UK SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Welcome to the UK Safer Internet Centre, where you can find online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online. Young people. Resources for 3-11s. Resources for 11-19s. Parents and carers. 2021 APPROPRIATE FILTERING AND MONITORING DEFINITIONS The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) has published its 'appropriate' filtering and monitoring definitions for 2021. The definitions help both schools and providers understand what is considered 'appropriate' and the annual revision follows a public consultation.
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Online Safety Live is a programme of FREE e-safety events designed exclusively for professionals working with children and young people. Delivered across the whole of the UK by SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning), we bring these events locally to you with all the very latest in online safety, including the latest issues, trends, research, resources and advice. We have been delivering this FILMS FOR 5-11 YEAR OLDS Films for 5-11 year olds. These films are aimed at children and young people aged 5 - 11 exploring what we can trust on the internet as part of our Safer Internet Day 2021 campaign. This main film can be a great way of furthering the discussions raided the education packs, why not watch the film with your class and ask the following questions: WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? What are the issues? The internet is an amazing resource which enables children and young people to connect, communicate and be creative in a number of different ways, on a range of devices. However, the internet is always changing, and being able to keep up to date with your children’s use of
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Social media guides | Safer Internet Centre. Social media guides. Find out more about the safety features available on these popular social networks. ASKfm. Safety features on ASKfm, a social networking site where users can ask each other questions. Facebook. Safety features on Facebook, a popular social network with over a billion users. ONLINE SAFETY FILMS TO WATCH WITH YOUR CHILD The Adventures of Kara, Winston and the SMART Crew. Why not have an adventure with Captain Kara and her SMART Crew as they voyage through the online world. These cartoons illustrate 5 e-safety SMART rules and include a real life SMART Crew of young people, who guide the cartoon characters in their quest, and help them make safe online decisions. REPORTING IMPERSONATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA If someone created an account pretending to be you: Go to the profile that's impersonating you (If you can't find it, try searching for the name used on the profile or asking your friends if they can send you a link to it.) Click the three dots on the cover photo and select PARENTING IN A DIGITAL AGE: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR MY Will Earp, Digital Experience Manager for SWGfL, looks at the growing role of technology in our homes and the benefits it can have on young people.
UK SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Welcome to the UK Safer Internet Centre, where you can find online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online. Young people. Resources for 3-11s. Resources for 11-19s. Parents and carers. 2021 APPROPRIATE FILTERING AND MONITORING DEFINITIONS The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) has published its 'appropriate' filtering and monitoring definitions for 2021. The definitions help both schools and providers understand what is considered 'appropriate' and the annual revision follows a public consultation. ONLINE SAFETY LIVE
Online Safety Live is a programme of FREE e-safety events designed exclusively for professionals working with children and young people. Delivered across the whole of the UK by SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning), we bring these events locally to you with all the very latest in online safety, including the latest issues, trends, research, resources and advice. We have been delivering this FILMS FOR 5-11 YEAR OLDS Films for 5-11 year olds. These films are aimed at children and young people aged 5 - 11 exploring what we can trust on the internet as part of our Safer Internet Day 2021 campaign. This main film can be a great way of furthering the discussions raided the education packs, why not watch the film with your class and ask the following questions: WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? What are the issues? The internet is an amazing resource which enables children and young people to connect, communicate and be creative in a number of different ways, on a range of devices. However, the internet is always changing, and being able to keep up to date with your children’s use of
REPORT HARMFUL CONTENT Report Harmful Content is a national reporting centre that has been designed to assist anyone in reporting harmful content online.. What is harmful content? Well, it’s anything online which causes a person distress or harm. Our focus is on providing advice about all types of harm online and signposting users to the correct services, highlighting to the public a reporting route for non SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDES
Social media guides | Safer Internet Centre. Social media guides. Find out more about the safety features available on these popular social networks. ASKfm. Safety features on ASKfm, a social networking site where users can ask each other questions. Facebook. Safety features on Facebook, a popular social network with over a billion users. ONLINE SAFETY FILMS TO WATCH WITH YOUR CHILD The Adventures of Kara, Winston and the SMART Crew. Why not have an adventure with Captain Kara and her SMART Crew as they voyage through the online world. These cartoons illustrate 5 e-safety SMART rules and include a real life SMART Crew of young people, who guide the cartoon characters in their quest, and help them make safe online decisions. REPORTING IMPERSONATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA If someone created an account pretending to be you: Go to the profile that's impersonating you (If you can't find it, try searching for the name used on the profile or asking your friends if they can send you a link to it.) Click the three dots on the cover photo and select PARENTING IN A DIGITAL AGE: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR MY Will Earp, Digital Experience Manager for SWGfL, looks at the growing role of technology in our homes and the benefits it can have on young people.
