Due to school closures today, the meeting of the SID Ambassador Programme has been rescheduled to next week. It […]
We are delighted to announce that the winners of the 2021 SID Ambassador Leadership Award are Niamh Clerkin and Briana Mac Cinna from St. Louis Secondary School, Co. Monaghan. In their Safer Internet Day campaign they demonstrated the SID Ambassador values of respect, leadership, commitment, inclusion and teamwork.
The Ambassador Programme empowers students by providing them with opportunities to develop leadership, human-relations, team-building and communication skills. Students make a commitment to lead by example, demonstrate respect and responsibility, and engage in community service.
As part of Safer Internet Day 2021, the Irish Safer Internet Centre hosted a series of free online safety webinars for parents and educators. All webinars are free to attend simply register via the links below.
As we spend more time on the internet, here are useful remote activities you could do to promote online wellbeing for Safer Internet Day.
This year for Safer Internet Day 2021, #BeKindOnline highlights the importance of respectful online communication and a sense of care and empathy for others, and encourages people to manage their online wellbeing.
Share your plans to mark Safer Internet Day and order your free wristbands
Safer Internet Day activities may look a little different this year as we adapt to Covid-19 restrictions, but #SID2021 can still be a fun, vibrant and engaging celebration!
Congratulations to the primary, and post-primary, winners in the Safer Internet Day Awards 2020! Hundreds of students and schools from all over Ireland entered the awards, which recognise the incredible efforts of young people to highlight Safer Internet Day and to help create a safer, better internet.
A record number of students and schools entered the Safer Internet Day Awards 2020. The competition recognises the work that has been done to create awareness of Safer Internet Day, and to promote online safety generally. Thousands of entries were submitted from across Ireland, with an exceptionally high standard of effort to create a safer, better internet for all.
Preparations for Safer Internet Day are in full swing here at Webwise Ireland. On the 15th of January, Webwise hosted the Safer Internet Day Ambassador Training Day in Google HQ. Over 100 students from across Ireland gathered together to learn new skills and activities to help them plan and prepare for running their own internet safety awareness raising campaign in their school, clubs or organisations. The aim is to make Safer Internet Day a success in communities and schools across Ireland.
Worried about something you have seen online or concerned about your child? Childline and the National Parents Council Primary offer free advice and support service.
Childline is a support service for young people up to the age of 18.There is a 24hr telephone, online and mobile phone texting service.
The National Parents Council Primary enables and empowers parents to be effective partners in their children’s education.
Sometimes you might unwittingly stumble across illegal online content like child abuse imagery. Always remember: you can report it and get it removed using Hotline.ie.
Hotline.ie exists to combat the distribution and proliferation of illegal content, like child sexual
abuse content, in conjunction with police and Internet Industry