Yourmedway: “Facebook site urges us to support our services”
Yourmedway today includes the story that Alan Collins, “University of Kent law undergraduate” and “[t]he Conservative youth co-ordinator for Twydall”, has “launched an online campaign to highlight the efforts of our soldiers”.
The local newspaper (free in shops and viewable online) has the story on page five of Issue 59 (dated Wednesday, October 22, 2008).
A couple of things to note from this, the first one being that neither my being a student (specifically an undergraduate law student at the University of Kent) nor the Twydall Ward Youth Co-ordinator for the Conservative Party were mentioned in the original press release, so they can only be commended for their further investigation (particularly as the press release was not sent from any of my personal email addresses or my University of Kent email address).
Secondly, it is the first time I have appeared in a newspaper article for something that was not Cadet-related. This is a subject very close to my heart and any steps that can be taken to raise awareness and support for our services (in my view) should be taken.
Finally, though, the article did not give the actual group name nor the web address. This means that if people start searching on Facebook for the group, they will stand little chance of finding it (there are about 500 results for the search “Save our Services”, as used in the article).
Of course you can view (and join!) the group by going to supportourservices.co.uk and anyone searching for “Alan Collins” on Google will notice that my website currently takes up the top two results. And if you’re thinking that this post constitutes a complaint about the article - it doesn’t! I thank the newspaper for publishing and helping to promote such an important campaign: to support our services!
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Well Done!
October 26th, 2008 at 23:02I second Rob’s sentiment.
October 27th, 2008 at 02:28Thanks - though the Medway Messenger and Medway Standard both had far better write-ups (and even a photo!).
October 29th, 2008 at 20:08