So we're in the office on New Year's Eve getting a large order ready for one of our customers when the announcement came over the radio that Australia have just celebrated the opening of the new year.

Wow! The hours are cantering away with us! So we'd just like to wish all our customers old and new a very Happy New Year 2024. We wish for you health and happiness, peace and stability throughout the coming year and beyond. Thank you once again for choosing You ID Me for your emergency ID and alert needs.

Have a great New Years Eve and stay safe.

There's been a lot of change to You ID Me over the kast 12 months with the introduction of a new dashboard for customers with lots more functionality. Walkalone safety tool has been rolled out and we're now looking at development for 2024.

Safety and security has been stepped up with one time passcodes being made mandatory alongside many other security features.

The website has been refreshed and this work continues into 2024.

One thing we'd really like to include in the coming year is the ability for alerts to be sent by WhatsApp. Our dev team are looking into this and we'll report back at some point soon.

Keep your eye on your mailbox for updates throughout 2024. 

Take care and all the best.
Lee and the team.

Our new card design launched this week   features  all  the vital elements needed in case of emergency: 

1. Common  universal symbols to atract immediate attention and recognition that this is a medical alert product.
2. Clear large bold text "In Case of Emergency"
3. Large format photo: 
   Taking up over 1/3 of the surface area of the card gives an opportunity to add a decent photo; something that's always good to have in case of emergency
4. Unique ID.  This is your unique ID number  that links to your emergency  profile on the You ID Me system. Where first responders can access your vital ID, contact and medical information
5. QR  code for super-fast access to your emergency ID profile
6. Custom information printed on the reverse in  ultrasharp waterproof text with an antifade film to protect it.

Just a quickie,,, we're on TikTok.   So if you use the app and would like to see some of our latest short videos  head on over  and search you.id.me  

Have fun. 🙂

True story. Bunny the Sheep was inspired by a call from a farmer who asked if You ID Me could help with  sheep that ocassionally go missing.   We   think he'd been searching for sol-ewe-tions online and had inadvertantly found You ID Me.

So we've turned the chuckle into I suppose a little mascot that we hope will become popular as   a light-hearted  bit of fun.

Stick it on your fridge, care, case or anywhere else you care.  Get your's free more here.

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Walkalone lets your contacts know you're in danger, you're  scared or you don't feel safe and it provides your location.

Walkalone is a unique personal safety service provided by You ID Me Platinum.

Walkalone puts a simple yet powerful emergency alert button in the centre of your phone screen to use if ever you're in danger, scared or need urgent help.

The button triggers alerts to your registered emergency contacts and shows them your location using Google Maps.

Walkalone can be used by anyone that carries a phone. It's designed  in case they:

• run into some kind of danger
• feel scared or unsafe
• have an unusual problem, such as being approached by a lone 'police  officer'

The Walkalone  personal safety tool is for anyone that carries a mobile phone; women and girls, men and boys, of any age.  The  original idea for Walkalone was for the creation of a tool to help keep lone females safe. It was  triggered by the horrific abduction and murder case of Sarah Everard  in March 2021  by off duty Met Police Officer Wayne Couzins - interest and use of Walkalone is divided across  gender and all ages, highlighting the need for a personal safety alert  tool.

​Testing has been carried out  across the UK. Due to SMS restrictions in other parts of the world  it's strongly advised to that users check first to see if your / your emergency contacts' mobile phones have been registered in any country outside of the UK. 
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It's imperative that users test the Walkalone tool as soon as it is made live on your profile to satisfy yourself that the service works with your mobile​ network and the mobile network of your emergency contacts.

Throughout the many conversations that we've had with 1000's of customers, the throny issue of life assurance for people with medical conditions often crops up.

A chance  conversation and Zoom meeting with a London based tech start-up in the life assurance aren​a got us thinking  even harder about  our members' needs in this regard.

The new company will specialise in providing fast, economical life assurance quotes for people with type 2 diabetes. Though they're not quite up and running their specialist type two diabetic life assurance algorithm looks set to be  offer substantial benefits to people living with  type two diabetes that are  looking  for life assurance cover. 

But it's not just diabetics that struggle to get reasonable quotes for life assurance  cover.  You ID Me is used by people with almost every medical condition that you can think of and of course  multiple medical conditions.

