1.1 These terms and conditions apply to you and your team in relation to your application to, and participation in, the Challenge. All entry information is available at the Challenge webpages and these Terms and Conditions.
1.2 If you meet the eligibility criteria, you can submit an application to gain a place on the Challenge between 08 October 2025 and 30 November 2025. Entries to the Challenge and all information relating to your entry must be in English, must be legible and complete, and must comply with all applicable provisions on the Challenge website and these Terms and Conditions. TPXimpact and/or the Combined Authority reserve the right to reject any entries that do not meet the eligibility criteria, are incomplete, illegible or in the wrong format.
1.3 Late entries will not be accepted and TPXimpact and/or the Combined Authority are not responsible for entries which are lost, damaged, or late due to computer, network, or telecommunications failure or third-party telephone or data networks.
1.4 As part of the application process you will answer four application questions. Your application will be assigned to an age category: 16-18, 19-21, 22-26, depending on your age on 30 November 2025 or, in the case of teams, the age of your oldest team member on 30 November 2025.
1.5 Applications to gain a place on the Challenge programme will be assessed against the eligibility criteria. The 18 highest scoring applications in each age category will gain a place in the programme.
1.5.1 In the event that an age category doesn’t have 18 quality responses, additional applications with the highest scores from the other age groups may be taken through to meet the total cohort allocation of 54.
| Application question |
Assessment criteria |
| What would being part of the Mayor's big ideas challenge mean to you? |
Motivation to learn and grow as an individual
Curiosity to learn about addressing social problems |
| What interests you in the topic? Tell us about the challenge or issue affecting young people’s health and happiness. This can relate to option 1 or 2. |
Understanding of the problem space (young people's health and happiness in West Yorkshire)
Motivation to make change
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| Describe your initial idea for addressing this challenge. How do you think your idea could help make lives healthier and happier? |
How their idea would address or solve the identified problem |
| Which of these learning sessions will you (and/or your team member) be able to attend? |
Availability to attend sessions |
1.6 In the event of a tie, scores will be reviewed by a diverse selection of TPXimpact staff. They will re-evaluate the tied applications based on the assessment criteria. Their decision will be final.
1.7 Applicants must meet the defined eligibility criteria for the Challenge. Applicants may submit multiple applications to the Challenge, but can only be part of one team, or enter as an individual.
1.8 Entry to the Mayor’s Big Ideas Challenge is free of charge.
1.9 Employees of TPXimpact, the Combined Authority, RTC and other individuals working on the Challenge, and their immediate families, are not eligible to enter. Should any conflict of interest, or perceived conflict of interest, between a team, assessor or judge exist, this must be declared and a mitigation agreed with TPXimpact and the Combined Authority. For example, where an entrant has an existing relationship with an assessor or judge for example where mentoring, coaching, or other support that pre-dates the competition has been provided. Where a conflict of interest or perceived conflict of interest cannot be mitigated TPXimpact and/or the Combined Authority reserve the right to remove the conflicted party from the Challenge.
1.10 As a part of your entry, if you are a team, you are asked to identify one individual as team leader. The team leader is responsible for making sure that all other members are aware of and comply with these Terms and Conditions and all relevant entry information on the Challenge website. You must notify us in writing if the team leader changes and provide us with up-to-date contact details via bigideaschallenge@tpximpact.com
1.11 We reserve the right at our sole discretion to refuse any entry if an application doesn’t meet the criteria and requirements set out in these Terms and Conditions. We reserve the right at our sole discretion to remove you and/or your team from the Challenge if you provide misleading/incorrect information, if you cheat or behave in a way which is disruptive, inappropriate, or potentially dangerous, or if you fail to participate fully or do anything which may damage the reputation of any of TPXimpact, the Combined Authority or the Challenge partners. Please notify TPXimpact in writing if you decide to withdraw from the Challenge for any reason.
1.12 We will use the contact details provided to contact you about whether or not your application was successful in the week commencing 15 December 2025. All communication between us about the Challenge shall be provided in English. If you do not respond to any communication within fourteen (14) days, we may at our sole discretion treat you (and your team, if applicable) as having withdrawn from the Challenge and, where relevant, select an alternative entry in your place.
1.13 By submitting an application to the challenge you that:
(a) you will attend the final Celebration Event and deliver a presentation if selected.
(b) you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
1.14 We reserve the right to vary the form or substance of the Challenge (including without limitation the information on the Challenge webpages, the eligibility/assessment criteria and requirements for success, event dates, the number of entries selected for each phase, these Terms and Conditions and any deadlines) as we deem appropriate in the circumstances, taking into account the aims of the Challenge. If you are not happy with the changes, you can withdraw from the Challenge by providing written notice to TPXimpact; your continued participation will indicate your agreement to all and any changes.
