Stop The UK Clock Change

Leave the clocks alone!

Twice a year, millions of families move their children's whole routine by an hour overnight disrupting millions of bedtimes. We're campaigning to leave the clocks alone!

Take the two-minute clock change survey and we'll say thanks with a discount on a Zeepy clock.
Take the 2-minute surveyWhy we're doing this
Picture the scene

It's Sunday. 5:04am.

Small footsteps on the landing. A child who is completely certain it's morning, and a kitchen clock that disagrees.

By Wednesday they're wide awake at 8pm and asleep in the car at 4.

It takes a week or so to get back on track. Then it all happens again in March.

37% of parents say their children struggle to adapt when the clocks change.Censuswide for Aviva, August 2025
57% of people in a 100,000-person Travelodge survey said the clocks shouldn't change.Travelodge, September 2025
You Parents of young children feel it most. We want to hear what it's like in your house.Add your answer
It can be done

One place just stopped.

In September 2026, Manitoba in Canada decided to stop changing its clocks. Nearly 72,000 people answered the province's survey.

On 1 November, when the clocks go back across most of North America, Manitoba stays put. We'll be asking families there how the first winter goes.

92% of Manitobans who answered wanted the switching to end.Government of Manitoba, September 2026

Dave Law, Zeepy co-founder

Lives in Winnipeg, where the clocks just stopped.

Rob Law, Zeepy co-founder

Founder of Trunki. Lives in the UK, still changing the clocks twice a year.

What we're asking for

Pick an hour. Leave it there.

We don't care which hour the UK keeps. Just stop changing it. The British Sleep Society says the twice-yearly change should go.

Read the British Sleep Society's position statement ↗
The Zeepy Bedtime Disruption Index

What happens in your house?

Six quick questions. Every March and October we ask parents what the clock change does to bedtime, and we share what they tell us.

Finish the survey and we'll email you a thank-you discount on a Zeepy clock.
1. How old are your children? (tick all that apply)
2. Would you get rid of the clock change?
3. If the clocks stopped changing, which would you rather keep?
4. How long does your child take to settle after the clocks change?

We'll use your answers in our research and only ever share them anonymously. Privacy policy

Thank you.

Your answers are in. Every one makes the numbers harder to ignore.

Your thank-you code is on its way to your inbox.

In the meantime

Until they stop, here's how to get through it.

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How to protect your bedtime routine when the clocks changeGuide

How to protect your bedtime routine when the clocks change

Practical ways to keep bedtime steady through the week the clocks change.

Read the guide →A clock that does the explainingKip the Kitty

A clock that does the explaining

A four-phase clock like Kip is one way to show a small child when it's time to sleep and when it's okay to get up, whatever the kitchen clock says.

Shop the clock →A story, a sound or a song for each part of bedtimeThe Zeepy app

A story, a sound or a song for each part of bedtime

Start with a free trial. There's even a story for this week: Kip and the Extra Hour.

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