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
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
Christmas is here and the increasingly technology-centred requests for presents... they all come with questions that parents should have the answers to before they buy...
1st 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
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