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E-Safety at Home

 

 

Independent recommended resources for Parents

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/

'Safer Internet' provides online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online. A partnership of three leading organisations: Childnet InternationalInternet Watch Foundation and SWGfL, with one mission - to promote the safe and responsible use of technology for young people.

Safer Internet also promote Safer Internet Day which is advocated in school with activities and discussions.

https://parentzone.org.uk/

Twitter - @TheParentsZone

'Parent Zone' is devoted to providing expert information to families, schools and family professionals. They create, curate and check the best available advice and information on all of the issues that are caused or amplified by the Internet.

https://www.educateagainsthate.com/

This website gives teachers, parents and school leaders practical advice and information on protecting children from extremism and radicalisation

www.ltai.info

'Let's Talk About it' is an initiative designed to provide help and guidance to the public in order to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism

https://www.stopspeaksupport.com/

'Stop, Speak, Support' aims to help young people spot cyberbullying, know what steps they can take to stop it happening, and provides support to any person being bullied.

 

Parental control guides

iPhone parental controls - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201304

Android parental controls - https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1075738

Also for home networks, most internet providers allow setting up parental controls to restrict mature content; however if they do not, another option is to set up your own web filter at home using FamilyShield or Rawstream.

https://www.opendns.com/setupguide/#familyshield

or https://www.rawstream.com/

This can be set up on home routers and will also allow you to configure what content is allowed on your internet at home.

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