22 March 2023
The DYI tool encompasses five pillars covering wellbeing, safety, skills, connectivity, and access. Here, we explore each of these pillars in more detail and share some key findings and statistics from our year two research.
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4 January 2023
The Digital Youth Index gives us the opportunity to explore insights from young people themselves. This 17-year-old discusses online safety, the steps she's taking to protect her wellbeing online & her thoughts on improving privacy settings & education.
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20 December 2022
Listen to one young person living in care to hear her views on connectivity and digital access and why her mobile phone is so important to access mental health support.
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14 December 2022
He explains the different uses of various platforms and reveals the negative impact it was having on his mental wellbeing before taking the necessary precautions to reduce his content consumption.
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24 October 2022
Tom Baynton, Market Analyst at Nominet, discusses one of the things that struck him during the 2022 research. As the father of two young boys of junior school age, Tom talks about how dependent we are today on digital technology, and as a dad, wants to do all he can to help them benefit from digital technology while mitigating the risks of them being harmed.
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20 October 2022
Reading this year’s Index I find myself struck by some quite different notions. I have a daily view of my children using the Internet, apps, online gaming and so on but of course it’s a very narrow view - a tiny bubble. The Index helps me see much further and wider. Justin Spooner, Digital Strategist, Unthinkable.
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The UK Safer Internet Centre are delighted to present to you a FREE 90-minute virtual Online Safety briefing via Microsoft Teams Live. Open to all professionals who work with children and young people, this event will give you the latest in online safety research, legislation, technology, tools and resources along with exclusive access to the presentation and resource materials.
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Focusing on anxiety for this year's Mental Health Awareness Week will increase people's awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem. Mental Health Awareness Week is an ideal time for us all to think about mental health, tackle stigma, and find out how we can create a society that prevents mental health problems from developing and protects our mental well-being.
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