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Thunderclap campaign #StartatGOVUK
The UK's Government Digital Service are launching a thunderclap () to encourage people to start at when accessing UK government information and services (#StartatGOVUK). Be awesome and beat the scammers! Misleading websites There is a problem with websites pretending to be official UK government services. Some of these take money from people. These unscrupulous people use google ads to get to the top of search engine rankings so that they are clicked on by people looking to interact with government. Scammers make people pay for free services ( E111 / EHIC are provided free, scammers charge people £20-£30) People pay twice for services ( scammers make people pay more for government services and often the person also has to pay for the real service when they access it - this has happened on driving licence renewals, tax self-assessment and urgent passport services) Dealing with the problem There are two main parts to the…
Join Stonewall’s #NoBystanders Campaign
Over the last couple of weeks Stonewall has started the No Bystanders Campaign to work to end homophobic bullying, watch this short video (it's 60 seconds and narrated by Sir Ian McKellen). The go over to and sign the pledge. The Pledge I will never be a bystander to bullying and teasing language. If I hear it, I will call it out and if I can, I will stop it. By adding my name I promise to stand up for fairness, kindness and never be a bystander. Comment I believe this is the least we can do as reasonable human beings, I signed up to this, and I think we all should, hence me devoting a blog post to this campaign. Go on, you know it makes sense, get on over to and sign up. Then stop being a bystander.…