Many of you have put off the idea of life assurance due to historic   high quotes on premiums, point-blank refusals or hearsay; those water cooler type conversations  that would have you think that life assurance is a waste of time pursuing.

Well think again. The future is bright. 

We've teamed up with a preferred  expert in life assurance for people with medical conditions that actively and independently search the entire UK  field  to source the very best  fit for your personal circumstances. 

Their aim is to serve you by securing  quick and plain  English decisions back without the pain of  ridiculous quotes or long waits for a decision. Sound good?  Hold on there's more!

Life assurance policies often come with a raft of other benefits that can be used   throughout   the life of the policy.  For example: - 

• Annual health checks
• Medical counselling
• Health support
• Second medical opinions
• Nutritional and fitness services

Additionally, for every successful life assurance plan taken out  through our preferred supplier referral scheme we'll put you on our safest ID plan - Platinum with Alerts - free for life, saving you £59.88 a year.   A significant benefit in itself meaning in the event of an emergency your contacts phone will be alerted to let them know you have a problem.

So if you don't currently have life assurance, perhaps because of a previous high quote  or even a refusal, you and your family are missing  out on a nice range of benefits  and ultimately peace of mind.

Let us help you find the perfect policy for you by referring your interest through to our preferred professionals.

They will use their knowledge and expertise to scour the  UK market - leaving no stone left unturned - to  find  the best possible solution to your individual needs.

I'm excited to announce  that we've  instructed our developers to move forward with  Walkalone v1.0. It's a new service that will help protect women, and men, and children that become vulnerable  whilst alone without support.

The development of the application has been catalyzed by the recent tragic  case of Sarah Everard who was abducted and murdered by off-duty police officer Wayne Couzens, whilst she was walking home alone.

The service will allow users to  'arm' their mobile device and hit a button to discreetly send emergency alerts to selected contacts  to let them know they're in danger, feel scared or unsafe.  Importantly alerts will  carry location data taken at the precise moment alerts are triggered.

Men are almost always the perpetrators in attacks on women. The statistics on attacks against women in the UK are appalling. Three women are killed by men in the UK every week. 

In the year that ended March '20, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) calculated that some 4.9 million women had been victims of a sexual assault. This figure included around 1.4 million who had been raped or had faced an attempted rape.  In total, 98.5% of the rapists were identified as men.

It's my firm belief that  we shouldn't need to be providing  women with tools or 'advice' to deal with the mistreatment, behavior and attacks that they encounter from men; the change should come from  the  men.

However until such a dramatic  shift in the conscience and behavior of perpetrators takes place I think we should do  whatever is necessary to protect the lives   and health of potential  victims. 

Walkalone is just one  small way that could help and , just like I said  some years ago when I created You ID Me for my then twenty-two year old daughter,,, if it helps  save the life of just one person that that will be worth all the effort.

Initially  the service will be trialed by existing users  of the You ID Me emergency ID and alert service. 

To learn more and be first to know  when Walkalone is launched register for Walkalone updates. 

You can now email a copy of your emergency ID profile from your You ID Me dashboard.

You can use this handy new function now to email a copy of your emergency ID profile to anyone you choose, such as your GP, specialist, consultant or even your emergency contacts, so that they have sight of what you have included in your profile.

It's really quick and easy and here's how to do it: ​ https://youtu.be/XWhDRs8qPBY

Your You ID Me profile QR Code provides a fast direct link to your emergency ID profile from any mobile device  with a QR app on it. Many devices have a QR reading app on them as standard. Just start the app. Point your device camera at your QR and your profile will show  within a second. Easy.

You can do a lot with your  QR code. Make one or multiple simple emergency ID cards to carry on you. Keep it behind the sun visor in your car.  Give it to consultants, doctors, nurses etc.  

I personally like how it provides an element of privacy in that my medical condition isn't blatantly on show, though it's accessible   in an emergency within a second.

So how do you get yours? It's simple. Just watch the video below . It'll take you two minutes.

​BFN ^LC

IN this short video Lee announces what's new in the latest round of updates to the You ID Me Emergency Medical ID and Contact Alert System...