We offer the following Online Safety Training
Discover essential online safety training, delivered to you by our leading experts. As technology develops and new risks emerge, it's important to gain the latest advice, resources and guidance to protect the young people that you work with or anyone in your care. Our variety of training options will equip you, to ensure that those around you can experience technology free from harm.
Online Safety for Children & Young People
Our sessions for children are interactive and up-to-date; we talk to young people about the technology they are using everyday. We encourage discussion and involvement. Because of this, we usually seek to keep group sizes to a maximum of 60 children.
Online Safety for School Staff
A staff internet safety course can range from raising awareness of broad online safety topics to teacher CPD, managing your professional reputation and multi-agency training. The content of our sessions can be tailored to suit your needs but one thing you’re sure to find in every session is expert advice and an engaging speaker.
Online Safety for Parents & Carers
These sessions provide parents with a window into the current popular technologies and how their children use them. Demonstrating the massive positives and potential pitfalls, the interactive presentation provides parents with advice, coping strategies and resources to help them understand and engage with their child’s online lives.
Online Safety for Other Settings
We offer standard or bespoke online safety training aimed at the entire children's workforce - for any professionals working with children and young people including police, healthcare, social workers, youth worker, foster and adoption professionals.
Online Safety Training Pricing
Our pricing structure is simple. We can offer sessions virtually or face to face.
| Single session | 45-90 mins depending on audience | £300 virtual |
| Half day | Up to 3 hour session | £400 + travel + VAT |
| Full day | Up to 6 hours session | £700 + travel + VAT |
If you are a corporate organisation seeking online safety training, we kindly invite you to contact us. Our organisation champions a "Pay it Forward" ethos, reflected in our practice of applying a higher training price for commercial organisations. This ethos encourages a cycle of generosity and kindness, aiming to create a ripple effect of goodwill throughout a community. SWGfL use those additional funds to subsidise costs for education, non-profit organisations and community groups who might not otherwise afford our services. This approach not only supports a more equitable access to services but also fosters a culture of giving back and community support.
If you would like to access digital literacy resources to support understanding of the children and young people you work with, please access ProjectEVOLVE for free. If you would like to continue with online safety training after one of our sessions, please access ProjectEVOLVE EDU or find out more about additional training options.
Why choose SWGfL Online Safety Training?
SWGfL are a leading online safety charity, supporting and advising schools, organisations, safeguarding professionals, industry and government for almost 25 years. Our work covers a national and global scale, with our highly approved training providing expert guidance to those within schools, colleges, establishments and other youth or adult settings.
SWGfL's renowned expertise is here to help as technology evolves and the risk of online harm increases.
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Meet the Team
Our expert team includes educators, police officers, academics, school senior leadership and more and together they have created award-winning resources and services produced by SWGfL.
David Wright CBE is CEO at SWGfL and Director of UK Safer Internet Centre; the national awareness centre and part of the European Insafe network. David has worked extensively in online safety for 20 years with children, schools and wider agencies. He advises a number of Governments, organisations and industry partners on online safety strategy and policy and has been appointed as an expert child online protection adviser to the UN ITU.
David has presented at conferences nationally and internationally. He is a member of UK Council for Internet Safety and has recently been invited to be a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Coalition for Digital Safety.
David has led the creation of several Helplines that directly and indirectly support victims of online harm, perhaps most notably the Revenge Porn Helpline in 2015 that supports adults who are victims of non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse. Consequentially, David has overseen the development of StopNCII.org, the world's first device-side hashing technology that empowers adults who experience NCII to prevent their images from being shared online
David has led pioneering work, such as the development of multi-award-winning resources, and with Plymouth University, he has published several ground-breaking research reports.
Ken is Deputy CEO and Online Safety Director at SWGfL, drawing on twenty years as a teacher and school leader and ten years as a BECTA award-winning Education Adviser with Plymouth’s ICT Team.
Ken’s broad canvas of experience and engaging presentation style has seen him work with a wide range of educators and agencies. He has trained all Education, Social Care and Early Years HMIs in aspects of online safeguarding and is responsible for shaping inspectors briefing sheets and training in online safety.
He developed and wrote the multi award-winning 360 degree safe online safety self-review tool and Online Compass tool. Along with fellow director, David Wright, he also created the BETT award-winning BOOST toolset for children’s settings.
He works with a broad range of national and international organisations and has spoken at global conferences in the Middle East, South Korea, Azerbaijan, Greece, Spain, Estonia, Europe and the US. He has recently written Online Safety standards with AQDAR for schools in UAE.
Ron became a founding member of the South West Grid for Learning E-Safety Group in 2005, while Headteacher of Priory Community School, a large secondary school in Weston Super Mare.
In his continuing role as a School Improvement Partner to many Somerset secondary schools, he advises on a wide range of issues, complemented by his role as a school ICT Mark Assessor.
More recently, Ron has held the challenging post of Headteacher of a Virtual School for Looked After Children in North Somerset as well as being invited to manage the council’s 14-19 broadband project.
