HOW TO POST A MESSAGE

To post a message go to Create Content on the left hand side and click on New Forum topics or Just Joined Forum. If you have any difficulties please contact us through the contact section http://www.coap.co.uk/contact.  

When you join you can post a message in the Just Joined Forum that lets others know that you have just joined the COAP online community. For example; "Hi my name is Jed and my mum/dad/brother/sister/friend is...and I would like to talk to others in a similar situation to me".

You can also post a reply to someone else's message when you join. For example; "Hi my name is Summer and I have also been through that too, it would be great to talk to you, as I can really relate to what you are saying".

Please Read Before You Sign Up

Welcome to the COAP website! Please make sure that you only use your first name or a username, for example "heretotalk" or "flower" etc. This is for COAP members safety as some members may have a profile in a networking site such as Facebook or Myspace, so by only using the first name or a username, this means people will not be able to identify you by looking in a search engine and finding your profiles!! If you want to change your username you can easily do that by going to your profile.

Posting Messages

Please note that it can take up to 24 hours for a message to be moderated and put up onto the site. All messages are moderated before they go up onto the site to ensure COAP members safety, so that personal details such as email addresses and phone numbers are not posted onto the website.

Taking Care of Yourself

Please remember to take care of yourself when visiting this website and reading other people's messages. Sometimes other people's messages may contain upsetting experiences that may trigger or deepen your own distress. You can always stop reading a message if its upsetting you and come back to it another time.

Please Note

COAP does not offer an emergency service. If you consider your problem to be life threatening or if it is extremely serious we ask you to contact the emergency services or other appropriate agencies. Please see the links section for other important links.