Safer Internet Day

What is Safer Internet Day?

Safer Internet Day (SID) is an EU wide initiative to promote a safer internet for all users, especially young people. It is promoted in Ireland by the PDST Technology in Education and Webwise.

The Theme for Safer Internet Day is “Together for a Better Internet“. Safer Internet Day 2019 will be celebrated on Tuesday, February 5th. Over 100,000 young people across Ireland joined the celebrations last year.

Help make 2019 even bigger and better by supporting SID 2019 in your local area, get some inspiration on how you can get involved below.

Get Featured on our Event Map

Let us know your plans for Safer Internet Day in your home, school, club, organisation or community and we will feature you on our event map and send all your participants’ free wristbands!

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FREE Wristbands

Get Ideas

Need a lesson plan for Safer Internet Day? We have loads of great resources that you can use. Check out our list of resources below! We have lots of fun activities like word-searches, raps, roleplays and more! We also have premade SID presentations in English and in Irish. There are also a host of great videos that you can use to teach young people valuable online safety skills at home, or in the classroom. Check out last years video!

Safer Internet Day Ambassador Programme

Working with young people is a big part of what we do. Our Safer Internet Day Ambassador Programme is a peer to peer youth training programme that gives students an opportunity to lead an online safety campaign in their own school or community. Students can be nominated by teachers or sign up themselves. The programme is open to all second-level students in Ireland. As a Safer Internet Day Ambassador you receive free training online and face to face training from Webwise and from our dedicated Youth Panel. Students will learn how to lead internet safety activities and campaigns which can then be run in school for Safer Internet Day. We are currently looking for Ambassadors so sign up now!

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Be a SID Ambassador!

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Síofra on Safer Internet Day

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SID Training

Meet the SID Trainers

On the 10th of January, almost 100 students from around Ireland gathered together for the Safer Internet Day (SID) Training Ambassador…

SID Snaps

We love seeing all your photos from your online safety campaigns and Safer Internet Day activities. Send us in your photos, videos and posters and you could be in with a chance of winning some great prizes. Just email: internetsafety@pdst.ie. Get inspired by some of the great work being done by schools, parents and youth groups on internet safety.

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Partners

SID

Insafe is a European network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs) who work together to celebrate Safer Internet Day in Europe.

saferinternetday.org

Childline is a support service for young people up to the age of 18. There is a 24hr telephone, online and mobile phone texting service.

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The National Parents Council Primary enables and empowers parents to be effective partners in their children’s education.

helpline@npc.ie