter up to 10 times only, however you must text CANCEL as instructed after each entry to opt out of donating £3 to Charity.
The Charity will receive 100% of the donation



Prize details.
The prize consists of a two-night trip to Saariselkä, northern Lapland, for two adults and two children, which includes return flights from 19 regional airports in England and Scotland subject to availability, resort transfers and staying in a hotel on a half-board basis. Specific hotel options are specified in the prize terms. Thermal clothing is available to borrow. The trip will involve a husky sled ride, a reindeer sleigh ride and a private family meeting with Santa Claus.

- The prize is a two-night Santa’s Magic trip for two adults aged 18+ and two children 12 years old and under, please note that this trip is not recommended for children under two years old.
- Accommodation is for two nights on a half board basis. Includes 2x dinners, 2 x breakfasts and 1x lunch. Guests can choose from their choice of Santa’s Hotel Holiday Club, Santa’s Hotel Tunturi, Santa’s Saariselkä Inn or Santa’s Hotel Riekonlinna. Hotel choice will be subject to availability at the time of booking.
Available activities include
• Tobogganing (refundable deposit applies)
• Access to a Finnish Sauna
• Husky Sled Ride
• Reindeer Sleigh Ride
• Snowmobile ride (18 and over only); mini skidoo ride for children (under 18)
• Ice fishing
• Snow hockey
Visit Igloo Wonderland
The search for Santa is via snowmobile and leads each family to a private family meeting with Santa in his hideaway log cabin
Your pre-departure information will include special writing paper
There are various departure dates generally available between November 2019 and December 2019 and also between November 2020 and December 2020 subject to availability on preferred departure dates.
Flights depart from the following airports and are subject to availability: London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stanstead, Bournemouth, Exeter, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, East Midlands, Humberside, Doncaster Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds Bradford, Norwich, Liverpool, Newcastle, Belfast, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh
- Please note, children under two years of age are not recommended to travel
- Additional drinks and refreshments, in addition to optional extra activities as outlined on the website, aren’t included.
- The content of the prize may be subject to change and/or substituted with a prize of equal or greater value.
- We require winner name, contact number, postal address & email to facilitate the prize.


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