| Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA)
Established by the NSPCC and NCB, bringing together 65 organisations to reduce bullying and create safe environments where children and young people can live, grow, play and learn.
BBC
The BBC website has useful links to resources and information on cyberbullying and how to combat it.
Becta
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency. Their website has invaluable information on setting up school Internet safety policies and how to communicate them to parents.
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
Set up by the Government, the CEOP website helps adults get to grips with new and emerging technologies popular with young people. It includes advice on how to report cyberbullying.
Childnet International
Advises on Internet safety and has a range of leaflets for children and parents in a number of languages, including Hindi, Punjabi and Maltese.
Cyberbullying.org
The world's first website dedicated to cyberbullying has plenty of useful advice on combating cyberbullying, including how to take screenshots of online bullying for evidence.
Don't suffer in silence
This Government website has a short anti-bullying video featuring stars like Rio Ferdinand and the Sugababes, a downloadable charter and advice for pupils, teachers and parents.
Get Safe Online
Helps you protect yourself and your family against Internet threats.
Internet Watch Foundation
Includes information on its website about the regulation of the Internet and how it operates, along with tips on keeping yourself safe. Useful links to organisations offering best practice guidelines.
Internet Safety Zone
Has useful information for parents, teachers and children on cyberbullying and how to tackle it.
Kidscape
Kidscape's remit is to help prevent bullying and child abuse. They have useful advice for parents, professionals, children and young people.
NCH
A leading children's charity dedicated to supporting vulnerable children. In partnership with Tesco Mobile, NCH has produced valuable research on text bullying and information on phone and Internet safety
NetAlert
Has a useful Internet safety toolkit.
Scottish Anti-bullying
A Scottish website with information on cyberbullying for teachers and other professionals who work with young people.
Stoptextbully.com
An interactive website that helps young people tackle mobile phone and online bullying and prevent it ever happening to them. There's advice for pupils, parents, carers and teachers, along with a fun quiz that highlights the issues.
Thinkuknow.co.uk
Information from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre on how to stay safe online.
Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT)
Made up of police forces around the world, working together to fight online child abuse. The site includes advice, information and support for adults and children.
Websafe Crackers: IH8U
A website for children and young people focusing on cyberbullying and how to deal with phone abuse. It's free to email, chat, phone or text them for advice.
Welsh Anti-bullying Network
Their website has plenty of good ideas and examples of good practice for schools to use.
WiredSafety
The world's largest online safety and help group. Has tips on how to stop cyberbullying, along with information on popular sites such as bebo.com.
How mobile phone operators are combating cyberbullying
Responsible mobile phone operators are taking steps to help tackle cyberbullying. Each phone operator should have a number to ring to report phone bullying. For example:
Tesco Mobile has a 24-hour service for young people being cyberbullied. Just text ‘bully’ to 60000 to receive advice and support. The cost of texts is donated to NCH.
BT has a freephone number offering recorded advice – 0800 666 700. You can also call free on 150 for personal advice. If the problem continues, contact your nearest BT bureau on 0900 661 441 during office hours. They deal with malicious and nuisance calls and may suggest tracing future calls or changing your number.
The specially trained team at O2’s Nuisance Call Bureau can be contacted by email or by calling the Customer Service Department on 0870 5214 000. O2 also has useful online leaflets.
Vodafone has a RespondPlus service, where an operator will answer your calls for you, take a message and text it to you. |
