YouGov’s CharityIndex measured the public's perception of ChildLine and NSPCC over the past six months. This month’s Brand Watch looks at the impact of the Jimmy Savile scandal on NSPCC and ChildLine since the revelations appeared in October. While technically NSPCC and ChildLine are interlinked – the former took over ...
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The country is split over “safe” drug rooms – with young people more likely to support the idea than the old An Independent Drugs Commission for Brighton and Hove last week proposed that consumption rooms, where people could use illegal drugs under the supervision of professional healthcare workers, could reduce ...
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The majority of Britons think we’re quick to thank and apologise—but slow to open doors and give up our seats New YouGov research today reveals how British adults regard the manners of their fellow citizens. It seems that people are still prompt with verbal offers of good manners, but anything ...
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A third of Americans had heard of the Boston bombings within half an hour after they happened and half the country knew about them within an hour While details are still emerging about the bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday, new research from YouGov US shows that word of ...
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Sick of Earth? You're not alone. 9% of Britons say they’d move to Mars – and never come back A new YouGov poll shows nearly one in ten (9%) Britons would take a one-way trip to the Red Planet with 'Mars One', a Dutch organisation which wants to build a community ...
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Alexandra and Grace are popular choices for a royal girl, and James is the favourite for a boy Since the Duchess of Cambridge announced her pregnancy last December, what name she will give to her her son or daughter - Britain's monarch someday - has been the subject of much ...
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Public strongly backs BBC in airing Monday's BBC North Korea documentary The London School of Economics has criticised the BBC recently over an episode of Panorama in which reporter John Sweeney poses as an LSE student to bypass North Korea’s ban on journalists and expose “the most rigidly controlled nation ...
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The BBC is having a tumultuous few days, with rows over whether to play a Margaret Thatcher ‘death song’ and its decision to air a controversial North Korea documentary dominating chatter about the corporation on social media. On Friday, using SoMA, YouGov’s social media analysis tool, we told how the ...
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New YouGov research for the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) shows that people over 50 are putting their eyesight at risk due to a lack of awareness of Age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is the biggest cause of sight loss for those over 50, ...
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Almost half (44%) of British parents cannot afford to give their child a birthday party, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by Blue Rubicon and used in a new report from Money for Life/Family Action. Our national poll reveals that over two-fifths (44%) of British parents with children under 18 ...
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