FILMS FOR 5-11 YEAR OLDS Films for 5-11 year olds. These films are aimed at children and young people aged 5 - 11 exploring what we can trust on the internet as part of our Safer Internet Day 2021 campaign. This main film can be a great way of furthering the discussions raided the education packs, why not watch the film with your class and ask the following questions: ONLINE SAFETY
Online Safety Index. The Schools Online Safety Index, authored by Prof Andy Phippen, groups and ranks online performance information from 14,000 schools by Local Authority area. Based on self-review data from the 14,000 schools using 360degreesafe, the charts below show how everyone performs. A final score is shown as the ‘Index’ which is a
FREE TO BE ME: SAFER INTERNET DAY RESEARCH Free to be me: Safer Internet Day research. For Safer Internet Day 2020, the UK Safer Internet Centre has launched a report into how young people manage, curate and navigate their online identity. Download our new research report: Free to be me: Piecing together identity online.
NEED HELP? | SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Helpline operated by the UK Safer Internet Centre offering professionals who work with children across the UK support, advice and mediation with online safety issues. The helpline can be contacted by email: helpline@saferinternet.org.uk or telephone on 0844 3814772 (calls
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SMART Rules! S. Safe: Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information when you're chatting or posting online. Personal information includes your email address, phone number and password. M. Meet: Meeting someone you have only been in touch with online can be dangerous. Only do so with your parents' or carers' permission and even then only when they can be present. RESOURCES FOR 11-19S Resources for 11-19s. The internet is a brilliant place to connect with others, to be creative and to discover new things. Here you will find films, games, quizzes and advice to help you to use the internet safely, responsibly and positively. ONLINE SAFETY LIVE RESOURCES AREA Thank you for attending our Online Safety Live event in Scotland. Below you will find a copy of the presentation itself and links to all the relevant resources. SEXTING RESOURCES
Sexting resources. Sexting resources. The UK Safer Internet Centre has developed two resources that provide advice and guidance to help young people consider the consequences of posting sexting images online and what they can do if they find themselves in a position where they have lost control of their images. Picture This – drama resource. OFSTED REVIEW
Today (June 10th 2021), Ofsted has published a review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges in light of the recent Everyone’s Invited campaign which encouraged children to report their own experiences with sexual harassment. ONLINE SAFETY FILMS TO WATCH WITH YOUR CHILD The Adventures of Kara, Winston and the SMART Crew. Why not have an adventure with Captain Kara and her SMART Crew as they voyage through the online world. These cartoons illustrate 5 e-safety SMART rules and include a real life SMART Crew of young people, who guide the cartoon characters in their quest, and help them make safe online decisions. UK SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Welcome to the UK Safer Internet Centre, where you can find online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online. Young people. Resources for 3-11s. Resources for 11-19s. Parents and carers. ONLINE SAFETY LIVE
Online Safety Live is a programme of FREE e-safety events designed exclusively for professionals working with children and young people. Delivered across the whole of the UK by SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning), we bring these events locally to you with all the very latest in online safety, including the latest issues, trends, research, resources and advice. We have been delivering this FREE TO BE ME: SAFER INTERNET DAY RESEARCH Free to be me: Safer Internet Day research. For Safer Internet Day 2020, the UK Safer Internet Centre has launched a report into how young people manage, curate and navigate their online identity. Download our new research report: Free to be me: Piecing together identity online.
