
Calendar Competition
Each year, Staff Benefits host a competition where twelve winners feature in the following years desk calendar. The competition gives staff a chance to showcase their fabulous photography skills and the desk calendars are then handed out to employees of the Trust for free!
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2027 Calendar Competition
The Competition
We asked – you voted! The theme for the 2027 Staff Benefits Desk Calendar is ‘animals doing funny things’! Pets sleeping in strange places, zoo animals causing chaos, perfectly timed silly faces – we want to see them all!
Judging
All entries will be considered by a panel of judges. The panel will score each entry and the 12 highest scores will win; one for each month of the 2027 Staff Benefits calendar. All entries will be saved in an image bank for use by the Staff Benefits team and posted on our social media pages throughout 2027.
How to Enter
1. Decide on your image and get snapping!
2. Photograph/scan your image following the guidelines below:
- Use portrait orientation (please crop your own images before submitting them)
- Use 5:7 ratio where possible
- Ensure the best possible quality/highest resolution
- Save the photo as your name and email to yhs-tr.staffbenefits@nhs.net in jpg format.
- One photo/entry per person (please don’t send us multiple images and ask us to choose)
3. Complete an application form below and submit your image to the Staff Benefits Team either by email or send on a memory stick.
Previous Calendar Competition Winners