Overview
To use txttouch with in schools, simply import existing numbers into the system or if you do not have mobile records, invite parents to join themselves by texting "your school name" to 80480. Parents sending a text in this way will have subscribed to receive free text alerts from the school whenever they are sent.
Key Benefits To Schools & Youth Groups
- Inform every parent / guardian of an unexpected school closure, at the same time.
- Simple to use and immediate. Create one message and instantly send to everybody.
- Don't rely on students having to take letters home.
- Low cost with Special Education Pricing available.
- No software needs to be installed
- Send messages easily, quickly and securely from any computer with Internet access or any nominated mobile phone
- Environmentally friendly - reduce paper communications
- Members join the alert service by text message and receive messages at no cost to them
- Text messages are free to receive
Examples of other texts sent are:
"Our hockey team won the county finals earlier this morning, we will be late returning"
"Please be aware that tomorrow students are to attend in casual dress"
"School sports day cancelled due to bad weather, now rescheduled for Tuesday"
"Reminder: Carol concert is tonight at 7:30pm"
"TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT of the PTA's Horse Racing Evening at 7.30 at school. Licensed bar, £1 entry, fish and chips optional and guaranteed fun, fun, fun!"
A Merseyside school recently used txttouch for their PTA, informing parents of: fundraising updates, time and venue changes and same day meeting reminders ! Their meetings were visibly better attended, with people unable to claim "they had forgotten" or "were not informed."
Txttouch is a simple to use system requiring only a connection to the internet, all of the information is stored securely and third parties do not contact your subscription list.
If you have any questions, we’ll be happy to answer them. Call us on 08706 260684 or drop us a line.
