 6
years on....
www.twinsclub.co.uk
"About Us"
We Are :
Tony Jones
Hello, I'm the proud father of beautiful twin daughters.
I work as a freelance IT consultant for my sins and decided
to use my skills to produce
, because there seemed to be very little help and information
online for parents like ourselves. Unfortunately, my editoral
and literary flare are sadly lacking, but with some help from
Lindsey Gray,
was finally born in June 2000.
In February 2001, the website was completely revamped, to
give it a new look and feel. The site became more interactive,
allowing our many visitors to exchange information, ideas
and concerns with each other. Since launching the website,
it has gone from strength to strength.
now receives over 250,000 hits each week from not just
the UK, but all over the world. We have over 200,000 forum
postings, aswell as articles and information from twinsclubs
and multiples groups in the UK.
2006 saw the launch of our new expanded forums, offering
greater facilities for our members. After a few teething problems
they are now running very successfully, so if you haven't
tried them yet, jump in and have a go!
I hope you enjoy this website and make it a regular port
of call, like many other parents. Please email
me if you experience any problems, when trying to browse
this website.
Lindsey Gray 
Hi I'm Lindsey, mother of Oliver (9) and 6year old identical
twins Alex and Toby. Having twins completely changed my life
- something I'm sure most of you can relate to. I had a few
scares in the pregnancy with twin to twin transfusion syndrome
(TTTS) and ended up having over 20 scans. However I now realise
how lucky I was in that both boys were born healthy and happy,
and didn't have to spend time in SCBU at all. I have a background
in television and the media, and found Twinsclub.co.uk whilst
on a futile search for UK based websites for twins. I teamed
up with Tony to help co-produce it back in 2000, and am really
proud that we now have over 200 clubs listed, thousands of
registered users, and hundreds of thousands of hits per week.
We achieved all this with very little support from anyone
apart from our loyal members - those who logged on each day
to join in the discussions, offer advice and support where
it was needed, or simply a listening ear. A massive thanks
goes out to everyone who has helped us achieve our aims, and
we hope you will continue to support us in the future.
We now have our site sponsors Kiddicare
to thank for their support, along with our other advertisers
and sponsors throughout the site. Please support them as they
support Twinsclub!
Our Aims:
Back in 2000, there was no UK site for parenting twins, triplets
or more. We set out to change all that. We wanted to put people
in touch with one another, so they could share their experiences,
offer support and advice, and generally help each other out.
We wanted to link up all the UK twins clubs, so they can pool
their newsletter info, swap funnies, etc - anything which
would make the job easier! At
we aim to produce a site where anyone with multiples
in the UK can find out the information specific to them. You
may have just found out you're having a multiple pregnancy
and need to find someone in your area to talk to. You may
live in a remote part of the country where there isn't a group
in existence -
could help you start your own by putting you in touch
with others like you or
can be your virtual twins group/club.
Please feel free to include any of our articles in your
club newsletters, but do us the courtesy of crediting
when you do. If there is anything you'd like to see more
of, or have any articles which you would like to submit, please
email me at Lindsey@twinsclub.co.uk
is run by parents of twins who give up a considerable
amount of their spare time (and not-so-spare money) in order
to make the future easier for others with twins or more. We
hope you enjoy visiting, and that you'll be inspired to get
more involved, by sending suggestions, stories, news etc.
Thanks and keep visiting!
Our Achievements :
As well as now being the UK's largest website for parenting
twins, triplets and more, we're proud to have donated over
£5000 to charity.
2005 Twins calendar raised £2000 for BLISS, the Premature
Baby Charity
2006 Twins and Triplets calendar raised £3000 for Tamba,
the Twins and Multiple Birth Charity.
Read more about the
calendar here.
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