CyberSafeKids: Empowering a Safer Digital Future for Children

In an ever-changing digital world, CyberSafeKids* is a trusted advocate for online safety, empowering children, parents, and educators to navigate the internet safely and confidently.

Since 2015, Ireland's online safety charity, CyberSafeKids, has been dedicated to equipping children and young people with the skills they need to thrive in a connected world while staying protected from the challenges and risks it can bring. We tirelessly promote digital literacy, resilience, and responsible online behaviour.

*formerly CyberSafeIreland

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our story

We believe every child deserves to explore the online world safely and responsibly. Our mission is to educate and empower parents and children to embrace technology in a way that enhances their lives while fostering awareness of the risks and how to mitigate them.

What We Do

At CyberSafeKids, we deliver practical, impactful solutions to ensure parents and children have the tools they need to stay safe online:

Engaging Workshops: We offer interactive workshops tailored to children, parents, businesses, and educators, covering topics like cyberbullying, privacy, gaming, and screen time management.
Research & Insights: We conduct comprehensive research to stay ahead of online trends and behaviours, providing data-driven insights to inform our educational content, strategies and resources.
Advocacy for Change: We collaborate with policymakers, industry leaders, and communities to push for safer online environments for all.

Our Expertise

Our team brings together various experts, including cybersecurity, education, psychology, child protection, and law enforcement professionals.

This collective expertise ensures that our programmes and initiatives address the realities of today’s digital challenges with clarity and effectiveness.

Why CyberSafeKids?

The digital world is evolving rapidly, and children are at the forefront of this transformation. With proper guidance and knowledge, they can avoid risks like cyberbullying, online grooming, and exposure to harmful or age-inappropriate content. CyberSafeKids is here to bridge the gap, helping families and schools create safe, positive digital experiences that inspire confidence and resilience.

Join Us in Making a Difference

Whether you’re a parent, teacher, business, or simply passionate about online safety, you can contribute to our mission. Explore our workshops, access our resources, or support our work as we continue building a safer digital future for Ireland’s children and young people.

CyberSafeKids – Together, We Create a Stronger, Safer Digital World.

Meet Our Team

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Our Work

What are our areas of focus?

Talks: Schools, Parents, Businesses

Our suite of interactive talks address how both children and adults can navigate the online world and can be delivered in person or via a secure webinar platform.

CyberSafe Tool for Schools

We have designed a free, online self-assessment tool for schools, for you to evaluate your school’s level of cybersafety against best practice.

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eLearning

With funding support from Rethink Ireland we have created an interactive, self-paced online course which covers all the major areas of online safety.

Research

CyberSafeKids engages in its own research and is an avid consumer of others’ research on the area of online safety and digital wellbeing of children.

Advocacy

We work with other like-minded organisations when possible to achieve real impact on much-needed policy and legislation related to online safety in Ireland.

OUR MISSION & VALUES

To make online safer for children and children safer online. We do this through education, giving voice to children’s online experience and by being a fierce advocate for children’s online safety.

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Independent

We will value and uphold our independence as an organisation at all times.

Partnership

We will actively build partnership with other key stakeholders involved in addressing cybersafety issues with children. We will not work in isolation.

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Stewardship

We will strive to be good stewards of all the resources entrusted to us.

Transparency

We will keep our financial and other working practices as transparent and accountable as possible. We will adopt and comply with the Governance Code for charitable organisations in Ireland.