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As you are aware ensuring children are kept safe and protected from harm and abuse is a high priority and it’s everyone’s job to help protect South Ayrshire’s children. Part of South Ayrshire Child Protection Committee’s (CPC) work is to raise public awareness about child protection.
To help your child stay safe on-line there are various programmes and resources that schools use to support pupils. The main resource used is ThinkUKnow. It is also important that you as a parent or carer have up to date information regarding on-line safety covering a variety of issues including: cyber bulling, age related matters, social networking. This information is available by clicking on the link below: www.internetmatters.org |
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Snap Maps - Snapchat is an extremely popular app with young people and they have recently launched a new feature called Snap Maps. This location based map allows users to see where in the country their Snapchat contacts are, as well as seeing location based photos and videos.
Many young people will have ‘friends’ on Snapchat that they have never met in person, consequently, this could mean that those people are able to use Snap Maps to build up a picture of where your child lives, where they go to school and where they spend their free time. It is therefore important that young people consider who they share this information with and they are encouraged to regularly update their privacy settings. For further information on Snap Maps go to https://new.thinkuknow.co.uk/professionals/our-views/snap-maps/ |
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Click here for advice from the NSPCC on how to keep your child safe when they are online.
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Click here to gain access to Police Scotland's 'Stay Safe Online' campaign. This campaign is targeting teens with vital advice on how to be web savvy. |
Click here for information from the Scottish Government on how to stay safe online.
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