Detective Sergeant Ian Drummond responsible for the management of the Northumbria Police PREVENT team within Special Branch has asked schools to put a post on school websites to remind and signpost parents and carers about internet safety. He expresses concerns that the closure of our schools due to Covid-19 will create opportunities for those people around the world who would seek to prey upon the vulnerable. We can expect the use of the internet by children to vastly increase and remain at that level for an extended period. This is a reminder for parents to carefully monitor their child’s online activity always, but even more so at this anxious period.
Article 16: You have the right to be protected from being hurt or badly treated.
Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being, from radio, newspaper, books, computers and other sources. Adults should make sure that the information you are getting is not harmful, and help you find and understand the information you need.
There is a lot of support available to keep your child safe online. Below are some useful links to help parents and carers:
- Thinkyouknow (advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online)
- Internet matters (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Parent info (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- LGfL (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Net-aware (support for parents and careers from the NSPCC)
- saferinternet.org.
- Childnet.com
