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These terms and privacy notice were revised on Wednesday 4 November, 2020.

成人论坛 Inspirations is an award that honours inspirational people and unsung heroes from all across the world. It is a biennial event run by Outlook, the 成人论坛 World Service’s flagship radio programme which specialises in telling extraordinary personal stories.

We suspended this year’s awards on 24 March, 2020 after the UK went into lockdown. At that point we were building a longlist of nominees and accepting audience submissions for potential nominees. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, we have had to take extraordinary measures to be able to resume and ensure the safest and fairest outcome.

This year there will be no round of shortlisting or judging, or a live awards ceremony. Instead all of the nominees who made it to the longlist will be the winners of the 2020 成人论坛 Inspirations Awards - these are:

Justin Finlayson
Sam Jalloh
Diane Reeve
Sohail Yafat
Tartania Brown
Luke Hart
Ryan Hart
Ana Baquedano
Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho

We were unable to include audience submissions for nominees in this year’s longlist. All the details have been saved securely and will roll over for consideration the next time we hold the awards. If you would like to revoke your data or remove your entry, please email us: inspirations@bbc.com.

JUDGING CRITERIA

1) All nominations for 成人论坛 Inspirations will be judged under the following criteria:

Nominees must have an extraordinary personal story to tell about their own lives

We are looking for unsung heroes, people who have not been featured in a significant way by international media

Their stories will demonstrate that they have shown great levels of resilience and determination. They may have:
• shown extreme compassion and forgiveness.
• championed the unpopular and broken taboos in order to make their communities a better place.
• undertaken extraordinary journeys of survival or battled against the odds to follow their dreams.
• become a source of inspiration in the way they overcame a significant obstacle in their life to achieve their goals.
• found themselves caught in a moment which prompted them to find extraordinary levels of bravery and strength of character to achieve something phenomenal.
• made an exceptional personal sacrifice, providing life-changing help to another person or their wider community.
• risked their reputation publicly, making themselves vulnerable to highlight a challenging issue.

These are all people who show us a better side of being human. Above all, their story will be an inspiration to all around them.

Their story will have impact. It will help listeners to better understand an aspect of human nature or a region of the world.

Their story must resonate with a global community and must still be relevant today.

Nominees must be 18 or over as of 9 March, 2020

Nominees must not be 成人论坛 employees, employees of any of its affiliates, close relatives of any such employees or those connected to these awards directly or through a close relative. Proof of age, identity and eligibility may be requested.

THE JUDGING PROCESS

STAGE ONE

2) 成人论坛 Inspirations Awards 2020 will have a longlist of nominees based on the Outlook back catalogue. The Outlook team will go through the programme archives and select nominees from guests who have previously appeared on the programme dating back to 7 April, 2018 (this was the closing date for submissions for the 2018 Inspirations Awards).

3) The nominees will be assessed by the above judging criteria.

4) The 2020 longlist will not include audience submissions. These have been saved securely and safely and will roll over for consideration the next time we hold the awards.

STAGE TWO

5) There will be no round of shortlisting for the 2020 awards.

STAGE THREE

6) There will be no round of judging for the 2020 awards.

7) All nominees must be willing to be interviewed as a condition of their nomination.

8) The Outlook team may contact the and nominee to verify facts and/or events and whether the relevant consents have been obtained. This should not be interpreted as anything other than an information gathering exercise.

9) Further on-going research may be undertaken by the Outlook team. The nominee may be contacted and asked for relevant contacts to assist this research. The 成人论坛 reserves the right to disqualify a nominee if such contacts are not provided.

10) Nominees may be asked by the Outlook team to disclose details of any and all criminal and civil actions pending against them, or served against them plus any unspent convictions. Entrants asked for this information must keep the 成人论坛 informed of any changes to that disclosed up to the point the winner is announced. This information will be shared with the editorial policy advisor for 成人论坛 Inspirations and be handled in the strictest confidence and as with all personal information, in accordance with the 成人论坛’s Privacy Policy. If asked to disclose, the duty to disclose remains up until 4 December, 2020: if anything relevant occurs between the initial disclosure and 4 December, 2020 entrants are required to inform the 成人论坛.

