articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2010 living well cic type community interest company founded september 2009 headquarters london united kingdom area served london united kingdom key people simon jones txtm8 manager james miller living well manager emily mailes txtm8 outreach worker services sms based question answering provider of healthcare services in london number of employees small permanent staff 8 self employed facilitators website www.txtm8.com txtm8 is a free sms sex and relationships text service for young people aged 13 25 living in london united kingdom . mobile phone users text 89868 with any question relating to sex and relationships and get a free reply within 30 minutes . launched in september 2009 by living well cic the service is currently commissioned by the london boroughs of hammersmith & fulham kensington & chelsea enfield and wandsworth . 1 contents 1 txtm8 sex and relationship text service 1.1 the number 2 in the news 3 texting and young people 4 references 5 external links txtm8 sex and relationship text service edit the number edit the service uses the short phone number 89868 which spells out txtm8 on a regular mobile phone keypad . in the news edit nhs wandsworth launches sex text initiative to curb teen pregnancy your local guardian website 17 november 2009 free text service for teenagers wandsworth council website 4 november 2009 new text service for teenagers tooting life website 4 november 2009 texting and young people edit txtm8 lets young people s thumbs ask the awkward questions . the service is user friendly providing young people with advice via the medium they value most their mobile phone . the average teenager sends 10 000 text messages a year . 2 for 18 to 24 year olds their mobile phone mattered more to them than television . 3 references edit if you have a question txtm8 has an answer txtm8 website 1 october 2009 teens send 10 000 text messages per year study finds telegraph website 12 december 2008 largest ever social study of mobile phone usage cellular news website 25 july 2006 external links edit txtm8 website living well website txtm8 facebook page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title txtm8 & oldid 690551648 categories human based computationsms based question answering serviceshidden categories orphaned articles from july 2010all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 november 2015 at 03 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view