Useful Support Resources for Parents

NSPCC and O2

Bringing together the NSPCC’s expertise in protecting children and O2’s tech know-how, they're helping you keep your kids safe online. Whether you’re an online expert or you’re unsure of where to start, they are there to help.

https://www.o2.co.uk/help/online-safety 

Thinkuknow

Thinkuknow is an education programme from the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Command. Since 2006, Thinkuknow has been keeping children and young people safe by providing education. Thinkuknow aims to ensure that everyone has access to this practical information – children, young people, their parents and carers and the professionals who work with them.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

ChildNet International

Whether you’re puzzled by parental controls or would like to get knowledgeable about gaming, this section can help. We all know that it can sometimes be challenging to keep up to speed with what children and young people are doing online. On this page you’ll find a whole host of useful ways to help keep your child safe.

https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers 

NSPCC

NSPCC have a range of tips and advice to help you keep children safe whether they’re at home, out and about or online.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/ 

National Online Safety (NOS)

At National Online Safety they believe in empowering parents, carers and trusted adults with the information they need to hold informed and age-appropriate conversations about online safety with their child, should they feel it is needed. Every Wednesday they produce guides to focus on specific platforms/risks which they believe trusted adults should be aware of. 

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/guides 

Qustudio

The all-in-one parental control and digital wellbeing solution. Over 4 million parents trust Qustodio’s parental control tools to keep their kids’ screen time safe and balanced on every device—all from a single dashboard. Check out whether this may help your family to monitor how your children use devices safely.