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Our competitions and games are designed for learners of English as a foreign or second language normally resident in a non English speaking country outside the United Kingdom. We ask those who speak English as their first language not to enter these competitions, and will not consider entries that we believe are from such individuals for prizes.

Competitions and games are for individuals and groups from all countries and age ranges. Sponsors may limit prizes to certain age ranges, and this will be made clear in the description of the prizes on offer for a particular competition. We will use the information submitted by you in your submission to check your eligibility for prizes, and to inform successful prize winners of their good fortune.

You can visit this website without giving us any information about yourself. The software logs we use monitor the use of LearnEnglish for general statistical purposes only, and none of the information we gather in this way can be used to identify any individual who visits the site. If you do provide personal information, for instance, if youenter a competition, we will ensure that it is securely managed:

• Only authorised employees will have access to that information. Whenever we employ other companies to provide supplementary services, we will require them to conform to our privacy policy.
• We will not reveal information about you to any external organisation unless you have specifically agreed that we can do so, or we are required to do so by law.
• We will comply with all British/ European/ International legislation that affects our site visitors in terms of data protection.
• We will use the best technology to secure our site visitor information against misuse or loss.

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Alternative View Studios, UK
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Chris Bailey, British Council, Thailand
Andy Baxter, British Council, Portugal
Linda Baxter, British Council, Portugal
Jo Bertrand, British Council, France
Katherine Bilsborough, British Council, Spain
Julie Bray, British Council, Thailand
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Cambridge English Online Ltd, UK
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David Collett, British Council, Sri Lanka
Alison Driver, British Council, Italy
Craig Duncan, British Council, Czech Republic
Sam Dunlop, British Council, Korea
Devo Forbes, British Council, Portugal
Chris Gallacher, British Council, UK
Karen Grayburn, British Council, UK
Damien Hazell, British Council, Italy
Michael Houten, British Council, UK
in2english, British Council, China
Michael Ivy, British Council, Italy
Wilf Kruppa, British Council, Portugal
John Kuti, British Council, Russia
Paul Millard, British Council, Portugal
Caroline Moore, British Council, UK
Soniya Patel, British Council, Spain
Nik Peachey, British Council, UK
Andrina Pearson, British Council, UK
Claire Powell, British Council, Sri Lanka
Chris Rose, British Council, Italy
John Russell, British Council, Mauritius
Michael Rayner, British Council, Japan
Tony Ryan, British Council, Italy
Keith Sands, British Council, Russia
Richard Sidaway, British Council, Portugal
Alex Skougarevski, British Council, Australia
Chris Wilson, British Council, Mozambique