We are delighted to announce that our Professionals Online Safety Helpline has won an Internet Matters Digital Safety Award!
26th May 2016
The National Police Chief Council released a statement on the procedure they have to take when a 'sexting' incident is reported to the police. As a result SWGfL and the UK Safer Internet Centre have updated their advice for schools...
24th May 2016
The Professionals Online Safety Helpline was setup in 2011 to help people who work with children with Online Safety issues, to raise awareness we have produced a new video to introduce the service
19th May 2016
Friendly WiFi, the Public WiFi accreditation scheme is pleased to announce a new partnership with SWGfL to provide access to the accreditation for schools and further promote awareness of the colourful Friendly WiFi logo, to help children and young people stay safe online.
22nd April 2016
With the current batch of Online Safety Briefings coming to an end, plans are well under way for the future. Have you attended one of our free sessions yet?
15th March 2016
Over 100 countries from the Insafe European network and all over the world will celebrate Safer Internet Day today under the slogan ‘Play your part for a better internet’.
9th February 2016
We are aware of a growing trend in the UK that we call “baited pages”. These usually appear on Instagram, but we have also seen this on other Social media platforms...
26th January 2016
This year’s Safer Internet Day will take place on the 9th February and we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to make this the best yet! We had a great time last week travelling around the country filming the content for SID TV, click here for a behind the scenes diary of what we got up to...
9th December 2015
There are many ways to get involved in Anti-Bullying Week 2015 and everyone’s voice or stand against bullying matters. Let’s make a noise about bullying!
9th November 2015
Since 2013, we have been helping schools train and protect staff, students and parents with our online safety toolkit BOOST. Since winning a BETT award earlier this year, we have completely redeveloped the system - here is the lowdown on the new system.
13th October 2015
We all know the biggest worry occurs when those pictures leave the hands of the creator and are shared wider than the intended audience. In some cases ending up being shared by and even sold to paedophiles. The ramifications of this can be huge and emotionally distressing for the victim...
19th August 2015
Ofsted has published the long awaited changes to the way it inspects all education and skills settings from September 2015. This includes significant changes to how they consider and inspect Online Safety...
29th June 2015