Enhancing online safety for children

This podcast episode focuses on how to enhance online safety for children and young people in your group or organisation and how to deal with any online issues that might arise.

Find out more about:
– how to run online services safely and manage an online presence effectively
– adopting professional and personal life boundaries online, particularly with social media and email account
– the impact of bullying and how to prevent it online and respond appropriately
– who organisations can go to for resources, guidelines, templates and support
– what children and young people tell Childline about keeping safe online.

Chris Cloke was the Head of Safeguarding in Communities at the NSPCC for over thirty years. He has a huge wealth of experience and knowledge in safeguarding, particularly within the voluntary and community sector where he has been a trustee and advisor to several voluntary groups. He has been a member of and worked closely with a number of local safeguarding children boards and was chair of the Anti-Bullying Alliance for many years.

Chris is joined by Gawain Griffiths, who is a Website Supervisor for the NSPCC and focuses on content development on the Childline website. Gawain has worked at the NSPCC for nine years and has developed a wide range of online resources to help keep children and young people safe in the online and offline world.