External Resources

The organisations listed below offer some resources for journalists working on the relevant topics. These are not endorsed by IPSO.

Ageing and Older Age

For media queries and interview opportunities, please contact the press office:

07795 620 698

media@ageing-better.org.uk

Media Enquiries

For all media enquiries, please contact Richard Jones, Head of Communications.

Phone: 07515 288271

Email: richard.jones@olderpeople.wales

Childhood Abuse

If you work in the media or are developing a story including survivors you can contact us for advice and information

media@napac.org.uk

To read media guidelines, visit: https://napac.org.uk/media/

 

Court Reporting

Media enquiries

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9EA
United Kingdom

Office hours

020 7271 2443 / 020 7271 2479

Out of hours

07815 853529

If you have an urgent media enquiry out of office hours, please contact the duty press officer or email press.office@attorneygeneral.gov.uk. Please note this number does not accept text messages.

Data Protection

Data Protection and Journalism code of practice

To contact the ICO press office, please telephone 0303 123 9070 (media only), or email pressoffice@ico.org.uk.

 

Defence and Security

The DSMA-Notice Secretary can be contacted:

Email:
secretary@dsma.uk

Telephone:
0300 155 8738

The Secretary can be contacted on this number 24/7.

 

Domestic abuse

Members of the media can call

07834 452357 or e-mail chairman@mankind.org.uk

Press, communications and literature/research requests

HBA Media Guidelines

For media enquiries, please contact press@saverauk.co.uk.

Media Guidelines

Enquiries from journalists

Please note, these contacts are for journalists only, and we cannot comment on specific court cases or assist survivors. If you are looking for help, please visit our support page, or call the National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247

For out-of-hours media queries, we strongly advise journalists leave a voicemail by ringing the press number listed above, as well as emailing the press office inbox with your query

Press office: 020 7566 2511

Email: press@womensaid.org.uk

Media Guidelines

If you need to get in touch with us, email us at info@zerotolerance.org.uk. Please put a name of a person you are trying to reach in the subject of your email.

Gypsies and Travellers

Travellers’ Times press-pack

Press Team

Our Press Office deals with all media enquiries including press releases, interviews, comment and Gypsy Roma Traveller media coverage.

Email: info@ruralmedia.co.uk

HIV

Reporting on HIV

Please contact our press office on 07384 390 624 or email press@nat.org.uk.

These contact details are also available out-of-hours for urgent media requests.

Journalist Safety

Contact

T: +44 (0)203 219 7860
E: info@rorypecktrust.org

PO Box 80795
London, SE22 2GD
United Kingdom

Mental Health

Mind Media Centre

Media Guidelines: Talking about mental health

Please note that these contact details are for media enquiries only. For all other requests, please visit our contact us page.

07850 788514  (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm) Out of hours – media only

media@mind.org.uk

 

 

People affected by crime

Press

Our communications team handles enquiries from the press and issues comments and announcements on behalf of the charity.

Get in touch

Email: press@victimsupport.org.uk

Phone: 020 7268 0202

The press office is only available Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.

Media enquiries

Media enquiries can be directed to:

Carol Eden Head of Communications and External Affairs

07557 083993 carol.eden @victimsupportsco.org.uk

 

Professional Bodies

ARB Contact Details

Address: 5th floor, 70 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8NH
Email: info@arb.org.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7580 5861
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7436 5269
Office hours: 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday (closed Bank Holidays)

Religion

News Desk

news@religionmediacentre.org.uk

info@religionmediacentre.org.uk
(+44) 0203 970 0709

Centre for Media Monitoring

Email: media@mcb.org.uk

Call us: 0845 26 26 786

 

 

Network of Sikh Organisations

43 Dorset Road

Merton Park

London SW19 3EZ

General inquiries: info[at]nsouk.co.uk | Media: hardeep[at]nsouk.co.uk

Press Office
tel: +44 (0)20 7543 5437
mobile: +44 (0)7957 962 080
email: simon.round@bod.org.uk

The Church of England Media

The press office is available for journalists on 020 7898 1326 or email comms@churchofengland.org

 

If you are a journalist / media outlet with a specific request for our communications team, please email: communications@cbcew.org.uk or call on 0207 901 4800

News and Media

 

Science

Sudden Infant Death

Guidelines for Journalists

Press office: 020 7802 3202 (out of hours  0786 0178 605)
communications@lullabytrust.org.uk

Survivors of sexual offences

Media Centre

Email usinfo@heard.org.uk

Call us: 02035 596762

Twitter: @HeardOrg

Get informed

Media enquiries: media@rapecrisis.org.uk

If you are a journalist or have any other media-related enquiries, please get in touch here. This address is not staffed 24 hours but a member of our team will respond as quickly as possible.

Press and media enquires:

james.mackinnon@survivorsuk.org

 

Media Enquiries:

Phone: 01788 550554

Email: info@thesurvivorstrust.org

Suicide Prevention

Guidelines for Journalists

For comment, interview and case study requests and guidance on reporting young suicide please contact:

Peter Holland

PAPYRUS Press Office

Mobile 07799 863 321

Email pressoffice@papyrus-uk.org

Samaritans media guidelines

For media enquiries, please contact our Central Office: +44 (0)20 8394 8300 or get in touch with the press team at Samaritans by emailing press@samaritans.org.

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