Seven Years of South East Slings

*** UPDATED – THE WINNER OF OUR COMPETITION IS @IONAINWONDERLAND WITH HER INSTAGRAM POST – CONGRATULATIONS! *** (See below for full details)

Wow – how did that happen?  It feels like 5 minutes ago I was sat on the sofa at home with my husband and I decided I’d like to help people more than just showing them the carriers I had.  The next thing I knew, I’d started a Sling Library!  With just my own, five carriers, plus a few very generous donations from B2Boutique (now Slings and Things), Ergobaby, Girasol and Slumber Roo, Eastbourne Sling Library was born.

Fast forward seven years, two house moves and 100’s (possibly 1000’s?) of slings later and we’re approaching our 7th Birthday (11th July to be exact)

Now anyone who knows me knows that my own Birthday is a big deal (yes, I really am a bit like a small child when it comes to Birthdays….!) so… I also like to celebrate South East Slings’ birthday in a suitable way.

7 years feels like quite a big milestone so here’s what I’ll be doing:

WIN ONE FREE CARRIER OF YOUR CHOICE
FROM ANY THAT ARE RETAILED BY SOUTH EAST SLINGS
UP TO THE VALUE OF £125
(If the carrier you like is more than £125, you can of course pay to make up the difference)

This prize includes UK Special Delivery postage but is open to anyone, anywhere in the world (providing we’re allowed to retail that particular product in your country).  If you are overseas, just pay the additional postage costs.

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WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?

There are a number of ways to enter this competition, which can be entered on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, via the Website or e-mail.   All entries need to be made between midday on Friday 6th July and 8pm on Wednesday 11th July (British Summer Time)

There’s no limit to how many times you can enter and each action will count as one entry:

INSTAGRAM OPTION 1 
FOLLOW @southeastslings and SHARE a babywearing photo on your Instagram account.  TAG @southeastslings, saying why you’ve chosen that photo to share and add the hashtag #sevenyearsofsoutheastslings
Remember, your account will need to be public in order for the picture and tag to be seen. Misspelled tags/hashtags will not be counted, so please ensure you type carefully!

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INSTAGRAM OPTION 2
LIKE the @southeastslings Competition post and leave a COMMENT below about why you love Babywearing, why you’d like to win or how South East Slings has helped you

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FACEBOOK OPTION 1
FOLLOW @seastslings and SHARE a babywearing photo on the Facebook page, saying why you’ve chosen that photo to share and add the hashtag #sevenyearsofsoutheastslings

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FACEBOOK OPTION 2
LIKE the @seastslings Competition post and leave a COMMENT below about why you love Babywearing, why you’d like to win or how South East Slings has helped you

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YOUTUBE
SUBSCRIBE to the @southeastslings YouTube Channel and REVIEW one of our videos posted on there

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WEBSITE
SUBSCRIBE to our mailing list on the website (box to enter e-mail address to subscribe is on the front page of website)

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E-MAIL
E-mail us a TESTIMONIAL of how South East Slings has helped you, to share on our Testimonial section of the website (names will be displayed as initial and surname, unless otherwise specified)

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So you have 7 different ways to enter (see what we did there?!) many of which can be entered multiple times!

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How will we choose the winner?

So I’ve had a think about this as it could be complicated!  I’ve decided the best thing to do is:

Every entry received on whichever medium, within the time span above, will be allocated a unique number.

The winner will then be drawn from this list, at random.

The competition will be drawn at 10pm on Wednesday 11th July 2018.

You will be contacted via whichever medium you entered the competition (so Facebook/Instagram entrants will be tagged, website entrants will be e-mailed)

The small print:

1. The judge’s decision is final.
2. This prize has no cash value and no change will be given if the carrier chosen is of lesser value than £125.
3. Only one carrier will be awarded as a prize (even if the carrier value is less than £125).
4. Winner must contact South East Slings within 48 hours of being tagged/e-mailed (depending on how competition was entered)
5. We are only permitted to sell some carriers outside of the UK.  If you are overseas and the product you choose is not allowed to be sold to your Country by a UK seller then I’m very sorry but you’ll need to choose an alternative product.
6. Additional accessories, teething toys etc may be added to the order at standard price (no additional postage charge if the postage does not increase by their addition).
7. Any entries received after 8pm (BST) on Wednesday 11th July will not be counted.
8. Facebook entries need to be made on the South East Slings Facebook page.  Any entries posted on shares of this post will not be counted.
9. Misspelled hashtags will not be counted, so please ensure you type carefully.
10. This competition is not affiliated with Facebook, Instagram or YouTube in any way.

*** UPDATE WITH COMPETITION WINNER ***

We had 90 entries into our Competition to win a carrier of your choice. Thank you so much to everyone who’s entered, it’s been wonderful reading your stories and hearing how babywearing has helped you all!

The entries were as follows:

5 – Post a photo on Instagram, tagging South East Slings and with the hashtag, saying why you’ve chosen that photo to share
13 – Like and comment on Instagram post about competition
5 – Post a photo on South East Slings Facebook page saying why you’ve chosen that photo to share
43 – Like and comment on Facebook post about competition
21 – Sign up to mailing list
3 – Review/comment on one of our YouTube videos
0 – E-mail a Testimonial for South East Slings’ website

Numbers were allocated to each post, in order of posting, in the order listed above

We used a random number generator to choose a number between 1-90 and…. number 2 was chosen

This means the second photo posted on Instagram with the #sevenyearsofsoutheastslings is the winner

Congratulations @ionainwonderland and thank you for sharing the gorgeous photo of your little one in their Connecta carrier with their Daddy