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Exploring Adults' Engagement with Suicide, Self-Harm, and Eating Disorder Online Content

OFCOM

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: OFCOM

Buyer Address: Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 9HA, England

Contact Email: procurementnotice@ofcom.org.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
Other - Mini Competition via Ofcom Market Research Framework Agreement
Value
60126.0 GBP
Published
11 Sep 2025, 11:52
Deadline
10 Jul 2025, 11:00
Contract Start
01 Sep 2025, 23:00
Contract End
01 Apr 2026, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
79310000 - Market research services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
MEL Research Ltd
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

The research aims to understand how UK adults engage with online content related to suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders, including how such content is encountered, its perceived impact, and how experiences vary across different groups. It also seeks to explore the role of support tools - particularly the role of features that help users to avoid and take other action in relation to legal content - and wider interventions to better protect and empower users in relation to S/SH/ED content.

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Opportunity Context

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