Tag: Digital Wellbeing
Top Tips for Staying Safe Online This Holiday Season
While the holiday season is in full form and Christmas is just around the corner, we have highlighted some tips for keeping children and young people safe online!
16th December 2022
ProjectEVOLVE Wins UK IT Industry Award
We were delighted to be announced as the winner for Best Charity (Third Sector) IT Project of the Year at the UK IT Industry Awards on 9/10/22. Find out more in this article
10th November 2022
ProjectEVOLVE – Always Listening, Always Evolving
Find out how ProjectEVOLVE has continually been updated over the past few years using feedback from our users. See what has changed in this article.
24th October 2022
Molly Russell Inquest – Conclusions and Response
The full inquest in relation to the death of Molly Russell completed on the 30 September. In this article we highlight the conclusions.
3rd October 2022
New Instagram Sensitive Content Control Options for Teens
New sensitive content control settings for younger teens have been announced by Instagram to include new default options. Find out more in this article. .
2nd September 2022
ProjectEVOLVE reaches milestone!
ProjectEVOLVE, our award winning digital literacy toolkit, has reached the significant milestone of 10,000 accounts.
11th August 2022
Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 – Advice from SWGfL and our Helplines
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, focusing on loneliness. Here, we provide guidance and resources to support professionals or the young people in their care, throughout and beyond the week.
12th May 2022
SWGfL partners with Dialogue to support residential care online safety leads
We have partnered with Dialogue to provide quarterly workshops for online safety leads who want to support the digital wellbeing and online safety of children in residential care and supported accommodation. Read more about this new partnership in our latest article!
3rd May 2022
ProjectEVOLVE launches School Account Analysis Dashboard and more new features!
ProjectEVOLVE are pleased to have launched a variety of new updates! In this article we take you through each update and how they can support new and existing users.
25th April 2022
Introducing our Digital Wellbeing Hub!
SWGfL are delighted to introduce to you our latest topics page, Digital Wellbeing. Read our latest article to discover more!
20th April 2022
ITU Launches POP: Protection Through Online Participation
In collaboration with SWGfL, the ITU has launched Protection through online participation. Find out more about what POP is through our latest article.
16th February 2022
Roblox Interview 2022
Laura Higgins from Roblox joins us once again for an in-depth interview looking at what Roblox has seen recently on the online gaming platform and what they are doing to promote online safety
4th February 2022
YouTube Hiding Dislikes – Considerations
YouTube has incorporated a new feature to ‘hide’ the ‘dislike’ count on videos making it only private to the creator but still allowing viewers to press the ‘dislike’ button if they wish. Take a look at our article to find out more.
10th December 2021
Checking Out to Check In - Balancing Online and Offline Life During a Global Pandemic
Kathryn Tremlett from Report Harmful Content talks about Mental Health Awareness Week and this year's theme of nature whilst discussing the importance of balancing online and offline activity.
13th May 2021
Ground-breaking Laws Set to Keep Children Safe Online
The online safety bill is due to publish some new laws to help protect children online as well as tackle other online harms and abuse including racism and online scams. Find out what is set to be included.
12th May 2021
Mental Health Awareness Week – Advice from POSH Helpline
Carmel Glassbrook from the POSH helpline talks about the importance of looking after ourselves for Mental Health Awareness Week in this latest blog. Find out some things you can do to support your mental health.
10th May 2021