Press Releases

Get Connected report reveals 9 out of 10 young people prefer to look for help over the internet -

Connected Generation Report also reveals that more than half of those who have searched for help online ended up more worried than they were before.

 

Get Connected celebrates ten year anniversary and looks to future with innovative WebHelp 24/7 service -

New online support unveiled at the House of Lords

Get Connected wins Charity Times Award -

Get Connected and eatsleepthink design receive accolade

Nobody's Perfect -

Youth charity invites young people to turn their feelings into short films 

Big Brother chair raises £6,600 -

The auction to win the infamous gold Big Brother diary room chair closed today with a winning bid of £6,600!

Merrill Lynch Charity of the Year -

Get Connected is selected as one of Merrill Lynch's Charities of the Year 2007-08 

Get Connected launches text service - 6 February 2002

Text messages help young people in need: unique new service

Young People in Scotland - 15 February 2002

Young people in Scotland twice as likely to run away compared to rest of UK

National Training Awards - 28 November 2002

GET CONNECTED RECOGNISED BY NATIONAL TRAINING AWARDS

Still No Idea - 30 December 2002

Parents not up to speed on teenage drug problems

Get Connected's busiest year so far - 17 February 2003

Finding 12,000 young people help in 2002

Comic Relief for Get Connected - 11 April 2003

Get Connected awarded grant by Comic Relief

E-male Bonding - 29 August 2003

Get Connected launches email service in response to research

Get Connected's award winning corporate relationship - 4 September 2003

CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP WINS UK CHARITY AWARD

Anti-Social Services - 30 December 2003

New report giving young people’s views on social services

Happy Families? - 12 May 2004

  Young People in South East have more family problems than rest of UK

Cry for Help - 14 June 2004

Rape is a greater concern for young people in the West Midlands than any other UK area

Safe as Houses? - 22 November 2004

Housing is twice as likely to be a problem for young people in London as it is elsewhere in the UK.

Young People's Mental Health in East Anglia - 24 January 2005

East Anglian young people’s concern for their mental health doubles in two years.

The Carphone Warehouse Auction 2005 - 11 February 2005

THE CARPHONE WAREHOUSE RAISES £80,000 IN AUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHARITY, GET CONNECTED

Volunteers' Picnic 2005 - 6 June 2005

Volunteering is just a walk in the park

The Carphone Warehouse Auction 2006 - 6 April 2006

Get Connected benefits from over £100,000 raised at auction

What's Up? Get Connected research - 17 July 2006

What's Up? Get Connected launches research

The Perfect Partnership - 19 September 2006

Get Connected and The Carphone Warehouse win the Third Sector Excellence Award for their corporate partnership.

The Carphone Warehouse auction 2007 - 21 February 2007

£186,000 raised in one evening for Get Connected 

Where's Your Head At? - 22 February 2007

Show us Where Your Head’s At
And see your design projected onto a London building.

Get Connected gets THA Accreditation - 12 March 2007

Today, May 29th, the Telephone Helplines Association awarded Get Connected its Quality Standard.

Telephone Helplines Association Awards - 12 March 2007

Get Connected is Highly Commended in Telephone Helplines Association awards

Get Connected Radio 4 Appeal - 25 May 2007

Where's Your Head At? - 19 September 2007

The Carphone Warehouse and Get Connected Auction 2008 - 3 March 2008

The mobile phone industry raises £208,000 for Get Connected!

On February 28th representatives of networks including Orange, Vodafone, O2 and T-mobile helped raise £208,000 to support Get Connected's 2008 awareness campaign. Auction lots included a five-star holiday in Antigua, tickets to the Superbowl and the opportunity to record your own version of a famous love song courtesy of Radioville. 

Daniel Radcliffe becomes ‘Best Friend’ of Get Connected - 18 September 2009

Actor pledges his support for the UK charity which provides free, confidential help for vulnerable young people

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