The Church of Scotland

Terms and conditions for gallery submissions

You still retain copyright to everything you contribute to the Church of Scotland. 

The website editor cannot guarantee that all pictures and/or images will be used and we reserve the right to edit your photograph for clarity, etc. 

While we will endeavour to return any hard copy images, please note that the Church of Scotland cannot be held responsible for missing or damaged photographs. 

You agree to grant us a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, make available publicly and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to your contribution worldwide and/or to incorporate your contribution in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in your contribution. If you do not wish to grant to the Church of Scotland the rights set out above, please do not send in your contributions. 

This must be an original photograph and you must have the right to make it available to the Church of Scotland for all the purposes specified above. You must not violate, plagiarise or infringe the rights of third parties including copyright, trade mark, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, personal or proprietary rights. 

Images of people: please be sensitive to any images including people. Authorisation to use people's images must be granted. Images of children who are under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a signed authorisation form by their parent or guardian, included below.


Image Reproduction Permission Slip for children and young people under the age of 16


To be filled in by parent or guardian: 

I agree to allow images of me / my child to be used by (photographer's name) for the Church of Scotland's website's photography competition as per the terms and conditions laid out online at www.churchofscotland.org.uk/competition/photocomp.htm


Name of child or young person in caps:		

Signature of parent or guardian:
(if child is under 12)		

Signature of young person:
(12 and over)		


Signature of photographer:		



Date: