Social Media Policy


This policy sets out how we use Social Media, and will tell you what you can expect from us if you follow Sir Quentin Blake's official accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.
Sir Quentin Blake's social media accounts are managed by the team in Sir Quentin Blake's office on his behalf. We do not use any automation to post content, such as tools that generate tweets from RSS feeds. If you follow us, you can generally expect no more than 10 tweets, posts or pins a day at this time, usually less, covering the following:
  • alerts about new content relating to Quentin Blake on digital channels (news, publications, opening social media channels, publicity campaigns, etc)
  • alerts about new content relating to arts (primarily illustration) or charitable concerns supported by Sir Quentin.
  • occasional live coverage of events

Following
We follow organisations and public individuals which share or represent Sir Quentin's interests as an illustrator and in art, literature and education. They include (but are not exclusively limited to) other artists, authors and publishers with whom Sir Quentin has worked and charitable organisations which he supports. We do not automatically follow back new followers. Due to resources, we infrequently review our follower list. Being followed back does not imply endorsement of any kind.

Availability
We will update and monitor our social media accounts during office hours, Monday to Friday. Social media platforms may occasionally be unavailable and we accept no responsibility for lack of service due to third party downtime.

@Replies, Direct Messages, Comments
We welcome feedback from all our followers and endeavour to join the conversation where possible. However, we are not able to reply individually to all the messages we receive. The team at Sir Quentin Blake's office reads all posts, comments, @replies and Direct Messages. We do not engage on issues of party politics or answer questions which may infringe Sir Quentin's personal privacy. Social media users should be aware that Sir Quentin does not reply to messages in person, so we regret that requests of this kind are not responded to.

Additional Information
Sir Quentin Blake's official social media accounts are:
  • Twitter: @QuentinBlakeHQ
  • Facebook: facebook.com/quentinblakeofficial
  • Instagram: @quentinblakehq
  • Pinterest: quentinblakehq
The usual ways of contacting Sir Quentin Blake's office are detailed in the Contact section of our website. If you have any queries about our social media policy, please email the website administrator at: [email protected].  Core office hours for staff to respond are 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday, excluding Public Holidays.

 Updated December 2020