Online Grooming

Home > Services > Libraries > Children and Young People > Young People

Stop! take a moment and think about the risks you take online. The Internet is a great place and has had a positive impact on the lives of young people but you have to consider the risks out there and know how to stay in control online.

Confused and want to know what it's all about? What is online grooming?

• 131 children have been safeguarded from sexual abuse either directly or indirectly as the result of CEOP activity – of which 18 have been identified through the examination
  of child abuse images.
• 297 arrests have been made as a result of CEOP activity.
• 6 organised paedophile rings have been dismantled or disrupted as a result of CEOP activity.
• Since its launch, the ThinkUknow education programme has reached 1.7 million children and young people between the ages of 8 and 16 years across all parts of the UK.

ThinkUknow is an educational website which helps you to have fun online and teaches you how to stay in control. If you are worried about anything you have experienced online this website will direct you to the right place to report the abuse.

Try playing the Websafe crackerz game and find what can happen if you are not careful with your personal information online.

Our Bebo site.
Tell us what you think about 'copyright' and 'online grooming' by doing our poll. We want to know what you think about all this stuff.

YoungScot have a Bebo!
If you haven't been on there have a look now. You can find out who works for YoungScot and see what they look like.