The following offer advice to parents and carers about children's safety online:
Helpful advice and tools you can use to help keep your child safe whenever and wherever they go online.
Get Safe Online is the UK’s leading source of unbiased, factual and easy-to-understand information on online safety.
The website provides practical advice on how to protect yourself, your computers and mobiles device and your business against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other problems encountered online. It contains guidance on many other related subjects too – including performing backups and how to avoid theft or loss of your computer, smartphone or tablet. Every conceivable topic is included on the site – including safe online shopping, gaming and dating … so now you really can stay safe with everything you do online.
Get Safe Online is a public / private sector partnership supported by HM Government and leading organisations in banking, retail, internet security and other sectors.
Childnet’s mission is to work in partnership with others around the world to help make the internet a great and safe place for children.
They work directly with children and young people, as well as parents, carers, teachers and professionals, finding out about their real experiences online, and the positive things they are doing as well as sharing safety advice.
At the heart of all their work is the belief that when used properly the internet is a wonderfully positive tool for children and young people. They take a balanced approach, making sure that positive opportunities are promoted, as well as responding to the risks and equipping children and young people to deal with them
Thinkuknow is an education programme from the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Command.
Since 2006, Thinkuknow has been keeping children and young people safe by providing education about sexual abuse and sexual exploitation.
Thinkuknow is underpinned by the latest intelligence about child sex offending from CEOP Command.
Thinkuknow aims to ensure that everyone has access to this practical information – children, young people, their parents and carers and the professionals who work with them.
Alongside the Thinkuknow website the programme provides educational resources, including films, cartoons and lesson plans, to help professionals and parents raise young people’s awareness.