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E-Safety Advice for Parents (updated June 2016)

Cumbria Police strongly urge parents NOT TO ALLOW children under 13 to use Facebook, in order protect their personal safety.   The Police have said that if parents insist on putting their children at risk by allowing them to use Facebook, they must ensure that strict privacy settings are in place. 

Please check out our latest updates on E-Safety and our useful links below

If you have any concerns regarding E-safety please do not hesitate to contact us using the contact form below.

 

Esafety Concerns

  • NSPCC Online Safety Checklists Guides to help you keep your child safe when using the internet, mobile phones or playing online games As a parent, you'll want to teach your child about all aspects of safety, whether that's about crossing the road or being wary of strangers. You don't need to be an expert to talk to your child about keeping safe online. Our checklists have lots of tips and advice to help you have conversations with your child.
  • Cumbria Police - Keeping Children Safe Online Children now grow up in a world where computer technology and life on the internet is the norm. However although the web is a place of considerable knowledge and development it can also be the root of some serious dangers. If you are a parent / guardian / teacher please read this page and consider some of our information. Further down the page we have added videos that are actually aimed towards different age groups which might help you in explaining some of the online dangers to your children. If you have further questions or require further advice we have also provided various contacts who are experts in this field and should be able to help.
  • Facebook CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) application An essential tool for any child's FB page
  • Microsoft Age-based guidelines for kids' Internet use.
  • ChildNet Welcome to Childnet International, a non-profit organisation working with others to help make the internet a great and safe place for children.
  • CEOP The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre is part of UK police and is dedicated to protecting children from sexual abuse wherever they may be.
  • Digizen Information for educators, parents, carers, and young people.
  • CEOP's Thinkuknow The latest information on the sites you like to visit, mobiles and new technology.
  • KidSmart Keeping ahead of the game - KidSmart is an excellent web resource with plenty of interactive advice for all on web safety.
  • Get Safe Online Going online? Check out these top ten safety tips. It's as easy as ABC.
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