Social media can be a powerful campaigning tool. By connecting with Crohn's & Colitis UK's social media accounts, you can share and promote the campaign and the symptom checker. Sharing your story with a link to the symptom checker is a great way to engage people with the campaign. If you are new to social media or digital campaigning, start with reading our top tips on how to be safe online.
It is important to keep yourself safe online. When posting, do not share your or another person's personal details and information such as phone number, address, etc.
Remember that if you have enabled sharing on your post, your followers will be able to share your post outside of your own social network. This will help raise more awareness, but it is also important that you are comfortable with your story and images being shared outside of your network.
If someone is harassing you, you do not need to engage with them. You can block them so that they can no longer see your profile and your posts. You can report them to the relevant social media platform. Here's how to report someone on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
Our safeguarding Policy can be found here. You can find out more about staying safe online here. If you come across any images or material you consider a risk or indecent, you can report this to the National Crime Agency via this link.
You can follow us on social media and tag us on our social channels to let us know you are campaigning about early diagnosis:
Facebook: @Crohns&ColitisUK
Instagram: @CrohnsAndColitisUK
Twitter: @CrohnsColitisUK
Hashtag: #CutTheCrap
You can also find and connect with your Crohn's & Colitis UK local network on social media.
You can also find local community groups, organisations, and other campaigners on social media. By connecting to them, you can create an online network and ask them to share your posts. This will help you reach more people and tell them about the Cut the Crap campaign.
Your social media profile can either be your personal account, or you might create a new account to specifically promote the campaign #CutTheCrap, and share your diagnosis story. Here are a few tips for getting the most out of your profile:
You might want to make a short video to direct people to use our symptom checker. Here are a few top tips to help you:
Most people check their social media accounts in the morning and evening. Between 7am-9am and 7pm-9pm is usually the best time post. If you know what time works best for your own profile and audience, then go with that. Our social media team operates between the hours of 9am and 5pm. We aim to engage with posts during that time, though due to the number of posts we're tagged in we cannot respond to everyone.
We know it can be difficult to live with, or support someone living with these conditions. But you’re not alone. We provide up-to-date, evidence-based information and can support you to live well with Crohn’s or Colitis.
Our helpline team can help by:
Providing information about Crohn’s and Colitis.
Listening and talking through your situation.
Helping you to find support from others in the Crohn’s and Colitis community.
Signposting you to specialist organisations.
Please be aware we’re not medically or legally trained. We cannot provide detailed financial or benefits advice or specialist emotional support.
Please contact us via telephone, email or LiveChat - 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (except English bank holidays).
If you need specific medical advice about your condition, your GP or IBD team will be best placed to help.
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