Submit your photos as an organisation
The project invites organisations across Westmorland and Furness to share photos and stories that capture the people, relationships, activities and experiences that help make our communities unique.
We want to hear the collective stories of organisations and the communities they support.
Who can take part
You can take part as an organisation based, operating or working alongside communities within Westmorland and Furness. This includes:
- charities
- community groups
- cultural organisations
- faith organisations
- residents' groups
- schools, colleges and youth organisations.
- social enterprises
- sports and recreation groups
- voluntary organisations
How to take part
As an organisation, you can submit:
- between one and six photos in JPG/JPEG format, max 10MB per image (not screenshots) – taken by you, or the organisation or people you work with
- brief titles for each photo (optional)
- one story up to 500 words – this should explain the images collectively
For the story, you could include:
- what your organisation does
- who you support or work alongside
- what story your photos tell
- why these people, activities or places are important
- how they contribute to community life in Westmorland and Furness
- what you would like others to understand about your organisation or community
If someone else has taken the photos, make sure you have appropriate permission to submit them to us. You can include historical photos, provided that they help tell your story, and you have permission to use them.
The photos you submit don’t have to be connected. They should create an overall story about your organisation, project or community.
You must submit your entry by 1 November 2026.
Displaying the entries
Online exhibition gallery
Our aim is to add all images that meet submission guidelines to the online gallery. However, we cannot guarantee this. The project reserves the right not to display images which:
- breach privacy
- may cause offence
- include discriminatory content
- are primarily commercial in nature
- promote hatred or hostility
- contain illegal activity
- do not align with the aims of the project
In-person physical exhibitions
Given available physical display space, the number of images on display will be limited. A panel will review and select images to reflect a broad range of locations, experiences and communities across Westmorland and Furness. We are looking for photos that:
- reflect and support the aims of the project
- showcase everyday life
- reflect a wide range of people and experiences
- represent communities from across the area
- encourage understanding and connection
By submitting your images, you are granting permission for the project and its partners to use them in accordance with the permissions you have agreed to, but copyright remains with you.
Please do not submit photos of identifiable individuals unless you have their permission. If concerns are raised about an image, organisers may remove it from display.
Photography, privacy and safeguarding
Organisations are responsible for ensuring consent has been obtained, where required, from identifiable individuals featured in photos, including parental or guardian consent for identifiable children under the age of 18. Organisations should also ensure photography has been undertaken in accordance with their own safeguarding and data protection policies.