Between 2024 and 2026, the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) partnered with the NSPCC to amplify young people’s voices and experiences, working to improve child safety online in Scotland.
At the heart of the project were 10 young people, our Digital Safety Ambassadors, passionate advocates ensuring that decisions and policies made to protect children and young people’s right to be safe online reflect real-life experiences and opinions. Alongside the work led by our Digital Safety Ambassadors, we ran insight-gathering and co-design workshops with young people across Scotland.
Together, young people created a rich set of resources addressing children and young people’s right to online safety. The resources span five key themes: online safety, AI and learning, misinformation, online bullying, and social media and body image. They include:
- Calls to action from young people to policymakers, educators, and community leaders
- Videos exploring each of the five key themes
- Workshop toolkit to facilitate meaningful conversations about online safety
- Posters to display in schools and community spaces
- Resource list signposting organisations doing impactful work in this space
Your Online Safety Resource Hub
Explore the resources on online safety, AI and learning, misinformation and more.
We got [young people in the workshops] to record podcasts about what they thought about different issues. It was really great to hear from these young people who were so passionate about things like AI. They could just sit there and get those thoughts out. If felt like maybe they hadn’t had the chance to just talk about those things before.”
Digital Safety Ambassador 2024-6
Questions about our online safety work? Contact our Participation and Programmes team at engagement@syp.org.uk
