Press Coverage

It’s always great to see the interest Left-Handers’ Day generates.   To show the truly international spread of Left-Handers Day, here are links to a few of the articles posted about The Day from around the world.   Please add links to any more you come across in the comments field below.

ABC News – Australia

Malaysia Star – Malaysia

Daily Mirror – Sri ...Read more

Channel 5 Television News

Channel 5 News  are looking for any left-handers either in London or South East of England who have any experiences of being left-handed that would be interesting to share with their viewers in an item to be filmed tomorrow (13th August).

Please contact Jacqui Fuller from Channel 5 news on:

email :  jacqui.fuller@bskyb.com

or tel: 0207 800 2714 as soon as possible if you would like to take part.

Spanish news agency Efe (Spain): press enquiry

Deadline 7th August: Spanish news agency Efe (Spain): Need to hear urgently from Spanish left-handers with an interesting point to make about the advantages of being left handed for a feature in the next few days.

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Lincolnshire Echo (UK) : press enquiry

Deadline 8th August : Lincolnshire Echo (UK regional newspaper) Want to do a feature on the day and would like to speak to people in the Lincolnshire area who have interesting stories about being left handed. Contact Lauren using the form below if you live in the local area and would like to contribute.

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Beeld Pretoria (SA) : press enquiry

Deadline:  August 10th 2009.

Beeld is planning to publish a main body feature about international left-hand day on 13 August 2009, and would like to hear from left-handers in South Africa.

If you would like to contribute to this article, contact Lauren urgently using the form below.

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Left-Handers Day 2009 Events and Celebrations

If you are planning any sort of event or celebration for 13th August 2009 to mark International Left-Handers Day, even if it’s just a left-handed tea party in your front room, please do let us know and send us a short report or a photo and we will add them to our reports on the Left Handers Day website.

Click here for our page of ideas on how to ...Read more

BBC Newsround (UK)

Deadline 10th August 2009:

We received the following request from the BBC Newsround team about Left-Handers Day 2009:-

“We are a national children’s news programme hoping to see what child related activities you may have planned for the day.    Are there any children’s left hand groups who are taking part?

Also, are you aware of a case study of a child who is having issues with being left handed who may want to talk to Newsround about it, or indeed a child who ...Read more

Left Handers Day website

We have created a special website to report on Left-Handers day activities for 13th August each year and it also has surveys and quizzes related to the Day

Click here to visit the Left handers Day website (opens in new browser window)