If you’re looking for advice on Internet safety, you may find the following sites helpful.
Sites for young users:
Free helpline for children in trouble or danger. If you need help, call ChildLine free on 0800 1111, or visit the site for more information.
Resources for u11s and 11+ with advice and games about online safety. In addition, it features young people giving advice to their peers.
Cybermentors is all about young people helping and supporting each other online. If you're being bullied, or are feeling a bit low, or are maybe troubled by something and you're not sure what to do or who to talk to, then CyberMentors is where you can go for help. Chat to someone your own age in a confidential and safe environment - there are also counsellors online too if you need them.
This site, operated by the charity YouthNet, provides factsheets and articles on key issues facing young people, a question and answer service, and a community area enabling 16-24 year-olds to express themselves and address their concerns.
This site looks at how you can really get the most out of online services and provides free resources for children about safe and responsible behaviour online. It also allows internet users to report inappropriate behaviour towards children online.
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
This site looks at how you can really get the most out of online services and provides free resources for children about safe and responsible behaviour online. It also allows internet users to report inappropriate behaviour towards children online.
Sites for parents and carers:
To help children to enjoy the internet safely, the UK Council for Child Internet Safety has developed the Click Clever, Click Safe code. The code has three simple actions: ‘Zip it, Block it, Flag it’. It’s easy to remember when talking to children about online safety and it’s designed to help keep them safe on the internet.
Know IT All comprises a set of award-winning resources, including Know IT All for Parents.
Kidsmart is an award-winning website designed to help children educate themselves about internet safety. The emphasis is on making informed and SMART decisions online.
Practical advice for parents about how to help and reassure a child who is being bullied or to deal with a child who is a bully, and about how best to approach the school.
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
Practical advice for parents about how to help and reassure a child who is being bullied or to deal with a child who is a bully, and about how best to approach the school.
UK Government-sponsored site offering help and advice about how best to protect your computer, your personal information and your family online, with checklists, quizzes and advice.
Sites for teachers:
Teachernet provides advice for the school community on how to encourage respect and good behaviour.
Digizen looks at digital citizenship, and has a range of resources for teachers, parents and children and young people on how to be good digital citizens.
Know IT All comprises a set of award-winning resources, including Know IT All for primary schools, Know IT All for secondary schools and Know IT All for trainee teachers.
Teachtoday provides information and advice for teachers, head teachers, governors and other members of the school workforce about the positive, responsible and safe use of new technologies. Includes lesson plans and other practical resources for schools.