# Exploring Adults' Engagement with Suicide, Self-Harm, and Eating Disorder Online Content

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by OFCOM.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [OFCOM](/buyers/ofcom/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [MEL Research Ltd](/suppliers/mel-research/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £60,126
- Tender value: £60,126
- Award date: 15 August 2025
- Published: 11 September 2025
- Contract start: 2 September 2025
- Contract end: 1 April 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2ddcc743-08ee-4dfb-8069-f362362671dc-863160
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9f73f6a6-980c-4dce-af90-4602f359f418

## Description

The research aims to understand how UK adults engage with online content related to suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders, including how such content is encountered, its perceived impact, and how experiences vary across different groups\. It also seeks to explore the role of support tools - particularly the role of features that help users to avoid and take other action in relation to legal content - and wider interventions to better protect and empower users in relation to S/SH/ED content\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2ddcc743-08ee-4dfb-8069-f362362671dc-863160)