December 2024 – Online Safety
Monday 2nd December: Being Online – What’s the Harm?
The SSCP’s Steve Macabee kicks off the week with an overview of OfCOM’s latest review into internet use by children and young people and what we need to be aware of in regards to safeguarding children.
– View the presentation ‘An Overview of the 2024 OfCOM Media Use & Attitudes Report’
– Read the 2024 OfCOM Media Use & Attitudes Report
Leading charity Internet Matters join us to talk about the emerging trends and threats to children and young people online – what you need to be aware of and look out for!
– View the presentation ‘Internet Matters – Online Harms’
– Find out more about Internet Matters
– Useful links and resources from Internet Matters
Turning point are a leading Drug & Alcohol service operating both across the country and locally here in Somerset.
Join us to find out about the rising trend of buying drugs and medication online and the significant risks associated with this.
– Click here to view the presentation ‘Turning Point – The Online Drugs Market’
– View the video short referred to in the presentation (Young Person’s overdose awareness training)
– Find out more about training or find a service near you
– See the Q&A’s from this presentation
– Find out more about Turning Point (SDAS – Somerset Drug & Alcohol Service)
– Sign up to the Turning Point Newsletter
Tuesday 3rd December: Tackling Cyber Bullying
Find out what pupils across Somerset are telling us about their experiences of bullying and cyber-bullying and how it affects their lives.
– Click here to view the presentation ‘What are children & young people telling us?’
– Read the 2023 Somerset Schools Health & Wellbeing Survey
In this session we hear from Emma, a member of Somerset’s Youth Parliament about her campaign to support children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing in relation to social media use and bullying.
– Click here to view Emma’s presentation ‘Youth Parliament’s Social Media & Mental Health Campaign’
– Find out more about Somerset’s Youth Parliament
– Find out more about Emma’s campaign
Aware of cyber-bullying but unsure of exactly what this entails, or simply not sure how to tackle bullying in this form? In this webinar national charity Kidscape are here with their extensive knowledge to answer your questions and help you to support children and young people who are facing bullying, either in person or online.
– Click here to view the presentation ‘Kidscape – Tackling Online Bullying’
– Access the ‘Definition of Bullying Video’ shown in this presentation
– Access the ‘Understanding Bullying as a Group Behaviour Video’ shown in this presentation
– Find out more about Kidscape
– Useful links and resources from Kidscape
Wednesday 4th December: Reducing Online Risks
In this session we’re joined by the experts from Childnet who talk to us about how we can work with Parents/Carers, children and young people to make the internet a safer place to be and recognise all the benefits of online activity while also protecting them from harm.
– Click here to view the presentation ‘Childnet – Making the Internet a great and safe place’
– Find out more about Childnet
– Check out Childnets extensive resources for professionals!
In this session we’re joined by Matthew from Somerset’s own eLIM to talk about the support and advice available locally to help keep children and young people safe online.
– Click here to view the presentation ‘eLIM – Support to keep children and young people safe online’
– Find out more about eLIM
– See the Q&A’s from this presentation
Thursday 5th December: Protecting Against Online Harm
In todays first session we’re joined by Meg Haldane from Avon & Somerset Police’s Cyber Prevent Team to talk about the work she carries out to respond to online threats to children and young people,
– Click here to view the presentation ‘Staying Safe Online – Avon & Somerset Police – Cyber Protect Team’
– Find out more about how Avon & Somerset Police work to keep people safe online and respond to risks when known
The second of todays webinars focuses on the Police’s Cyber Prevent & Protect Team and how they work proactively to keep people safe online with James Dennant.
– Click here to view the presentation ‘An Introduction to Cyber Prevent – Cyber Prevent & Protect Team’
– Find out more about how Avon & Somerset Police work to keep people safe online and respond to risks when known
– Find out more about Cyber Choices programme referenced in this presentation
In the last of todays webinars we have Harvey Ahern talking about how he and his team respond to known abuse of children online and the challenges of this in an emerging digital world.
To support this Forum Week listen to the special Two-Part P-Pod podcast recorded with Harvey where we hear from him in detail about how his team operate, the Online Safety Act (2023) and the emerging risks of AI generated images.
– Click here to view the presentation ‘Avon & Somerset Police – ICAT – Internet Child Abuse Team’
– Find out more about how Avon & Somerset Police work to keep people safe online and respond to risks when known
– Link to the national CEOP website referenced in this presentation
Friday 6th December: Resources to Keep Children Safe Online
To round off our week we have the amazing South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) where we’re joined by Graham Lowe to provide you with the resources that you can use to keep children and young people safe online. It’s a goodie-bag of take-aways!
– Click here to view the presentation ‘South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) – Resources to Keep Children Safe Online’
– Find out more about the SWGfL
– Subscribe to the SWGfL Newsletter
– Link to the Professionals Online Safety Helpline referenced in this webinar
– Link to the Revenge Porn Helpline referenced in this webinar
Forum Week Resource Hub
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