Tag: Online Safety

Childnet Film Competition

Childnet invites all UK based schools and youth groups to enter the Childnet Film Competition 2022!

Open to all UK based young people aged 7-18, schools and youth groups are invited to create a two minute film or storyboard in response to the competition theme:

All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online. What can we all do to play our part?

The challenge is to create a film that promotes positive use of the internet which can help other young people stay safe online.

There are four categories to enter this year – simply click on your chosen category below to find out more:

The competition is now OPEN, and schools and youth groups have until Wednesday 8^th June 2022 to return your films .

Click here for more information and to apply.

Digital Wellbeing – CLPL and Updates – 9th March 2022

Technology Assisted Sexual Harm Webinar

NOTA Scotland and the Forensic Network will host this free webinar on 29th April 2022 1pm – 3pm, joined by Stuart Allardyce, Director – Stop It Now! Scotland, Scott Hunter, Education Officer – Education Scotland and DC Stewart Fleming, Specialist Crime Division – Domestic Abuse Co-ordination Unit – Police Scotland.

Stuart and Scott will deliver a presentation on Tackling Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour in Schools. DC Fleming’s presentation will focus on the ‘You, Me, Together’ Educational Resource which has been developed in collaboration with Education Scotland. Click on this link to access further information. Sexual Harm: Young People in Focus April 2022 (eventsforce.net)

NCA – Sexual Offences via dating apps used by young people

The National Crime Agency has published statistics on sexual offences initiated via online dating submitted to the Serious Crime Analysis Section (SCAS) for the period 2003 to 2021. Findings from 671 cases available for analysis during the period show that: in 3.8% of cases the victim was aged 15 years or less and 19.8% were in the 15-19 age group. More under 20s sexually assaulted after meeting offenders on dating sites – Click on this link for more information National Crime Agency

Safeguarding In Education Updates from NSPCC March 2022

Click on the link below to access the NSPCC’s Safeguarding in Education Newsletter which contains a number of features relating to Wellbeing.

http://email.nspcc.org.uk/q/17J6Z5yaRQcZQNLsD0YhWF/wv

If you wish to sign up to receive the NSPCC Safeguarding newsletter click on the link below.

https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Logo%20-%20centre&utm_campaign=20220303_KIS_SIEU_March%20

The NSPCC also have a website dedicated to Online Safety which can be accessed here-

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/

Important Digital Wellbeing Updates from CPCScotland

(Shared- Tuesday 22^nd February 2022)

Please find below a list of useful Digital Wellbeing updates and links.

Online Safety Bill (coverage and responses)

The House of Commons Library has published a briefing providing a selection of media coverage and stakeholder responses relevant to the draft Online Safety Bill.
CBP-9243.pdf (parliament.uk)

Cyber Scotland February Bulletin

This month’s edition includes information about Cyber Scotland week which runs from 28^th Feb – 6^th March.

February 2022 – Cyber Scotland

Parent Club Online Safety Campaign

The Scottish Government have launched a national campaign regarding Child Online Safety which aims to increase awareness of the importance of online safety to parents and carers of children aged 8-11 year olds, and reassure and inform them that the skills they apply offline to help keep their children safe can be used to help protect them online too. For a copy of the Campaign Toolkit contact cpcscotland-liaison@strath.ac.uk

Online Safety | Parent Club

Help LGBTQ+ children and young people find safe online communities

Internet Matters has published a blog discussing how parents and carers can help LGBTQ+ children find safe online communities and resources.
Help LGBTQ+ children find safe online communities | Internet Matters

Digital Wellbeing Index

Internet Matters has published a report on the development and use of an index designed to measure the impact of digital technology on the wellbeing of children and young people in the UK.
Internet-Matters-Digital-Wellbeing-Index-2022.pdf (internetmatters.org)

UK Online Safety Bill Strengthened

The UK Government has announced that the Online Safety Bill will be amended, with a new list of criminal content which technology firms must remove as a priority to protect children from online abuse and harms.

Online safety law to be strengthened to stamp out illegal content – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Cyber Scotland Week- Online Safety 28th February – 6th March 2022

A week long series of events making Scotland cyber aware and resilient.

Increase your cyber awareness.
Learn about innovation in cyber security.
Discover a career in cyber.

Cyber Scotland Week runs from 28^th February – 6^th March and draws together events across Scotland designed to make businesses, organisations and individuals more cyber aware and resilient. Bringing together influencers, experts and the next generation of talent, to educate, inform and support cyber resilience in our businesses, charities, education and homes.

https://cyberscotlandweek.com/

Safer Internet Day 2022

Safer Internet Day 8^th February 2022

Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people, and to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively. Safer Internet Day is celebrated in over a hundred countries coordinated by the joint Insafe/INHOPE network, with the support of the European Commission, and national Safer Internet Centres across Europe

The UK Safer Internet Centre co-ordinates Safer Internet Day for the UK on an annual basis. They promote Digital Safety through a themed campaign.

This year the focus of their action centres around ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’. Safer Internet Day 2022 is on 8th February 2022

Some resources you may like to explore are shared below.

https://saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2022 U

https://www.saferinternetday.org/en-GB/ U

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/o nline-safety/ U

https://www.netsmartzkids.org/ P

https://www.commonsense.org/education/SEL U

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ U

https://www.webwise.ie/ U

https://projectevolve.co.uk/about/ U

https://safety.google/families/ U

https://www.pacey.org.uk/working-in-childcare/spotlight-on/online-safety E

https://tinyurl.com/y99t6sdz U

Videos-

Detecting Lies Online- https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=KFdUBjtE45Y OP/YS

Staying Safe on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX1XeJLop bg OP/YS

What can you trust online?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXYJMrZL-w P

Online Safety Tips- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrln8nyVBLU OP/YS

CyberSecurity- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOtQ21hXJ7k OP/YS

Protective Behaviours – Online safety and learning disabilities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nzwFsw5Tn0 A

Online Safety & Sexting – Just Send it- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7z6lMbL3mw S

For very general guidance, the resources have been categorised in the following way-

E– Early P– Primary Resources OP/YS– Older Primary/Younger Secondary S- Secondary A-Additional Support Needs U– Universal

Refreshed, Rebranded and Refocussed

Central E-Safety Partnership has transformed into WIZE – Digital Wellbeing

The Health and Wellbeing work stream within our RIC has taken on the hosting of online safety resources from the ‘Central E-safety Partnership’ blog and Facebook page, which will soon both close. The Partnership has now been rebranded as ‘WIZE- Digital Wellbeing’ and can be accessed here within our FVWL RIC blog space.

WIZE is made up of representatives of Police Scotland, and Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and West Lothian Councils, as well as Further Education and Higher Education and third-sector organisations serving the Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and West Lothian Council areas.

WIZE will continue to help celebrate positive and safe uses of the Internet, mobile and digital technology, to reduce online and e-crime and risk of harm to children, young people, adults, and vulnerable groups in the Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and West Lothian Council areas.

We are currently migrating relevant resources to the WIZE blog area and will also be adding fresh ones, so please check back regularly for up-to-date online safety resources and best practice ideas.

Collaboration

Our RIC is built on a culture of collaboration. We welcome any sharing of resources or best practice with regards to online safety to disseminate across our four local authorities. You are the innovators, so we really want to hear what you have been doing to promote digital wellbeing. Contact us using the forms on the Digital Wellbeing landing page and use our hashtag #FVWLwize in your Tweets to highlight the great work you are doing!