We’re proud to share the latest progress from our partnership with the Barney & Echo Project, led by The Police Community Clubs of Great Britain and Amber Bee CIC, which continues to help young people in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire stay safe online.
This year more than 5,300 children aged nine to eleven have been involved in Barney & Echo’s “Caught in the Web” internet safety programme, alongside almost 8,000 parents, carers and school staff.
Through the partnership, schools worked through personalised workbooks, teacher-led lesson plans, family activities and even a play and drama pack, all designed to make online safety feel real and relevant.
And the results are impressive with every child involved coming away knowing more about protecting their passwords and personal information.
Furthermore, all 72 participating schools reported that pupils better understood cyberbullying and had developed their own strategies for dealing with it.
And in the vast majority of homes, parents sat down with their children to work through the safety topics together, turning a school project into a family conversation.
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire stay safe online
Ash Cane, from the Quickline Social Values team, said: “We know reliable, high-speed broadband only tells half the story.
“The other half is making sure the people using it, especially children, feel confident and safe doing so. Working in partnership with the Barney & Echo Project, The Police Community Clubs of Great Britain and Amber Bee CIC means we can help put something back into the communities we’re proud to serve, not just with connectivity, but with the education that goes alongside it.”
“In the second year of this partnership, it is brilliant to see the direct impact the project continues to have on children and their families. Every year we hear from schools about the conversations these workshops spark at home, conversations that might not have happened otherwise. Knowing we’ve helped give even more young people the confidence and knowledge to stay safe online is exactly why we do this work.”
Lynn Kember, Pastoral Lead at Wyberton Primary Academy, a participating school said: “I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in providing this valuable project for our school. I think the project fitted in well with our focus of understanding real and fake content and being mindful of personal information.
“The project is a very welcome addition, supporting our curriculum. The information was pertinent and presented in a fun and informative way. We found the whole project to be beneficial.”
Find out more about our community projects, and to register your school’s interest in future internet safety programmes.
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