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Win a £250 voucher from Forest Holidays

The Pulse and NHS Staff Benefits have teamed up with Forest Holidays to offer one lucky reader a £250 holiday voucher.
Forest Holidays are perfect getaways for families, couples and groups of friends.
Opt for sheer idulgence: relaxing in your hot tub, watching a movie, reconnecting with yourself and those around you. Or choose to get active: hire a bike, go on a hidden glen safari or try your hand at canoeing or gorge walking. The choice is yours.
Their cabins are pet friendly, meaning that you can bring your dogs too!
Allow yourself the space and time to recharge your batteries and reconnect with yourself, those you love and the natural world.
How to enter
To enter the competition, simply leave a comment at the bottom of this competition page saying why you would like to win the holiday voucher. The closing date for entries is 1 July 2016
Terms and conditions
The prize is a £250 Forest Holidays voucher which can be used at Ardgartan Argyll or Strathyre in Scotland. If your chosen break is over this price, you are welcome to pay the difference via debit or credit card. The voucher is valid for 12 months from date of issue and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. It is only redeemable against one cabin booking and not any other extras, for example activities. No refund will be given for any value below the voucher level. You are responsible for your own transportation to your chosen location.
NHS Offer
NHS staff can receive 10% off Forest Holidays using code SCOTNHS16.
The 10% discount an be taken at any time of the year including school holidays and Bank holidays and can be taken across all of our cabin types, from the great value Copper Beach to the ultimate luxury of a Golden Oak Treehouse. The discount applies to the cabin price only and not any extras, for holidays booked by 31 January 2017 and taken by 1 January 2018. May not be used in conjunction with any other offer and cannot to applied retrospectively. Forest Holidays reserves the right to withdraw this offer at any time.
Quite difficult to find nice accomodation for pet owners.
Ally and Cooper( mad spaniels) would love a break to run in the forrests and splash in the rivers. When they come home exhausted I would like to relax in the hot tub. Getting a bit fed up of caravaning holidays and this would be a bit more spacious and more luxurious.
The opportunity to win the Forest Holiday Voucher would be wonderful.
To explore the outdoors and connect to the natural world as we know it as there is very little opportunity to do so.
Were always clock watching in this rat race environment that we are caught up in, if I was to win the competion I would take my 2 year old Grandson and my precious mum diagnosed with vascular denentia to relax and experience a place of natural beauty.
Looks wonferful Just what the doctor orderred a wee break away from everything all that fresh air and open countryside would certainly recharge the batteries and pep you up for returning to work in a busy acute hospital