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About Ask Sam

Whether you’re worried about boyfriend/girlfriend problems, want to know what to do to stay safe online or what to do if you or a friend are being bullied,  I’m here to help.

Every week I read all the messages you’ve sent me and I post replies here. I may not answer your question directly because I receive too many to be able to reply to everyone, but I will select the most popular topics so you’re bound to find an answer.

If you need to get a quick answer or need urgent help, if you or someone you know is being harmed, or if you are in danger, remember you can phone ChildLine on 0800 1111 or have a1-2-1 chat online with a counsellor.

Also remember not to post any personal details like your full name, school or email address in your letter. These could identify you. 

Ask Sam

Ask Sam whatever you want. Write Sam a message or look at what other people have asked

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Accessibility

We want to make sure everyone can access the information provided on this site

We've put together a few tips and help for you. Please send us a message if you can't find what you're looking for. Or you have a suggestion of something we could include.

Using the keyboard instead of the mouse.
As well as using the tab key to navigate through the screen, the ChildLine website has special access keys:

Alt+S = skip navigation
Alt+1 = home
Alt+0 = accessibility information.

Is the text size too large or too small?
You can change your text settings through your browser options:

In Internet Explorer, go to View > Text size and select your desired text size setting (eg, larger, smaller).

In Firefox, go to View > Text size and increase/decrease using Ctrl and + or -

If you have a scroll wheel on your mouse, you can hold down Ctrl and scroll back or forth to increase or decrease the font size in both IE and Firefox.

Changing your computer screen settings
To change the size of the image shown on your screen on a PC running Windows 95 and upwards, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Settings and change the desktop area by using the sliding bar.

On an Apple Mac, you can use the Monitor & Sound Control Panel to change the resolution.

Having difficulty with your keyboard or mouse?
You can fine-tune your mouse and keyboard settings under Start > Settings > Control Panel > Accessibility in Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and XP.

Skipping navigation for talking browsers and screen readers
For speech browsers, you can press Alt and S followed by Enter to skip navigation on our pages.

The site is W3C level AA compliant.

 

 

Help

Ask Sam

You can send a letter to Sam without being logged into the ChildLine site. Go back to the main Ask Sam page to write Sam a letter.

To read other letters to Sam, just go to the topic that you are interested in and all the letters Sam has replied to about that topic will be listed.