Safeguarding is about ensuring everyone can benefit from technology safely, confidently, and without fear of harm. As online experiences are a central part of everyday life, safeguarding means recognising both the opportunities and risks digital spaces present, and taking steps to prevent harm, respond to concerns, and promote positive online behaviours.
It is not just about reacting to incidents, but about prevention, education, and empowerment, helping children, young people, and adults navigate online spaces safely, supporting those around them to recognise warning signs, and ensuring appropriate action can be taken when needed.
I Need Help With An Online Safeguarding Concern
If you are a professional working with children and young people, you can contact the Professionals Online Safety Helpline for support in how to handle online safeguarding concerns (click on the logo). If someone is in immediate danger, contact the police on 999.
Whisper: Anonymous Reporting Tool
Anonymous reporting allows those in need to speak to a trusted member of staff, with safety and security in mind.
Whisper is an anonymous reporting avenue that helps your community to effectively report issues to you. Through Whisper, staff can become the first port of call and the tool can provide a supportive process to aid other safeguarding practices.
Safeguarding Training for Staff
With a focus on equipping schools to meet safeguarding expectations, ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding is an online training platform that offers enhanced features to ensure every staff member is trained and confident in protecting their communities online. ProjectEVOLVE Safeguarding offers a suite of features that equip staff with the appropriate training materials to upskill their knowledge around how to appropriately respond to online safeguarding concerns.
Test Your School's Internet Filtering
Schools in England and Wales are required “to ensure children are safe from terrorist and extremist material when accessing the internet in school, including by establishing appropriate levels of filtering”.
Test Filtering helps you verify that your internet filtering correctly blocks harmful content, such as Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), terrorist content, adult material, and offensive language. Simply run the test and the tool will inform you of whether the filtering is working effectively.
Monitor Your School's Online Behaviour
Through the Assisted Monitoring service, online content will be monitored and flagged, with violations being reported direct to the school. Violations cover a variety of areas but include illegal content, terrorist content, general ‘Adult’ content as well as harmful or inappropriate content and abuse.
Working alongside members of staff such as Designated Safeguarding Leads, our safeguarding specialists identify these potentially harmful situations being experienced by children and young people.
