Parents/Guardians please note:

FREE online safety webinar happening which is being hosted by the Barnardos Online Safety Team*.

The webinar will take place on Tuesday, 31st May from 10am - 11.30am. Even if the time doesn't suit register and get the link to watch it again at your convenience.

The ‘Plugged in Switched Off’ webinar this year is all about cyberbullying and how it’s affecting children's lives in schools and what we, as parents and professionals, can do to help prevent this.

The event is free but you will need to register in advance (click here to do that)

Supported by Google.org, our webinar is aimed at both parents and guardians, and professionals working with children. You’ll hear input from the Barnardos Online Safety Programme, schools, young people and the tech industry. We hope this webinar will be a practical, solution focused and empowering learning on what cyberbullying looks like nowadays and what can be done to prevent it.

We are recording this session too so you can watch it back if you can’t attend on the day. You will still need to register for the recording

Agenda for the day:

10.00 Welcome, Anton Savage (MC)

10.05 Suzanne Connolly, CEO Barnardos / Clíodhna Purdue, Barnardos Online Safety Programme

10.20 Webwise, Youth Advisory Panel

10.35 An interview with Home School Community Liaison teacher, James Hayden, Balbriggan ETNS

10.45 Judith Lyons, Principal Officer, Department of Education (chair of steering committee to update bullying guidance to schools)

10.50 Iain Bundred, YouTube Public Policy Manager/ Susan Moss, Tik Tok Public Policy Manager

11.05 Panel discussion with representatives from Barnardos, the Tech industry and the Webwise youth panel

* Our Online Safety team deliver workshops to parents, schools and other groups working with children. We strongly believe that it is so important that children learn to be safe online and our workshops give adults the skills and knowledge to help support children with this.