IWF Deputy CEO Fred Langford awarded an Honorary Doctorate for his child protection work

Thu 29 August 2019

Fred Langford, one of the founding Directors of the UK Safer Internet Centre, honoured for his child protection and cybersecurity work by the University of Suffolk

Join the Childnet Youth Advisory board

Fri 23 August 2019

Launching in 2019, the new Childnet Youth Advisory Board will be working on the expansion of Project deSHAME. The Youth Advisory Board will be helping to ensure that all our resources are reflective of youth voices and young people’s experiences of being online.
A mobile phone being used to take a picture of a beach

Social media in the summer holidays – advice for parents and carers

Tue 20 August 2019

Whether you and your children use TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram or something else entirely, social media can be used safely over the summer with just a few precautions.
summer holidays, parents and carers, social media

Add some colour to your classroom with our free online safety posters

Thu 15 August 2019

To help you add some colour to your classroom in 2019 we have created some free posters which cover key online safety topics and provide top tips for children and young people of all ages.
IWF Blog from Rosa

Celebrating the people that make IWF great - Rosa: Each day I work as an analyst I question how people are so determined to abuse, coerce and exploit children

Tue 13 August 2019

This blog contains content of a sensitive nature and addresses the issue of the sexual abuse of children.
abuse, child abuse, IWF
Balancing screen time

How much screen time is okay for my child?

Fri 09 August 2019

At Childnet we regularly visit schools across the UK and are often asked by parents and carers about screen time and the impact it has on their children
screen time

Celebrating the people that make IWF great - Joe: It’s not something people like to talk about in a social setting

Tue 06 August 2019

It’s one of the most common questions people use to start a conversation. “So, what is it that do you do for work?”
IWF, technology
A young boy stood in a field, looking through the viewfinder of a camera

Sharing images in the summer holidays – advice for parents and carers

Mon 05 August 2019

Summer is the backdrop to many happy memories - you'll want to capture some of them! Check out our tips on taking and sharing images in the summer holidays.
parents and carers, image sharing, summer holidays

Celebrating the people that make IWF great – Pip: The children we see have been robbed of their right to an innocent childhood – we never forget that

Fri 02 August 2019

Quality assurance is naturally important to all organisations, but at the IWF, a partner in the UKSIC, it’s vital – we want to assure victims of child sexual abuse that the assessments made by our analysts are, and continue to be, world-leading.

Answering parents most frequently asked questions about Instagram

Fri 02 August 2019

Instagram is a site that we see a lot of parents and carers asking questions about, whether these are about age limits and reporting or what the latest ‘insta’ slang is. In this blog, we answer some of the burning questions you may have about Instagram.