Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland

🗣️ Have your say! 🗣️ Children, young people, parents, and carers - we want to hear from you! Join our in-person or online sessions with @BarnardosNI this August to share your views on the SBNI’s 2026–2030 Strategy. 📲 Scan the QR code to get involved.

The Online Safety Hub brings together 300 resources from over 30 partners – helping young people, parents, carers and professionals find support in one central place. 📰Discover the latest in our Hub Highlights newsletter:onlinesafetyhub.safeguardingni.org/hub-highlights…

Creating or sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is always illegal, regardless of whether it's AI-generated. Every incident must be met with the same urgency, care and safeguarding response as any other CSAM case. Read our guide for professionals. onlinesafetyhub.safeguardingni.org/child-sexual-a…

🚨Not just creepy old dudes 🚨 Sexual exploitation can happen to anyone, by anyone. Watch this animation, created with local boys and young men @YouthActionNI and @VOYPIC to learn what to look out for and where to get help. @HSC_NI Please watch, share and raise awareness.

No one has the right to share a nude of you. Sharing sexual images or videos of anyone under 18, including AI-child sexual abuse imagery, is illegal. ➡️ Report to @PoliceServiceNI ➡️ Use #ReportRemove from Childline & @IWFhotline: childline.org.uk/remove youtu.be/SwSpo3N6CeE

Opportunity for young people aged 16-25 in the Belfast area 📣 Are you ready to challenge Violence Against Women and Girls? Join our youth forum and be part of something powerful! This forum is open to ALL genders and we’re looking for passionate individuals to get involved✊

🚨Lads it can happen to you.🚨 Being taken advantage of sexually can happen to anyone. Be alert if someone suddenly wants to get involved in your life. Learn what to look out for and where to get help. Please watch, share and raise awareness. @VOYPIC @YouthActionNI @HSC_NI

🌟 Hey Young People! 🌟 Looking for support, inspiration, or a place to explore your wellbeing? Check out the @cypsp Youth Wellness Web 💬 ✅ Bereavement ✅ Bullying ✅ Wellbeing ✅ Mental Health ✅ School 🔗 cypsp.hscni.net/youth-wellness… #YouthWellness #CYPSP #WellbeingHub

No one should feel trapped by constant messages, surveillance or unwanted contact. Watch this animation to learn: ✅ What’s healthy vs harmful 🚩 When the line is crossed 🧡 Where to get help Please watch, share and raise awareness @SEDSVP @NDAWomensAid youtube.com/watch?v=7Kmh5j…

Fantastic resource from @safeguardingni 👏🏻

The brilliant @safeguardingni have published new guidance on AI-generated images of abuse and what to do in order to identify, report and remove them. Essential for those of us working with and involved in the protection of children and young people! bit.ly/3TTOG9V

The @safeguardingni Online Safety Committee in partnership with the @NCA_UK & @IWFhotline , have created this essential guide for professionals working with children & young people to understand the risks of AI-generated child sexual abuse material 📎 cypsp.hscni.net/new-guidance-o…

Really positive to see this guidance published. Absolutely crucial that as technology develops we continue to adapt to try and protect victims and potential victims from harm.

📣New resource alert📣 In collaboration with @NCA_UK, @CEOPEducation and @PoliceServiceNI, we’ve created an essential guide for professionals working with children and young people to understand the risks of AI-generated child sexual abuse material. onlinesafetyhub.safeguardingni.org/child-sexual-a…

We're hearing from the Centre for Protecting Women Online, the Independent Chair of @SafeguardingNI and @Ofcom on online violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland. Watch live ⬇️

From 9.30am on Wednesday, we'll hear from the Centre for Protecting Women Online, the Independent Chair of @SafeguardingNI and @Ofcom as we examine online violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland.

Please do check out this excellent resource 👇👇👇

📣 New resource alert: Help professionals protect young people from emerging online threats. A vital new resource launches today to raise awareness about the growing issue of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (AI-CSAM), created in partnership with @NCA_UK @CEOPEducation.…

Today, alongside @IWFHotline, @NCA_UK, and @PSNI, we’ve launched a vital new guide for professionals on AI-generated child sexual abuse material. It supports those working with children and young people to understand emerging risks and respond effectively. tinyurl.com/29m873kh

Huge thanks to partners who joined today's discussion on the @UlsterUni report: A Review of Organisations' Experiences of Implementing a Trauma Informed Approach using an External Assessment. 🔗Executive summary: tinyurl.com/mrx7t9xa 🔗Full report: tinyurl.com/5xyejwh7