30 July 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Watch online safety films created by young people

During lockdown over 130 young people across the UK got creative and made short films to inspire their peers to…

23 July 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Help your children to have a safe and happy time online this summer holiday

Children and young people across the UK are getting ready to have more free time as the summer holidays get…

22 July 2020 Angela Munoz Aroca

Safer Internet Centre takes over Secretariat of APPG on Social Media

Social media has enormous potential for good, but we must be “alive” to the potential dangers as more and more…

21 July 2020 Andy Robinson

New Online Resilience Tool Launched for Professionals

The Professionals Online Safety helpline (POSH) has teamed up with HeadStart Kernow to help create a new Online Resilience Tool.

17 July 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Advice for schools on responding to online challenges

It has come to our attention that reports about online suicide games have been circulating again recently. Our advice on this topic…

14 July 2020 Andy Robinson

Online Tutoring – Safeguarding Considerations for Schools

Our partners at SWGfL have put together a helpful resource to outline the key things to remember when it comes…

3 July 2020 UK SIC

Winners announced in home learning Film Competition

During lockdown over 130 young people across the UK got creative and made short films to inspire their peers to…

2 July 2020 Andy Robinson

UKSIC partner with ITU to release new Child Online Protection guidelines

UKSIC, along with industry partners SWGfL and IWF have helped to release the new ITU (International Telecommunication Union) Child Online…

25 June 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Looking at online safety resources this RSE day

Over the last few years we have been working on some resources to help schools cover RSE in relation to the online…

24 June 2020 Angela Munoz Aroca

IWF launches six international reporting portals for child sexual abuse material during lockdown

The coronavirus pandemic has lent greater urgency to tackling online threats.

23 June 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Entries have now closed for the Childnet Film Competition 2020

Entries have now Closed for the Childnet Film Competition 2020. In this blog we look at what happens next and what further activities…

22 June 2020 Andy Robinson

Covid-19: Expectations and Effects on Children Online

UK Safer Internet Centre Director David Wright has looked at the expectations and effects this time has had towards children…