Read more about following a digital footprint from the Thinkuknow website.

If you are under 18 and an explicit or nude image of you has been shared online, we can confidentially help you to get it removed.

• Report it now by downloading Yoti app provided by Childline.

View further advice and support from the NSPCC about keeping children safe online.

Childnet and UK Safer Internet Centre advise that they get a lot of questions about particular devices that children are using or asking for.

They have produced a guide to answer these questions and introduce some of the most popular devices, highlighting the safety tools available and empowering parents with the knowledge they need to support their children to use these technologies safely and responsibly:

• smart phones
• gaming devices
• tablets
• smart TV

internetmatters.org provide advice and support about what your children might be doing online and give you some simple, practical and easy advice on the steps you can take as a parent to keep them as safe as possible:

• 0 - 5 years
• 6 - 10 years
• 11 - 13 years
• 14+ years

What we do?

Featured story

You can anonymously and confidentially report child sexual abuse content, criminally obscene adult content and non-photographic child sexual abuse images

Don't wait.. report it now

Childnet have produced a guide to answer any questions you may have, highlighting the safety tools available and empowering parents with the knowledge they need to support their children to use these technologies safely and responsibly:

• apps
• cyberbullying
• downloading
• gaming
• keeping under fives safe online
• online grooming
• parental controls
• pornography
• premium rate content
• sexting
• social networking

The parenting support section provides advice, support, tips and all aspects of parenting:

• Bullying
• Child abuse and neglect
• Child sexual exploitation
• Worried about a child

Please download a selection of useful documents relating to online safety:

 

• Dangers of sexting
• OoVoo - information leaflet
• Kik Messenger, Whats App and Tumbler - information leaflet
• Parents guide to Snapchat

Getting the right help at the right time - contact Family Connect now!

Online enquiry form

• Telephone: 01952 385385
• Email: familyconnect@telford.gov.uk
• Text: 07797 875385

---

Health Visitors 0 - 5 years - helping parents with their under 5's

• Telephone: 01952 580375
• Text: 07964 134107

---

Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)

• Telephone: 0870 0003344

---

Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)

• Telephone: 01223 203030

---

Net Aware

• Telephone: 0808 800 5002

---

School Nursing Service

• Telephone: 01952 621340