How to safely use ‘Questions’ on Instagram
Recently Instagram introduced ‘Questions’ – the latest feature onto the photo sharing app. Users are now able to invite their followers to ask them questions, which they can then publicly
Digital Skills training from Media Trust. Interested?
Did you know… more than 70% of charities believe strengthening their digital skills would help their organisation to grow its network and deliver a more effective strategy but despite this…
Digital Friendships of young people aged 8‐17 years
For Safer Internet Day 2018, the UK Safer Internet Centre commissioned an online survey of 2000 young people aged 8‐17 years, which was conducted by Censuswide. The findings reveal how
Scarlett Moffatt has a selfie warning for young girls
Scarlett Moffatt, who came to fame through Gogglebox, is getting real about filtered pictures of women on social media. The 2016 winner of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here
Hampshire detectives charge man following investigation into online sexual offences
Hampshire Constabulary have released a statement about a local investigation into online sexual offences: Officers from the child abuse investigation team at Hampshire Constabulary have charged a man in connection
Children’s & youth work links
Links from the world of children’s and youth ministry: Scripture Union produces simplified Nativity story to avoid confusing children who don’t go to church: A spokeswoman said the change had been prompted
IKEA built a replica of a Syrian refugee home inside a store
As part of a campaign with the Norwegian Red Cross, Ikea has built a model of a Syrian home in a store in Norway to show shoppers what life inside
7-year-old Syrian girl live-tweeting her life in Aleppo
Bana is just 7 years old but she knows how to tweet. A video posted on her Twitter account @alabedbana shows her back as she stands in front of a window, long
8 Reasons to Rethink Teens & Sexting
Megan Maas has written a blog on 8 Reasons to Rethink Teens & Sexting for the Huffington Post. Here’s a few snippets from the blog which are essential reading for any
An Infographic on Anonymous Apps and Teenagers
One of the most frequent questions I receive from parents is about apps that teenagers are using and what a caring parents perspective should be on them. The team from Rawhide.org have
15 Twitter statistics you need to know
These 15 statistics by Social Marketing Writing can help you get your message seen by more people – more retweets, followers and traffic.
Social Media Image Sizes 2016 Infographic
Social media is a key communication channel for youth workers. One of the challenges is that all the different social media networks constantly change the goal posts in terms of