NEED HELP? | SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Helpline operated by the UK Safer Internet Centre offering professionals who work with children across the UK support, advice and mediation with online safety issues. The helpline can be contacted by email: helpline@saferinternet.org.uk or telephone on 0844 3814772 (calls
REPORT HARMFUL CONTENT Report Harmful Content is a national reporting centre that has been designed to assist anyone in reporting harmful content online.. What is harmful content? Well, it’s anything online which causes a person distress or harm. Our focus is on providing advice about all types of harm online and signposting users to the correct services, highlighting to the public a reporting route for non TEST YOUR ONLINE SAFETY KNOWLEDGE WITH THE SAFER INTERNET Calling all young people aged 7-13! Now’s the time to test your online safety knowledge and take our 2020 Safer Internet Day Quiz.. This year’s Safer Internet Day theme is ‘Free to be – exploring identity online’ and we are exploring how young people explore identity online, opening up conversations with young people on whether the internet allows them to experiment and express APPG ON SOCIAL MEDIA Building on the findings of the #StatusofMind report by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Media was established in March 2018. Responsibility for the APPG was passed from RSPH to the UK Safer Internet Centre in July 2020. The group's purpose is to drive policy change that mitigates
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Social media guides | Safer Internet Centre. Social media guides. Find out more about the safety features available on these popular social networks. ASKfm. Safety features on ASKfm, a social networking site where users can ask each other questions. Facebook. Safety features on Facebook, a popular social network with over a billion users. ONLINE SAFETY FILMS TO WATCH WITH YOUR CHILD The Adventures of Kara, Winston and the SMART Crew. Why not have an adventure with Captain Kara and her SMART Crew as they voyage through the online world. These cartoons illustrate 5 e-safety SMART rules and include a real life SMART Crew of young people, who guide the cartoon characters in their quest, and help them make safe online decisions. SEXTING RESOURCES
UK SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Welcome to the UK Safer Internet Centre, where you can find online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online. Young people. Resources for 3-11s. Resources for 11-19s. Parents and carers. ONLINE SAFETY LIVE
Online Safety Live is a programme of FREE e-safety events designed exclusively for professionals working with children and young people. Delivered across the whole of the UK by SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning), we bring these events locally to you with all the very latest in online safety, including the latest issues, trends, research, resources and advice. We have been delivering this FREE TO BE ME: SAFER INTERNET DAY RESEARCH Free to be me: Safer Internet Day research. For Safer Internet Day 2020, the UK Safer Internet Centre has launched a report into how young people manage, curate and navigate their online identity. Download our new research report: Free to be me: Piecing together identity online.
NEED HELP? | SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Helpline operated by the UK Safer Internet Centre offering professionals who work with children across the UK support, advice and mediation with online safety issues. The helpline can be contacted by email: helpline@saferinternet.org.uk or telephone on 0844 3814772 (calls
REPORT HARMFUL CONTENT Report Harmful Content is a national reporting centre that has been designed to assist anyone in reporting harmful content online.. What is harmful content? Well, it’s anything online which causes a person distress or harm. Our focus is on providing advice about all types of harm online and signposting users to the correct services, highlighting to the public a reporting route for non TEST YOUR ONLINE SAFETY KNOWLEDGE WITH THE SAFER INTERNET Calling all young people aged 7-13! Now’s the time to test your online safety knowledge and take our 2020 Safer Internet Day Quiz.. This year’s Safer Internet Day theme is ‘Free to be – exploring identity online’ and we are exploring how young people explore identity online, opening up conversations with young people on whether the internet allows them to experiment and express APPG ON SOCIAL MEDIA Building on the findings of the #StatusofMind report by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Media was established in March 2018. Responsibility for the APPG was passed from RSPH to the UK Safer Internet Centre in July 2020. The group's purpose is to drive policy change that mitigates
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Social media guides | Safer Internet Centre. Social media guides. Find out more about the safety features available on these popular social networks. ASKfm. Safety features on ASKfm, a social networking site where users can ask each other questions. Facebook. Safety features on Facebook, a popular social network with over a billion users. ONLINE SAFETY FILMS TO WATCH WITH YOUR CHILD The Adventures of Kara, Winston and the SMART Crew. Why not have an adventure with Captain Kara and her SMART Crew as they voyage through the online world. These cartoons illustrate 5 e-safety SMART rules and include a real life SMART Crew of young people, who guide the cartoon characters in their quest, and help them make safe online decisions. SEXTING RESOURCES
UK SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Welcome to the UK Safer Internet Centre, where you can find online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online. Young people. Resources for 3-11s. Resources for 11-19s. Parents and carers. TEST YOUR ONLINE SAFETY KNOWLEDGE WITH THE SAFER INTERNET Calling all young people aged 7-13! Now’s the time to test your online safety knowledge and take our 2020 Safer Internet Day Quiz.. This year’s Safer Internet Day theme is ‘Free to be – exploring identity online’ and we are exploring how young people explore identity online, opening up conversations with young people on whether the internet allows them to experiment and express HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS There are different training opportunities available both online and offline to help you. You can attend Online Safety Live training run by SWGfL, a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre. This is a programme of events designed to develop the knowledge of professionals working with young people about latest trends, the biggest trends and best resources.
