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Tag Archives: TheSite.org
The Queens Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award
Rochelle Sampy, one of TheSite.org Leaders, explains her role to collect a special award for volunteering on behalf of YouthNet. As a TheSite.org Leader, I put the ‘Y’ in ‘youth–led’. As a young person, I give a sense of legitimacy … Continue reading
How young people use mobile phones to seek help
YouthNet has completed the first stage of a research project funded by the Nominet Trust that looks at how young people use mobile devices to meet their support needs. The research, involving more than 1,000 young people, consisted of online … Continue reading
Posted in Research, YouthNet
Tagged charity, help, mobile, mobile devices, mobile phones, mobiles, online advice, online information, research, support, technology, TheSite.org, young people, youth, YouthNet
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What you told us you wanted from TheSite.org
Over the past month or so, we’ve been asking you what you wanted changing on TheSite.org. Over 150 people responded to our call for feedback by answering user surveys, participating in workshops and through online chats. After analysing your feedback … Continue reading
Why I do my bit
On the 17th of October we celebrated 16 years of TheSite.org at the Royal Academy of Arts. During the evening I was asked by Martyn Lewis (the founder of YouthNet) why I believe TheSite and online support is important. The … Continue reading
Posted in History of YouthNet, Volunteering, Volunteering at YouthNet, YouthNet
Tagged TheSite, TheSite.org, volunteering, young people, YouthNet
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Consulting young people on the redevelopment of TheSite.org
As part of redeveloping TheSite.org, we’re doing some work to find out what our users want from our services. The first step was to recruit two focus groups of young people, one group that knows the site inside out (TheSite … Continue reading
Posted in TheSite.org redevelopment
Tagged focus group, research, TheSite.org, volunteer
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A week in the life of a YouthNet volunteer
YouthNet have been very lucky that some of our fantastic volunteers have given up a week of their summer holidays to come and volunteer with us recently. Anjeli is one of our TheSite Leader volunteers and she spent last week … Continue reading
Help us to design a new TheSite.org
What do you think of TheSite.org? Does it need a complete overhaul or just a lick of paint? Perhaps you’d like to see some of your favourite features, interactive element or tools made easier to find or improved. Do you … Continue reading
TheSite.org update: rape and sexual assault
We’ve updated our rape and sexual assault information on TheSite.org. It’s been a thought-provoking journey, so I’d like to explain the new articles and some of the challenges we’ve experienced. Avoiding victim blaming All this work started because we wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Latest news
Tagged Jo Wood, rape, Rape Crisis, sexual assault, TheSite.org, UniLad
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Porn versus reality – TheSite.org sex update goes live
We’re celebrating the launch of our Porn Versus Reality film in the office today – if your work computer lets you, do take a look and let us know what you think. It’s the final instalment of our mission to update all our … Continue reading
Posted in Latest news, Youth
Tagged porn versus reality, sex advice, sex education, sex update, sexual health journalism awards, TheSite.org
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Mexxy Stuff. TheSite.org provides the facts on legal highs
As ‘Mexxy’ (Methoxetamine) becomes the first legal high to be temporarily banned under new Government powers today, TheSite.org is offering young people aged 16 to 25 the facts about legal highs. The website, run by online charity YouthNet, provides straight … Continue reading
