Target group

Young people

16 February 2021 UK SIC

And the Film Competition 2021 award goes to…you?

Today the 12th Childnet Film Competition is officially launched – and is once again open to all schools and youth groups across…

16 February 2021 Becca Cawthorne

Safer Internet Day 2021 – bigger than ever as millions take part in global celebrations

Will Gardner OBE, a Director of the UK Safer Internet Centre, reflects on the huge success of Safer Internet Day 2021

11 February 2021 UK SIC

Young people ‘go live’ for Safer Internet Day broadcast

Young people were at the heart of Safer Internet Day 2021 â€“ in schools, at home, and even during the live event…

3 February 2021 Becca Cawthorne

Join our Guinness World Record Attempt this Safer Internet Day

The UK Safer Internet Centre and 2Simple are seeking the help of children and schools across the country to help break…

18 January 2021 Angela Munoz Aroca

‘Grave threat’ to children from predatory internet groomers as online child sexual abuse material soars to record levels

A record number of reports of online child sexual abuse have been processed by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

13 January 2021 Andy Robinson

Xbox Series X Parental Controls and Security Settings

Microsoft incorporates a variety of parental controls and security settings to ensure that the whole family can feel safe when…

12 January 2021 Becca Cawthorne

4 weeks to go until Safer Internet Day 2021 – 4 things you can do now

With only 4 weeks to go until Safer Internet Day on the 9th February, we take a look at some of…

22 December 2020 Andy Robinson

Learn Professional Digital Skills with EdifyLearn

SWGfL as part of the UK Safer Internet Centre have teamed up with industry leading edtech and online training organisations…

18 December 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Safer Internet Day Top Tips and Advice Pages looking at reliability online

The UK Safer Internet Centre has launched top tips and advice pages tailor made to cover the issue of online reliability and…

16 December 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Safer Internet Day 2021 Education Pack for 7-11year olds – taking a closer look

For Safer Internet Day we have created a range of resources for those working with children and young people, including tailored resources for those…

15 December 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Childnet’s five festive tips for giving technology gifts this Christmas

To help your festive preparations, we have come up with five festive tips for parents and carers when giving technology…

14 December 2020 Andy Robinson

UK Safer Internet Centre Partner SWGfL Pilot A New Digital Wellbeing Tool

As part of their work for the UK Safer Internet Centre, SWGfL have released a pilot version of their digital…