Teach UR Mum 2 Txt campaign
Parents across the UK will soon be 'textperts' thanks
to a new campaign from O2's charity of choice Milly's
Fund - the charity set up by Milly Dowler's parents to
raise personal safety awareness in children and young
adults.
Launched on 13 October in National Personal Safety
Week, 'Teach UR Mum 2 Txt', supported by
O2, aims to make parents more text savvy for easier
communication with their children - and because texting
is more discreet, it allows parents to stay in touch
in a cool way and eliminate the embarrassment caused
by phoning their children to ask where they are and
what time they'll be home.
Alongside the national launch in the press, regional
texting clinics will take place in UK cities to give
parents and their children further texting tips:
Dates and Venues
31st October-1st November - Trafford Centre, Manchester
7th-8th November - City Square, Birmingham
14th-15th November - Town Centre, Leeds
21st-22nd November - Lakeside, Thurrock
28th-29th November - Bristol City Centre
6th-7th December - Kingston, Church Street
There are also handy, credit card sized booklets with
top texting tips and safety advice for both parents
and children available in O2 stores and in a downloadable
format on our site.
In this section of the website, you'll find the following
information:
•
Press Release - How Bob and Sally Dowler came up
with the idea
•
Teach UR Mum 2 Txt booklet - downloadable version
of the campaign booklet, which is full of texting tips
to get you and your children texting together
Why not try out these five challenges to see if we've
taught you to text!
1. Get your child to send you a text using common text
abbreviations and decipher it
2. Turn on predictive text (if your handset has this
facility) and use it to send the following text: "Will
you be back later tonight?"
3. Send the same message but this time, use common text
abbreviations - remember to think phonetically rather
than grammatically
4. Ask your child for one of their friend's mobile numbers
and add it to your phone's address book
5. Turn on reports (if your handset has this facility),
send a text to your child and then open the report that
you'll receive
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