Useful websites for parents and carers
I Keep Safe
iKeepSafe's vision is to see generations of the world’s children grow up safely using technology and the internet. Their belief is that YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A COMPUTER EXPERT TO KEEP YOUR CHILD SAFE ONLINE and their site is packed with helpful advice on how to do this.
Saferinternet
This guide has been created to answer these questions and introduce some of the most popular devices. Highlighting the safety tools available and empowering parents with the knowledge that they need to support their children to use these technologies safely and responsibly
Vodafone Digital Parenting
A comprehensive guide for parents which offers advice and guidance on how children and young people use modern technologies to access online material and ways to ensure young people understand how to adopt safe practices.
Google Family Safety Centre
Advice and tools to help protect yourself and your family online. Including information about Google SafeSearch, designed to screen sites that contain sexually explicit content and remove them from your search results. While no filter is 100% accurate, SafeSearch helps you avoid content you may prefer not to see or would rather your children did not stumble across.
Know It All
'Know IT All' resources for parents and carers highlights the gap that exists between children’s real experience online and adult awareness of these experiences. The site contains information about positive ways young people are using different technologies, what the risks are to users and it outlines practical advice in avoiding or minimising risks when using online and mobile technologies.
Parent Zone
A useful website that offers online guides to social media / internet safety. It also offers online courses for parents re internet safety free of charge.
BBC Webwise
Find out about the laws that protect you and your data; help your child keep safe online and keep internet baddies at bay with valuable tech tips.