TeenHelp - Happy TeenHelp Day: Celebrating 25 years!

TeenHelp was founded on July 13th 1998 and today we celebrate our 25th Anniversary!

TeenHelp has changed in many ways, stayed the same in other ways, but still continues to be a place where people can turn to for support, advice and friendship. Thank you to all our members who make this community such a special place.

Coming up

We have lots of exciting activities taking place to mark the occasion, so watch out for things to come:

Learn about the history of TeenHelp
See the difference we've made to people over the years
Competition - Guess the year of the logo
Newsletter special - announcement of competition winner and TH timeline
Read about users' memories over the years
Take part in fun games and discussions such as TeenHelp's 25th Anniversary game & 25 things about TH
Celebrate volunteers who run the site in our Summer Awards
And more!

Competition

To start things off, we have put together a fun competition for you to try and guess the year of some of the logos we've had over the years. Open the spoiler to see the competition. Winners will be announced on 31st July.

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And here are the answers!

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Action Plan update

We're happy to share the second annual update of how we're doing towards our 5 year plan, progress over the past year includes:

Set up new channels to make getting advice even easier
Reviewed our values and mission
Staff training and resources to help volunteers get the best experience
More marketing and outreach, with a new promotions tookit
Improved moderator practices from member feedback
Built on content and activities, including more stories, testimonials, discussions and games
New volunteer opportunities