Messages from Teens, Tech & Wellbeing
In the second year of COVID, the winter lockdowns were hard on teens. The Cybersurvey explores their wellbeing and their online experiences during winter 2021/22. The trends reveal important messages about what children and teens were seeing.
While cyberbullying was down, they were bombarded by harmful content about body image, suicide and self harm.
Read the 2021-22 report Issued 2023
Locked Down & Online
2020 report
Read the report issued 2021
The Cybersurvey Overview
October 2020
Thankyou to 15,000 young people and their schools across the UK who took part in our annual Cybersurvey. Thanks to Internet Matters for partnering with us for this year,
We issued 3 reports, this is the overview. B
'In Their Own Words: The Digital Lives of Schoolchildren'
We explore the digital lives of young people. It's national. It's free and the results are vital to us all. We cannot do this work without you. Remarkable insights from teenagers in their own words, bring it to life.
We learn how resilient some are and who needs our help most. They describe their worries, the impact of online life and how they use it to escape their issues.
Look at Me: Teens Sexting and Risks This report explores relationships, vulnerability and the choices young people make as they weigh up the social pressures facing them when deciding whether to share an intimate image or video.
A partnership with
Internet Matters
Read the report
BLOG about what we found
January 2021
Refuge & Risk: Life Online for Vulnerable Young People.
The sequel to:
'Vulnerable Children in a Digital World.' For vulnerable children, online spaces can be both 'an escape from my issues' or a place where cruelty and hurt are found.
For past reports from The Cybersurvey and published research, please visit the 'Survey Messages' tab above.
Will your school take part in the annual Cybersurvey this year?
It is so important to capture what young people say about life online now. Their lives have changed and we need to know how, so that they can be helped to make the most of the digital world.
Invitation and
FAQs
Working with young people remotely?
As our professional body of online safety specialists, AACOSS has put together 3 free videos on issues related to remotely working with young people.
Are you clear on what to do about safeguarding, data protection, choosing a platform or other points to consider?
1, School page
2, Parent page
Try out our new website with an exciting accredited training course to help those working with children in care.
This site builds on our work studying the online experiences of vulnerable children.
Now we have built a library of resources and tools,supporting the 8 module course with an introduction to explore our approach. Videos, 60 second reads, news updates and more, make this a varied and interesting practical course.
Certificates are issued on completion.