Some parents have asked for help with E safety in Somali. Below is a link to a factsheet to support parents for whom English is not their first language.

SENSITIVE CONTENT
You may find the following videos offensive, if you deem the videos unsuitable for your children, please do not show them. Show these videos at your own discretion, they are designed for children to help them understand the risks that the internet could pose.

For Ages 8-10
Online Grooming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o8auwnJtqE&t

People might not be who they say they are, or sound like they are
Voice Changer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O9hR5M6aPA

 

Parental Guidance: Safeguarding Devices at Home 

 

Home Broadband Safety
For parental control features such as Internet and Website filtering please contact your ISP (Internet Service Provider, example: Sky, BT, Virgin etc) and ask them: "How to enable parental control on your home broadband" as this varies from each company. Failing this, they should all have information on there website on how to do-so. 

Games Consoles

The official ESRB website, provides methods on how to set parental controls for personal devices and game systems. These include: PlayStation 3 & 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One & 360, Nintendo Switch & Wii (U) and Nintendo 3DS & DSI & PC.

Please visit the ESRB website at: 

http://www.esrb.org/about/settingcontrols.aspx 

 

Windows

Please visit this website for a detailed explanation on how to set up parental controls for Windows 10: 

http://www.howtogeek.com/225323/how-to-add-and-monitor-a-childs-account-in-windows-10/

You could also download the easy-to-use K9 Software for your Windows Computer.

Please visit the website for your free download:

 http://www1.k9webprotection.com/get-k9-web-protection-free

 

Apple iOS

For iPod Touches, iPhones and iPads please visit the website below for details on how to enable 'Restrictions', this allows you to change various settings; anything from disabling the Camera to enabling Internet and Website Filtering that blocks adult content can be set up: 

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201304

 

A PDF document that we made is also available below