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hub-hub__heading">Synthetic Media (Deepfakes)</h3></div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" href=topics/send-special-educational-needs-and-disabilities/><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=320 height=240 src=assets/boxes/untitled-design-9.png loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)</h3></div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" target=_blank rel=noopener href=training/online-safety-training/><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=320 height=240 src=assets/boxes/untitled-design-14.png loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">Online Safety Training</h3></div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a 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have been affected by intimate image abuse.</div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" href=helplines/report-harmful-content/ aria-describedby=hub-2-204-desc><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=133 height=133 src=assets/pages/exclamation.svg loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">Report Harmful Content</h3><p class="hub__desc hub-hub__desc" id=hub-2-204-desc>Guidance and support for reporting legal but harmful online content.</div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" href=helplines/professionals-online-safety-helpline/ aria-describedby=hub-2-94-desc><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=177.3 height=208.9 src=assets/pages/posh.svg loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">Professionals Online Safety Helpline</h3><p class="hub__desc hub-hub__desc" id=hub-2-94-desc>Supporting professionals who work with children with any online safety concern.</div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" href=helplines/stopncii/ aria-describedby=hub-2-596-desc><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=256 height=256 src=assets/pages/stopncii-image-logo.svg loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">StopNCII.org</h3><p class="hub__desc hub-hub__desc" id=hub-2-596-desc>Protect your intimate images from being shared online through your own device.</div></a></div></div></div></section><section class="block block-contenthub block-white"><div class=block__inner><h2>Safeguarding Services for Education</h2><label class=hub__switch-label id=hub-3-close-label for=hub-3-close>Close popup boxes</label><input 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hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=338 height=334 src=assets/boxes/whisper-5.svg loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">Anonymous Reporting Tool</h3><p class="hub__desc hub-hub__desc" id=hub-3-1843-desc>Whisper allows young people to report safeguarding concerns anonymously through SMS and online chat.</div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" target=_blank rel=noopener href=services/test-filtering/ aria-describedby=hub-3-1844-desc><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=179 height=176 src=assets/boxes/testfiltering-symbol-black-1.svg loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">Test Filtering</h3><p class="hub__desc hub-hub__desc" id=hub-3-1844-desc>Monitor your school's internet filtering to ensure it is appropriately blocking illegal and harmful material.</div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" target=_blank rel=noopener href=services/assisted-monitoring/ aria-describedby=hub-3-1845-desc><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=206.9 height=206.6 src=assets/boxes/assisted-monitoring-1-1.svg loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">Assisted Monitoring</h3><p class="hub__desc hub-hub__desc" id=hub-3-1845-desc>Monitoring and flagging student's online behaviour, with violations being reported direct to the school.</div></a></div></div></div></section><section class="block block-testimonials block-darkblue"><div class=block__inner><blockquote class=testimonial><p class=testimonial__quote>Working with SWGfL provides the Trust with a single point of contact, they understand our schools and the problems we face.</p><footer class=testimonial__footer><cite class="testimonial__citation icon-testimonial">Carol Chapman - Chief Operating Officer First Federation</cite></footer></blockquote></div></section><section class="block block-contenthub block-white"><div class=block__inner><h2>Online Safety Training</h2><label class=hub__switch-label id=hub-4-close-label for=hub-4-close>Close popup boxes</label><input class="hub__switch hub-hub__switch" value="" type=radio name=hub-4 id=hub-4-close aria-labelledby=hub-4-close-label checked><div class="hub hub-hub"><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" target=_blank rel=noopener href=training/online-safety-training/ aria-describedby=hub-4-1850-desc><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=378 height=403 src=assets/boxes/online-safety-1-1.svg loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">Online Safety Training</h3><p class="hub__desc hub-hub__desc" id=hub-4-1850-desc>Bespoke online safety training, available across a wide variety of topics, delivered both face-to-face or online.</div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" target=_blank rel=noopener href=products/project-evolve-edu/ aria-describedby=hub-4-1851-desc><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=45 height=45 src=assets/boxes/project-evolve-symbol-1-3.svg loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">Online Safety Development</h3><p class="hub__desc hub-hub__desc" id=hub-4-1851-desc>A professional training platform that supports teachers and staff to develop their knowledge around online safety.</
1div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" target=_blank rel=noopener href=training/online-safety-live/ aria-describedby=hub-4-1852-desc><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=105.7 height=91.8 src=assets/boxes/online-safety-live.svg loading=lazy></div><div class="hub__text hub-hub__text"><h3 class="hub__heading hub-hub__heading">Online Safety Live</h3><p class="hub__desc hub-hub__desc" id=hub-4-1852-desc>Free online safety training sessions available to anyone working with children and young people.</div></a></div><div class="hub__item hub-hub__item"><a class="hub__link hub-hub__link" target=_blank rel=noopener href=products/projectevolve-safeguarding/ aria-describedby=hub-4-1853-desc><div class="hub__image-wrap hub-hub__image-wrap"><img alt="" class="hub__image hub-hub__image" width=367.5 height=367.500003 src=assets/boxes/untitled-design-1.svg loading=lazy></div><div 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