Help

Find the latest information on the sites you or your child may like to visit, mobiles and new technology. Find out what’s good, what’s not and what you can do about it. If you are a parent, a child, young person or a teacher then this site is for you. Most importantly, there’s also a place which anyone can use to report if they feel uncomfortable or worried about someone they are chatting to online.

CEOP (Child Online Exploitation Protection) Safety Centre - https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

Report suspected online grooming – this could be sexual chat, a child being asked to do something that makes them feel uncomfortable or someone insisting on meeting up.

KidSMART - www.kidsmart.org.uk/

Practical online safety advice for teachers and parents, with lesson plans, online activities and resources.

Get Safe Online - www.getsafeonline.org/

Comprehensive advice aimed at adults on how to keep safe online.

ChildLine - www.childline.org.uk/explore/onlinesafety/pages/onlinesafety.aspx

Advice for children and young people on how to stay safe online.

Wise Kids - www.wisekids.org.uk

Wise Kids is a website that promotes positive and safe Internet use.

NetAware - www.net-aware.org.uk/

Childnet - www.childnet.com

Childnet is a website that aims to help make the Internet a great and safe place for children.

Childnet works in 3 main areas:.

Access and promoting quality content
Helping children and young people to use the net constructively, showcase quality content and enable others to use our resources and develop new projects.
Awareness and advice
Helping children and young people acquire new net literacy skills and giving advice to industry, organisations, parents, teachers and carers about Internet and mobile safety.
Protection and policy
Working with others to help protect children from being exploited in the online environments provided by new technologies as well as seeking to initiate and respond to policy changes.