11) The winners will be publicly announced online on 17 December, 2020. The winners will accept their award in a series of video ceremonies broadcast on 成人论坛 Outlook from 21 December, 2020.

12) The 成人论坛’s decision as to the winners is final. No correspondence relating to the awards will be entered into.

18) If the winner is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made; the 成人论坛 reserves the right to select a runner up to replace them.

19) Each of the winners will receive a “成人论坛 Inspirations” Award. There are no prizes, no cash alternative and the award cannot be sold or transferred in any circumstances. No commercial gain can be made from using or referencing the 成人论坛 brand, the award itself or any other element of this awards process.

20) Nominees must agree to take part in any post-award publicity if required.

21) Winners will be recorded with the intention of broadcasting those contributions on TV and radio as well as using them on all other platforms including online.

22) The 成人论坛 reserves the right to: (i) vary these Terms and Conditions, including but not limited to the opening and closing times of the awards nominations period; (ii) disqualify any nominee who breaches the rules or has acted fraudulently in any way; and (iii) cancel the awards, at any stage, if in its opinion it is deemed necessary or if circumstances arise outside its control.

23) The 成人论坛, its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction, problems with internet issues or any other problem which may result in any nomination not properly registered.

24) Where relevant, these awards accord with the 成人论坛’s Code of Conduct for Competitions and Voting, details of which can be found on the 成人论坛’s Standards and Guidelines website.

25) The promoter of the awards is the British Broadcasting Corporation and these terms and conditions are subject to the laws of England and Wales.

PRIVACY NOTICE

What information will we collect and how we will use it?

The 成人论坛 will collect and process the personal information that you provide for the purpose of either nominating an individual, or if you are the nominee, of being selected for 成人论坛 Inspirations 2020. This may include certain special categories of more sensitive personal information such as ethnicity, religious beliefs, health, sex life or sexual orientation. The 成人论坛 will process the personal information for the purpose of contacting a nominee to confirm the nominee’s consent to be included in the selection process, to confirm details of their personal story and to administer the 成人论坛 Inspirations award.

What is our lawful basis for processing your data?

The 成人论坛 is the “controller” of this information. This means that the 成人论坛 decides what your personal information is used for and the ways in which it is processed. The 成人论坛 processes the personal data and special categories of more sensitive personal information on the basis of 成人论坛’s legitimate interest in successfully running these awards and for reasons of substantial public interest in the 成人论坛 producing journalistic content. We have balanced your interests against the 成人论坛’s and found they are not affected.

Will we share your information?

Your personal data will be held securely and the data of shortlisted nominees will only be transferred to our expert judges, who may be outside the EEA.

How long will we retain your information?

The 成人论坛 may retain your data unless you request otherwise, for editorial purposes such as conducting reviews of previous Outlook programmes in future years and monitoring the work and progress of 成人论坛 Inspiration nominees.

Your rights and more information

Please feel free to ask questions about what happens to your personal data or let us know if you would like to amend or withdraw your personal data by contacting us at inspirations@bbc.com. Please be aware that if your entry is shortlisted and broadcast, the 成人论坛 may not be able to delete your contribution. This is consistent with the 成人论坛’s Editorial Guidelines. If you would like more information about how the 成人论坛 handles personal information, please see the 成人论坛’s Privacy Policy. You will also be able to find out more information about how the 成人论坛 processes your information and how you can contact the 成人论坛’s Data Protection Officer. If you raise a concern with the 成人论坛 about the way it has handled your personal information, you are entitled to lodge a concern with a supervisory authority. In the UK, the supervisory authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office.

We’ll announce further updates and new dates on air on Outlook and on the 成人论坛 Inspirations site.