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Online Safety Considerations when Reopening Schools – New Resource from SWGFL for Education Professionals
South West Grid for Learning, a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, has developed a new resource for schools…
Introducing the Childnet Film Competition Judges for 2020
Entries for the Childnet Film Competition close on Monday 22nd June, so with one month left to enter we look at some key things to…
Mental Health Awareness Week – Doing one of the most difficult jobs
On Mental Health Awareness Week, IWF raise awareness of the difficult but crucial work their analysts do and how they…
New features on Instagram – including challenges and restricting comments
Instagram have launched new features in their Latest update on the app. These features include ways for users to have…
Report Harmful Content Releases Annual Report
Report Harmful Content has just released its annual report into the findings surrounding harmful content online.
Test your school’s online safety filtering with the test filtering tool
Our partners at SWGfL have set up Test Filtering, a tool to ensure that harmful online content is blocked from…
Education Professionals Guide to Remote Working
Whilst working from home there are some important things to remember if you’re an education professional. Download the resource from…
The Revised Childnet Film Competition 2020 – Home education during COVID-19
As schools remain closed, we know that many families are looking for projects they can do that are fun, educational…
New videos to use at home with 6-9 year olds looking at online safety
We are pleased to introduce our newest, free, video resources which families can use together over the coming weeks.
360 Degree Safe – The Online Safety Review Tool Has Been Updated & Improved
As part of their work for UKSIC, our partners SWGfL have updated the award-winning online safety review tool 360 Degree…
IWF launches a ground-breaking podcast series – Pixels from a Crime Scene
Speaking in the first episode, Chief Constable Simon Bailey QPM, The National Police Chief’s Council lead on child protection, has…
New parental controls launched on Netflix
Netflix have launched an update to their parental controls. This blog looks at these new controls, and how parents and…