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Comment In fact we were lying on the grass outside the mayor's building in the centre of London, helping Byte Night and children's charity NCH raise money for young people who sleep out every night - usually through no fault of their own. [27 Sep 2007]
IT charity employs flash mob tactics
News A flash mob descended on Potters Field, next to City Hall in London, this morning - not to protest against mayor Ken Livingstone's latest policies but to draw attention to Byte Night, an annual sleepout by the IT industry in aid of children's... [06 Sep 2007]
From CIO to consultant: What I've learned so far
Comment Together with NCH we have extended the existing event this year to enable people outside London to take part by creating Byte Night Local. After six months working as a consultant, Mike Barrett has some successes, horror stories and advice to share. [05 Jul 2007]
Tech giants get behind Byte Night '06
News A team from CNET Networks, publisher of silicon.com, will also join the hardy throng in support of National Children's Homes (NCH). Last year Byte Night raised £250,000 for NCH. Liz Monks, NCH executive director of fundraising, said: "The... [26 May 2006]
School bullies taunt victims over the net
News Cam Matharu, technology programme manager at the NCH, the children's charity, told silicon.com: "It used to be that [bullying] stopped at the school gates but with new technology it's going back to the house. [15 Mar 2006]
Byte Night charity sleep-out hits new highs
News Byte Night has for another year been heralded as a resounding success as leading names working in tech in the UK gathered last Friday to sleep rough in aid of charity NCH. NCH chief executive Claire Tickell said: "We anticipate we have raised... [26 Sep 2005]
One in five kids hit by 'digital bullying'
News According to a survey by children's charity NCH, text bullying was the most regular form of abuse with 14 per cent of kids interviewed experiencing it. NCH said that in the past most bullying took place at school, or between home and the school... [07 Jun 2005]
Online child porn investigation costs police £15m
News The quadrupling in arrests for online child pornography over the last two years led children's charity NCH to last week call for a special police unit to be set up but this has been met with a muted response from the police, who claim the rise in... [07 Mar 2005]
Internet child pornography arrests quadruple
News UK police chiefs and children's charity NCH are calling for the government to fund a new national law enforcement unit to focus specifically on these internet pornography offences. The unit would be called the UK Internet Safety Centre and NCH... [04 Mar 2005]
Byte Night sleep-out a success again
News Byte Night, the UK IT industry's annual sleep-out for children's charity NCH, took place last Friday night and was another big success. Simon Burne, director of marketing and fundraising at NCH, dubbed the night "a tremendous success". [20 Sep 2004]
Major vendors to hold giant open air board meeting
News In fact, with annual UK technology charity Byte Night rapidly approaching - and many of those making up the UK boards of vendors such as Cisco, HP, Intel and Sun sleeping out under the stars, for children's charity NCH - we decided to ask about... [15 Sep 2004]
Will's Web Watch: 'Kids are gambling... quick, blame the web!'
Comment While a spokesman for NCH today expressed regret that "poor levels of journalism" have seen other media use its research as 'a stick to beat the internet', I can't help thinking they won't lose too much sleep over the coverage this latest report... [27 Jul 2004]
UK bookies blamed for underage gambling
News The tendency to blame all society's ills on the internet continued apace today with a report from children's charity NCH which claimed online bookies are failing to stop children from gambling. The NCH investigation found that a 16-year-old girl... [27 Jul 2004]
Homelessness and IT: Byte Night makes a connection
News Proceeds go to children's charity NCH. Ken Deeks, a Byte Night founder and NCH vice president, added: "Some of their stories are harrowing. To participate in Byte Night - which this year is being held in Potter's Field, right next to City Hall in... [16 Jun 2004]
3G 'child porn' claims scare operators into action
News It seems that a recent report by children's charity NCH, which implicated the internet in a huge rise in child porn and pointed the finger at 3G as the next big danger to kids, has spurred the mobile industry into action. [13 Jan 2004]
