Safer Internet Day 2024 is on Tuesday 6th February with celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’.

Safer Internet Day inspires a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively. Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, the celebration sees thousands of organisations get involved to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people. 

Each year in the UK, Safer Internet Day explores an online issue or theme that speaks to the things young people are seeing and experiencing online. In 2024, created in consultation with young people across the UK, Safer Internet Day will focus on change online, this includes covering:

• Young people’s perspective on new and emerging technology
• Using the internet to make change for the better
• The changes young people want to see online
• The things that can influence and change the way young people think, feel and act online and offline

Helpful Resources

For more information and educational resources around this years theme of  ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’, please visit the Safer Internet Day 2024 website.

Below are links to just a few of the resources available to support this years' theme - please do check them out, it doesn’t take long and there is some really great information provided.

• A ranger of short films suitable for young people of all ages (3-18)
• Top tips for Young People (7-11s, 11-14s, 14-18s)
• Top tips for parents and carers

For more general resources to support Safer Internet Day, check out their Parents/Carers’ resources – they cover a wide range of topics and are age-related so ideal to support conversations with your child(ren) e.g., setting up parental controls, AI, awareness of grooming, safety on TikTok/Instagram, parent/carer top tips and more.

FA Safeguarding Guidance & Resources

In addition, The FA have produced a range of guidance to help children and young people stay safe online. It covers football-specific topics relevant to those running clubs and leagues, or supporting young players, as well as more general online safeguarding issues.

The online and digital safety resources are listed below. The first three can all be downloaded from the Safeguarding in the Digital World directory. The others are available in the complete downloads directory of all FA safeguarding guidance notes.

• 6.1 RUNNING WEBSITES OR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (FOR CLUBS AND LEAGUES)
• 6.2 DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CHILDREN (FOR ALL)
• 6.3 STAYING SAFE IN THE DIGITAL WORLD (FOR TEENAGERS)
• 7.4 FAKE NEWS: WHAT TO TRUST ONLINE (FOR ALL)
• 8.5 TIPS TO ENSURE YOUR CHILD’S ONLINE SAFETY (FOR PARENTS/CARERS)
• 8.6 GROOMING – THE SIGNS AND STEPS TO TAKE IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT A CHILD (FOR PARENTS/CARERS)