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Esports for kids: How child-friendly are esports events? Here’s what a 7-year-old and his dad thought of the RLCS London Major 2024
The average esports fan (typically aged 18-34) has high expectations of major events – broadcasts should be fun, […]
February 22, 2025UK YouTuber DanTDM donates £300,000+ to fund TheRockinR gaming equipment for seriously ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital
UK YouTube star Dan Middleton aka DanTDM has donated £310,000 to Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity). […]
November 23, 2024UK’s first full-time Gamer-in-Residence hired to play video games with patients in Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children
Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity has announced its new Gamer-in-Residence role after more than £100,000 was raised through the […]
October 24, 2024Drive Lounge Norwich and Acer launch summer esports academy for kids
Acer and Acer for Education have teamed up with Drive Lounge Norwich to announce a free summer esports […]
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July 26, 2024Pro gamer, streamer and footballer top UK children’s career poll
Pro gamer, streamer and footballer have been named the most popular career choices by UK children in a new […]
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June 30, 2024Campaign launched by SAF founder to better regulate loot boxes in the UK
Callum ‘Cal’ Dornan, the CEO and founder of UK-based esports and content organisation, SAF, has launched a campaign […]
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February 19, 2024Family who named charity after son’s gamertag keen to form esports team to honour his legacy: Here’s how you can help TheRockinR – and SpecialEffect – and win prizes this pancake day courtesy of AOC/Philips monitors
Left to right: Carol Miree, YouTuber Jacksepticeye, Reece Miree, Jonny Miree and Jess Miree (photo taken prior to […]
February 12, 2024Review of Game On! For BBC Children in Need: A welcome love letter to gaming or a missed opportunity for esports? (TV show featured Guild Racing, Harry Pinero & Elz the Witch)
Earlier this month, the BBC broadcast its own gaming show from Confetti X in Nottingham: Game On! For […]
November 26, 2023Scottish Hockey tests esports camps in Glasgow
Scottish Hockey has tested a new model of participation through an esports hockey test event at the Glasgow […]
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October 23, 2023Just Dance for Pudsey: BBC Children in Need, Ubisoft and Digital Schoolhouse encourage schools and families to enter new live gaming TV show broadcast from Nottingham Confetti X
Members of the UK public will have the opportunity to appear on a new live TV show by […]
October 3, 2023Norwich Anime & Gaming Con Review by a 6-year-old and his esports-obsessed dad: Local gaming conventions like this are a great entry point for kids
Norwich Anime & Gaming Con took place at the UEA Students Union from June 24th to 25th 2023. […]
July 4, 2023Subway Future Talent Series launches at Guild Esports in Shoreditch as esports project targets schools
Subway and UK organisation Guild Esports have announced the Subway Future Talent Series, a project that aims to […]
December 5, 2022Brixton hosts Esports Youth Club pop-up with 2K Games as new social enterprise aims to make gaming accessible for all
New social enterprise, Esports Youth Club, ran a free gaming pop-up for over 260 young people in Brixton […]
December 2, 2022James Banks supports Thatcham Town Harriers FC with Banks Esports logo on jerseys: ‘My goal for these young lads is to motivate and inspire them’
British CSGO caster and personality James Banks is giving back to the community by supporting an under nines […]
September 22, 2022A chaotic week for Twitch: Community reacts to Mizkif, Crazyslick and Sliker scandals, clampdown on gambling streams, revenue split change and report on child predators
Twitch has been rocked this week with a number of stories from streamer incidents around gambling and alleged […]
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