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Childnet International is a UK-based charity working domestically and internationally to help make the Internet a great and safe place for children and young people, alongside enabling them to use interactive technologies safely and responsibly. Childnet focuses on education, awareness and policy.  Alongside promoting the opportunities that the Internet and new technologies offer, Childnet is active in carrying out research and engaging in key policy fora alongside the Internet industry and government.  Childnet is an original member of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS).

Childnet has developed a number of resources in partnership with the UK Government and others, including the award winning Know IT All range of resources and advice on cyberbullying, designed to help young people and parents assess and manage the risks that they may encounter online. 

Internet Buttons is a webtool that makes the Internet super easy. You can set up a page of personalised Buttons that click through to your favourite sites or services.

There are also loads of helper bars, tips and advice to explain how to use it and how to get more out the web. It removes all the complicated bits of the internet and makes it easy to keep going back to the places you want to go to.

Nominet Trust is a UK-based charity that funds initiatives that contribute to a trusted, accessible Internet used to improve lives and communities.

Areas that Nominet Trust focuses on are web access, web safety and imaginative applications of the Internet to address social problems. Nominet Trust makes social investments through an open applications process.

The South West Grid for Learning is a not for profit, charitable trust company, funded by 15 Local Authorities across the SW of England.  The SWGfL Trust is a leading educational organisation in the South-West, facilitating regional collaboration and development.

They provide maintained schools and many other educational establishments throughout the region with safe, secure and reliable broadband internet connectivity; broadband-enabled learning resources and services and help.  They also provide professionals, parents and children with advice, resources and support in using the internet safely across the wider UK.

The South West Grid for Learning Trust (SWGfL) is also widely recognised for its annual “E-Safety Live” Conference, the quality of the School E-Safety Template Policies and more recently the creation of 360 degree safe, an online E-Safety self review tool for schools.

UK online centres manage a network of over 3,800 centres throughout England that help people to take their first steps with computers and the internet. Centres can be located in libraries, community centres, colleges - and there are even some in cafes and pubs where people can get online in a place they feel comfortable.

UK online centres also run the Go ON learning website, where those that are new to computers and the internet can get to grips with the basics, and discover how to send emails, search for information online and much more.