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'Digital Families: Wellbeing in a connected world' will explore the latest research, with practical workshops, on emerging opportunities and challenges that can affect children and young people in the digital age, and effective responses for parents and carers

As a part of its commitment to support schools with delivering the new Relationships (and Sex) Education and Health Education curriculum, the DfE has released new guidance to help you to teach online safety. We take you through the five key things you need to know about the new guidance.

Research has found that one of the most positive aspects of being online for LGBT+ young people is the opportunity to connect with like-minded people and access specialist support, in a way that is more challenging offline. Understand how you can help the LGBT+ young people you work with to explore their identity online in the safest way.

In April 2019, the UK government published three policy and practice initiatives relating to child exploitation and online safety. For each of these documents, you have the opportunity to have your say. Read a brief outline of each document and why they are significant for professionals who work with children

NCA-CEOP is an active member of the UK Council for Internet Safety (UKCIS), a collaborative forum through which the government, the tech community and the third sector work together to make sure the UK is the safest place in the world to be online. Take a look at how 3 tools developed by UKCIS can support you with some of your key responsibilities in helping to protect children online.

It is more than likely that the under 7s you work with are spending a significant amount of their life online watching videos, gaming, and connecting with friends. Take a look at the following resources designed to help you develop an effective approach to educating your 4-7s on how to navigate their online world safely.