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Data shows even more Britons are getting online

New Government statistics show that more than 600,000 Britons used the internet for the first time during the last 12 months. That’s more people than live in Glasgow, but there are still more than 8million who have never gone online, according to the Internet Access Quarterly Update from the Office for National Statistics. The disappointing thing about [...]

TalkTalk supports Beatbullying’s Big March 2012

If you visit talktalk.co.uk on Thursday you might be surprised to see hundreds of thousands of virtual marchers crossing our website. That’s because 1st March is the Big March 2012, the world’s first virtual, global march against bullying. Nearly 1 million people have signed a petition calling for children to have the right be free [...]

5 holiday online safety tips from TalkTalk and F-Secure

With the Christmas season nearly upon us, there’s a good chance that you’ll be going away for at least a couple of days. And whether its visiting friends and family nearby, or heading off on holiday to another country, you’ll probably still be connected to the internet in some way. To help make sure that the [...]

It’s official – TreeHouse is Ambitious About Autism

In February, we were thrilled to support our partner charity, TreeHouse, as they became known as ‘Ambitious About Autism’. Ambitious about Autism is a national charity dedicated to improving opportunities for people with autism. Originally established in 1997 as the TreeHouse Trust, the charity was founded by a group of parents whose children had been diagnosed [...]

TalkTalk raises £1m for autism education charity TreeHouse

Regular readers of this blog will know that we’re committed supporters of TreeHouse, the autism education charity. So it’s with great pride that we can announce we’ve now raised over £1m for TreeHouse. Our fundraising efforts take place regularly and involve staff throughout our offices in the UK. The most recent fundraising event was a little [...]

Your Facebook and Twitter photos can raise money for autism awareness

The world’s first virtual Talkathon is underway and we’re urging you to have some fun and take a simple step to help raise £150,000 for the cause. The Talkathon is part of TreeHouse’s Talk about Autism campaign, aiming to improve public understanding of autism, and to raise vital funds for autism. As Third Sector’s campaign of the week, [...]

You can now raise money for autism by… talking

We’ve supported TreeHouse, the national autism education charity, since 2002 and today we’re proud to announce our involvement in TreeHouse’s latest online campaign to raise money for children with autism. The ‘Talkathon’, launched today, encourages people to spread five key facts about autism. These are: Autism affects 1 in 100 children in the UK Autism affects communication, imagination [...]

Rewarding Britain’s digital heroes

Yesterday we were at the House Lords to hand out awards to the 12 regional winners of our TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards. The event was a great success, with a number of MPs and peers – including Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw – joining representatives from TalkTalk and digital inclusion charity Citizens Online, along with the winners themselves.

Pass IT On . . .

Today is Get Online Day. As its name suggests, it’s a day of activities aimed at encouraging those who’ve never used the internet before, or only used it infrequently, to get online and begin experiencing everything that the web has to offer.

Get voting – just one week to go!

There’s just one week to go until votes close for the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards. We’ve had a fantastic response so far, with more than 20,000 votes from people all over the UK.