Boris is proficient in the field of online safety, and he has been working with the European Commission on expert missions to Belarus, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia to present the topic of online safety to government officials, NGO’s and stakeholders. He is also a former member of the Trust and Safety board at Twitter and has advised governments on creating and adopting online child safety policies and best practices under the auspices of ITU Europe. He is a member of the Ad hoc Awareness raising group of ENISA, Chair of the IEEE 7004 Standards for Child and Student Data Governance and has delivered hundreds of presentations on the topic of online safety to various stakeholders.
Kate Worthington is a Senior Practitioner at the SWGfL Revenge Porn Helpline, where she has been a dedicated member of the team since 2018. With extensive expertise in intimate image abuse and online harm affecting adults, Kate is a recognised specialist in her field.
Her work is driven by a commitment to ensuring that the needs and voices of all women are understood and heard, especially those who are often marginalized or overlooked by mainstream society.
Kate has made significant contributions to research on various aspects of adult online harms. She has been involved in studies examining the unique challenges faced by content creators and the specific online harms encountered by rural women in Scotland. Through her research and advocacy, Kate strives to shed light on the diverse experiences of women affected by online abuse, promoting a more inclusive understanding of these critical issues.
In her training sessions, Kate brings a wealth of knowledge and a compassionate approach, empowering participants with the tools and insights needed to address and mitigate online harms. Her dedication to this cause and her expertise makes her an invaluable resource for those looking to understand and combat intimate image abuse and related online threats.
Jess is a trainer and consultant with a passion for online safety and digital citizenship. With a 1st class degree in Linguistics & Artificial Intelligence and an MBA (distinction), Jess began her career working in IT for a multi-national corporation, followed by a rollercoaster year at a mobile software start-up business.
Following this, Jess moved into the public sector, managing local authority services including learning and development, strategic planning, performance and self-evaluation. Jess has worked closely with colleagues including education, child protection, social work, police, health, elected members and voluntary sector bodies to review and transform services, and to prepare for and respond to inspection.
Throughout her career, Jess has regularly delivered training on a variety of topics, including digital participation and online safety. Jess also volunteers with the NSPCC, providing workshops in schools and for parents. Jess lives near Edinburgh and specialises in online safety within a Scottish context.
Gareth is an online safety consultant who writes content for a number of SWGfL educational projects, as well as delivering educational sessions in schools across the UK on behalf of SWGfL and independently. He is an experienced primary teacher, father of three, and a former school governor, as well as an accredited 360 Degree Safe Assessor. Gareth also previously worked as part of the education team at Childnet International, one of the partners in the UK Safer Internet Centre, alongside SWGfL
When it comes to online safety, he is particularly interested in young people’s use of new and emerging technologies, the possible impact of technology and the internet on mental health and the challenge of supporting young people with special educational needs to safely navigate and enjoy online services.
Ed Oleszko, Online Safety Consultant
Simon Lewis has developed his passion for online safety from his work as a primary school teacher in Devon for over 20 years. The varying responsibilities from this time; Safeguarding team member, Data Protection Officer, Computing subject lead, IT technician and governor have given him a wealth of experience and knowledge.
As a customer of SWGfL for many years, Simon has used many of their products and training to support pupils and staff in school.
Siuwa is a lawyer, consultant and speaker on online safety and digital wellbeing.
Having been admitted to the Bar of England and Wales (unregistered barrister), and Nigeria she has several years of experience in Arbitration, Mediation, Child Online Protection and Safeguarding and Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) and Cybersecurity.
Siuwa has worked in diverse sectors and geographies. She has also worked closely with the private and public sectors on public policy for online safety, including the adaptation of ITU Child Online Protection Policy, for Nigeria.
She has conducted extensive surveys, published books, spoken at conferences and delivered online safety and cybersecurity training to thousands of children and adults. She also enjoys offering bespoke counselling and coaching experiences to help people live digitally healthy lives.
Traci is an accomplished Online Safety Consultant with over 14 years of experience delivering training, consultancy, and workshops. As a consultant for the UK Safer Internet Centre, she has collaborated on prominent projects like ProjectEVOLVE, ProjectEVOLVE EDU, and the Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB) Support Service. She is also a 360 Online Safety Mark assessor.
Traci is an active member of the UK Council for Internet Safety and actively contributes to the Vulnerable Users Subgroup. She authored the 'Principles for Social Workers in Childrens Social Care' and 'Principles for Residential Care Workers'—guidelines hosted on the Internet Matters and .gov websites.
A founder of the Association of Adult and Child Online Safety Specialists, Traci is also the Chief I-venger, where she leads a peer-led digital leaders programme aimed at empowering young people in their online lives. Her dedication to working with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) schools inspired her to develop the i-vengers Special Agents, a tailored digital leader programme for special schools.
Boris was absolutely fantastic presenting at our conference. Not only was his content first class but his delivery really engaged the audience and he had such positive feedback. Boris is a credit to your organisation and I would recommend him to all of our partners
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