Is your child a budding photographer? Does he or she love nature and have a good eye for a picture? If you answered ‘yes’, then your child could win the new Conservation Volunteering Photographer of the Year competition and get a chance to show off their creative talent while having fun in the great outdoors.
This competition is part of Defra?s (The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs) Muck In4Life campaign, which is encouraging young people to get active and help look after their local environments. Almost 250,000 people of all ages are regularly getting out and about in towns, parks, the countryside and forests to help conserve precious natural green spaces and England?s wildlife. To celebrate this, Muck In4Life has joined forces with Kew Gardens to give young people the opportunity to snap what they get up to and be rewarded for it.
Winners of the Young Person?s Conservation Volunteering Photographer of the Year competition will have their photos displayed at the beautiful and world-famous Kew Gardens in a special exhibition and receive high street voucher prizes which could be up to ?500. There is a special under 16?s category, with one overall national winner and two national runners up, nine regional winners and one regional runner-up.
To enter, simply upload your photograph on the Kew International Garden Photographer of the Year competition website www.igpoty.com before November 2009. Entry is free and you can submit as many photographs as you wish.
For more information about the Muck in 4 Life campaign, as well as volunteering opportunities in your area, please visit www.muckin4life.direct.gov.uk
