The Hello Campaign
About Hello
2011 was the national year of communication, known as the
Hello campaign. The Communication Trust ran Hello
in partnership with Jean Gross, Communication Champion for
children.
Hello aimed to make children and young people's
communication a priority in homes and schools across the country.
The campaign had a special focus on championing the needs of
children and young people with speech, language and communication
needs (SLCN) and their families.
Hello was sponsored by BT and Pearson Assessment and backed by the
Department of Education and Department of Health.
Hello successes
The Communication Trust gathered the expertise of its Consortium
and partners to deliver results including:
• Working with 200 local co-ordinators across the country
from local authorities, primary care trusts and speech and language
therapy teams to embed the Hello campaign locally
• Developing monthly themes to help
give focus to each month. Click here to view the
themes
• Creating and disseminating 400,000 resources to parents
and members of the children's workforce
• Developing three strategic projects (A Chance to
Talk, Communication Ambassadors and
Talk of the
Town) to support parents to develop their children's
communication skills and schools in their growing role as
commissioners of SLCN services
• Securing nearly 700 articles in national, trade and local
media on the issue of children's speech, language and
communication
• Running innovative events including No Pens Day Wednesday
and the Shine a Light communication awards
• Partnering with parent facing brands including National
Family Week, FINK and Chapman Entertainment on the creation of Raa Raa the
Noisy Lion
You can download the Hello journey document outlining
highlights from 2011 here.