THE Mall Blackburn has teamed up with the Lancashire Telegraph to find its Family Face of Christmas.

They are looking for a deserving family to win a whole host of prizes including a professional family photo shoot, a £50 gift card, an exclusive visit to Santa’s Workshop, a meal at Burger King as well as a portrait canvas and personalised Christmas cards from Blackburn based EPSL Educational Printing.

Their images will also be used to promote the shopping centre during Christmas and in the coming year.

Families can be nominated or can enter themselves to be in with the chance of winning the prize pot. It could be a family that needs a treat after a difficult year or one that always goes the extra mile for their local community.

Entries can be made on The Mall’s Facebook page on the post that is pinned to the top of the page.

Loraine Jones, general manager at The Mall Blackburn, said: “We are looking for a special family that deserves a real treat this Christmas.

“We pride ourselves on our family friendly shopping and we would love a Lancashire family to be our Face of Christmas and beyond.

“We know that families can come in all shapes and sizes and anyone can enter or be nominated.

“Christmas is such a wonderful time of year and we want to give something back to the community that have supported us throughout 2018.

“We’re delighted that the Lancashire Telegraph is helping us with our search and I can’t wait to see all the entries.”

Editor Steve Thompson added: “We're delighted to be teaming up with the Mall and hopefully we can make Christmas extra special for one family."

Entries for the Family Face of Christmas competition open at noon today, Monday, November 19, and close at midnight on Thursday, November 29, with judging taking place on Friday, November 30.

The winning family will be notified at midday and the prize package must be collected on Saturday 1st December.

Winners must be available from 11.00am until 3.00pm on Saturday 1st December.

The full prize package is as follows:

VIP visit to Santa’s Workshop in The Mall, with professional photography and video taking place to send to the family as a memento

A family photo shoot with images supplied

A pack of 60 personalised Christmas cards using one of the pictures

One picture printed on canvas

A £50 Gift Card to spend in The Mall

A meal at Burger King

Photographs of the family enjoying some time in The Mall (to be used for promotional purposes within The Mall and its social media profiles).

To enter or nominate a family please visit https://www.facebook.com/themall.blackburn/ and enter on the post that has been pinned to the top of the page.