From cca3788f8f52df8cd1cb13b4422e23ad875c2f87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Mulhern <81927768+curlyfriesplease@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:54:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] relax validation of names, to allow special characters,
 apostrophes and hyphens

---
 .../Organisms/shared/emailSignup/emailSignupConfig.js         | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/Organisms/shared/emailSignup/emailSignupConfig.js b/src/components/Organisms/shared/emailSignup/emailSignupConfig.js
index ff451230c..cd979afeb 100644
--- a/src/components/Organisms/shared/emailSignup/emailSignupConfig.js
+++ b/src/components/Organisms/shared/emailSignup/emailSignupConfig.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const buildEsuValidationSchema = overrides => {
       .string()
       .required('Please enter your first name')
       .matches(
-        /^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z' -]*$/,
+        /^\p{L}[\p{L}' -]*$/u,
         "This field only accepts letters and ' - and must start with a letter"
       )
       .max(25, 'Your first name must be between 1 and 25 characters'),
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const buildEsuValidationSchema = overrides => {
       .string()
       .required('Please enter your last name')
       .matches(
-        /^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z' -]*$/,
+        /^\p{L}[\p{L}' -]*$/u,
         "This field only accepts letters and ' - and must start with a letter"
       )
       .max(50, 'Your last name must be between 1 and 50 characters'),

From 15e119378aebd9e259a8802cef47b38196298bb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Mulhern <81927768+curlyfriesplease@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:50:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: Empty commit to trigger CI