ONLINE SAFETY FILMS TO WATCH WITH YOUR CHILD The Adventures of Kara, Winston and the SMART Crew. Why not have an adventure with Captain Kara and her SMART Crew as they voyage through the online world. These cartoons illustrate 5 e-safety SMART rules and include a real life SMART Crew of young people, who guide the cartoon characters in their quest, and help them make safe online decisions. RESIDENTIAL CARE SETTINGS Residential care homes. There is a helpful guide to internet safety and looked after children from Brent Council which includes some information about risk assessment, agreements (including a template Acceptable Use Agreement), monitoring and supervision, and support and training. You can also see this Social Care and Online Safety Toolkit from the South West Grid for Learning, a partner in FREE INTERNET SAFETY RESOURCES FOR PARENTS Free internet safety resources for parents. 12 July 2017. To help parents ensure their children stay safe online whilst getting to explore and discover new things we’ve pulled together a list of our resources you can access for free which provide information and advice for
PHONES | SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Phones can send and receive calls and messages, browse the internet and take photos and videos. There are also a huge amount of apps that can be downloaded that allow the user to do many different things such as watch videos, connect with friends, make video A GUIDE TO MONITORING A guide to monitoring. by Carmel Glassbrook. 11 July 2017. Carmel is a practitioner working on the UK Safer Internet Centre helpline for professionals. In our latest blog we explain what filtering and monitoring are, explores the different options available, and how schools can ensure they are meeting Ofsted requirements and best protecting
SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE AGE OF CONSENT We’ve all seen a lot of emails recently seeking our ‘consent’. In this blog David Wright, Director of SWGfL, a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, looks at what parents and members of the children’s workforce need to be aware of. CHILDHOOD LASTS A LIFETIME Blog by baroness Floella Benjamin OBE DL. I always say, ‘Childhood lasts a lifetime’. A sign in the IWF HQ reads that to value and protect children is to value and protect society itself. How true - indeed how painfully obvious - and yet how awful that such a thing even needs saying. But isn’t it also rather heartening that the IWF, a
UK SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Who We Are. UK Safer Internet Centre is a partnership of three leading charities with a mission to make the internet a better place for children and young people. ONLINE SAFETY LIVE
Online Safety Live is a programme of FREE e-safety events designed exclusively for professionals working with children and young people. Delivered across the whole of the UK by SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning), we bring these events locally to you with all the very latest in online safety, including the latest issues, trends, research, resources and advice. We have been delivering this FREE TO BE ME: SAFER INTERNET DAY RESEARCH Brought to you by. We are a partnership between Childnet International, Internet Watch Foundation and South West Grid for Learning, part-funded by the European Union and part of the Insafe-INHOPE network. PARENTS AND CARERS
Tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online. As a parent or carer you play a key role in helping your child to stay safe online. REPORT HARMFUL CONTENT Report Harmful Content is a national reporting centre that has been designed to assist anyone in reporting harmful content online.. What is harmful content? Well, it’s anything online which causes a person distress or harm. Our focus is on providing advice about all types of harm online and signposting users to the correct services, highlighting to the public a reporting route for non TEST YOUR ONLINE SAFETY KNOWLEDGE WITH THE SAFER INTERNET Calling all young people aged 7-13! Now’s the time to test your online safety knowledge and take our 2020 Safer Internet Day Quiz.. This year’s Safer Internet Day theme is ‘Free to be – exploring identity online’ and we are exploring how young people explore identity online, opening up conversations with young people on whether the internet allows them to experiment and express APPG ON SOCIAL MEDIA APPG on Social Media members Chris Elmore (Chair), MP for Ogmore, Labour Party Aaron Bell (Secretary), MP for Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Conservative Party
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ONLINE SAFETY FILMS TO WATCH WITH YOUR CHILD The summer is a great time to engage your child in online safety activities. We often hear that parents are looking for fun ways to explore online issues with their children. UK SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Welcome to the UK Safer Internet Centre, where you can find online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online. Young people. Resources for 3-11s. Resources for 11-19s. Parents and carers. ONLINE SAFETY LIVE
Online Safety Live is a programme of FREE e-safety events designed exclusively for professionals working with children and young people. Delivered across the whole of the UK by SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning), we bring these events locally to you with all the very latest in online safety, including the latest issues, trends, research, resources and advice. We have been delivering this FREE TO BE ME: SAFER INTERNET DAY RESEARCH Free to be me: Safer Internet Day research. For Safer Internet Day 2020, the UK Safer Internet Centre has launched a report into how young people manage, curate and navigate their online identity. Download our new research report: Free to be me: Piecing together identity online.
