Penpals

What are Pen Pals?

You can make friends with people a long way away.

Pen Pals are friends who you write to and they write back to you.

Having a pen pal is a good way to find out what other places are like.

The Internet is another way of having a pen pal.

You can use a chatroom or email to meet people.

You have to be careful if you use the internet to meet people.

Find a Pen Pal with Write Away

There is a charity called Write Away that helps people who have a learning difficulty find a pen pal.

Write Away says...

• Everyone has the right to make friends.
• Sometimes it is hard to make friends.
• Sometimes friends argue or disagree, they are still friends.
• Friends feel comfortable with each other.
• You can make friends in a lot of different ways.

You can contact Write Away and find a Pen Pal

Website: http://www.write-away.org
Address: Write Away, 1 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL
Telephone & Textphone: 020 8964 4225
Fax: 020 8964 3532
Email: info@write-away.org

Meeting people on the Internet

The internet has ways of meeting people.

There are chatrooms where people type messages to each other.

There are people who email strangers to become friends.

Be very careful when you use the internet to meet people.

Sometimes bad people use the internet to meet people.

Never give out your address or phone number to strangers.

Don't go to meet strangers you talk to on the internet

Ask a supporter to help you.