The Leeds Online Safety Campaign is working to support professionals, parents and carers to help keep children safe in their online world, to help them feel confident in talking about online safety with the children they know and work with, so that they in turn know that they can always talk to someone about anything that is worrying them.

The campaign is supported by the young people’s charity Kooth, West Yorkshire Police, the Marie Collins Foundation, Child Friendly Leeds and the NSPCC.

50% of harmful content is actually being shared by children and most don’t know it’s a crime.

Most teenagers consider sharing nude photos of themselves (‘Self-generated’ content) or others as normal behaviour – such images are being shared and often sold online.

In 2023, Childline in Leeds experienced a 132% increase in calls from children worried about self-generated images.

A recent My Health, My School pupil perception survey that asks children and young people a series of questions to gain information on the health and wellbeing of these individuals, found a significant increase in young people talking about issues relating to self-image and mental health.

Campaign information and workshops

The campaign has organised a series of workshops to help support parents, carers and relevant professionals to feel confident in talking about online safety with the children they know and work with, so that children and young people know that they can always talk to someone about anything that is worrying them.

To register your interest in the workshops or if you would like to host an online safety workshop for your school, community group or business please contact yhandnecampaigns@nspcc.org.uk

These sessions can be delivered virtually or face to face (with a minimum of 20 attendees for the latter) at a time to suit your group’s needs.