NEED HELP? | SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Helpline operated by the UK Safer Internet Centre offering professionals who work with children across the UK support, advice and mediation with online safety issues. The helpline can be contacted by email: helpline@saferinternet.org.uk or telephone on 0844 3814772 (calls
REPORT HARMFUL CONTENT Report Harmful Content is a national reporting centre that has been designed to assist anyone in reporting harmful content online.. What is harmful content? Well, it’s anything online which causes a person distress or harm. Our focus is on providing advice about all types of harm online and signposting users to the correct services, highlighting to the public a reporting route for non TEST YOUR ONLINE SAFETY KNOWLEDGE WITH THE SAFER INTERNET Calling all young people aged 7-13! Now’s the time to test your online safety knowledge and take our 2020 Safer Internet Day Quiz.. This year’s Safer Internet Day theme is ‘Free to be – exploring identity online’ and we are exploring how young people explore identity online, opening up conversations with young people on whether the internet allows them to experiment and express APPG ON SOCIAL MEDIA Building on the findings of the #StatusofMind report by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Media was established in March 2018. Responsibility for the APPG was passed from RSPH to the UK Safer Internet Centre in July 2020. The group's purpose is to drive policy change that mitigates
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Social media guides | Safer Internet Centre. Social media guides. Find out more about the safety features available on these popular social networks. ASKfm. Safety features on ASKfm, a social networking site where users can ask each other questions. Facebook. Safety features on Facebook, a popular social network with over a billion users. ONLINE SAFETY FILMS TO WATCH WITH YOUR CHILD The Adventures of Kara, Winston and the SMART Crew. Why not have an adventure with Captain Kara and her SMART Crew as they voyage through the online world. These cartoons illustrate 5 e-safety SMART rules and include a real life SMART Crew of young people, who guide the cartoon characters in their quest, and help them make safe online decisions. SEXTING RESOURCES
TEST YOUR ONLINE SAFETY KNOWLEDGE WITH THE SAFER INTERNET Calling all young people aged 7-13! Now’s the time to test your online safety knowledge and take our 2020 Safer Internet Day Quiz.. This year’s Safer Internet Day theme is ‘Free to be – exploring identity online’ and we are exploring how young people explore identity online, opening up conversations with young people on whether the internet allows them to experiment and express NEED HELP? | SAFER INTERNET CENTRE If you need help there are a number of organisations that can help. Also see our Advice and Resources section for more information and advice about internet safety issues. Reporting Reporting on social media. Find out more about how to report on the most popular social media apps in our safety tools guide.. Grooming or other illegal behaviour:
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS There are different training opportunities available both online and offline to help you. You can attend Online Safety Live training run by SWGfL, a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre. This is a programme of events designed to develop the knowledge of professionals working with young people about latest trends, the biggest trends and best resources.
ONLINE SAFETY FILMS TO WATCH WITH YOUR CHILD The summer is a great time to engage your child in online safety activities. We often hear that parents are looking for fun ways to explore online issues with their children. FREE INTERNET SAFETY RESOURCES FOR PARENTS To help parents ensure their children stay safe online whilst getting to explore and discover new things we’ve pulled together a list of our resources you can access for free which provide information and advice for parents about internet safety. RESIDENTIAL CARE SETTINGS Residential care homes. There is a helpful guide to internet safety and looked after children from Brent Council which includes some information about risk assessment, agreements (including a template Acceptable Use Agreement), monitoring and supervision, and support and training. You can also see this Social Care and Online Safety Toolkit from the South West Grid for Learning, a partner in PHONES | SAFER INTERNET CENTRE Phones give young people a way to keep in touch with their friends and families, look up information and enjoy games and social media. Phones can send and receive calls and messages, browse the internet and take photos and videos.
SUPPORTING VULNERABLE GROUPS ONLINE Jess McBeath, Online Safety Consultant for UKSIC and SWGfL, looks at how online life can expose vulnerable groups to a range of risks, highlighting the importance for professionals to quickly identify and manage them effectively. SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE AGE OF CONSENT We’ve all seen a lot of emails recently seeking our ‘consent’. In this blog David Wright, Director of SWGfL, a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, looks at what parents and members of the children’s workforce need to be aware of. CHILDHOOD LASTS A LIFETIME Blog by baroness Floella Benjamin OBE DL. I always say, ‘Childhood lasts a lifetime’. A sign in the IWF HQ reads that to value and protect children is to value and protect society itself. Skip to main content Safer Internet Centre *
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