Online Safety - School Speaker Sessions

Organiser: Breck Foundation

When

What

Using Breck's story, we deliver powerful, compelling online safety presentations to educate everyone on the dangers that children and young people face online from grooming, exploitation and abuse, as well as from exposure to inappropriate or harmful content.

Exceptional educational speaker sessions Breck's Story: We deliver online safety educational sessions that share Breck’s Story with children of all ages to empower them to protect themselves against online grooming.

We can also deliver sessions on fake news and misinformation, online bullying/digital citizenship and digital wellbeing and mental health.

Neuroscience backs up what we already know from our sessions – that the telling of the story of Breck is a uniquely powerful tool.

When we listen to stories, neural activity increases fivefold. Using Breck's real-world story is a unique angle that allows us to deliver powerful messages and get the type of response from attendees that generic sessions rarely get.

Each session contains tools and signposts to help the audience understand how to spot the signs of grooming, how to stay safe in response to these signs, and how and to whom to report their concerns.

Schools have often reported that it is very powerful to combine an in-person session for pupils and a virtual session for parents later in the day, this helps to continue discussions at home and helps parents feel more empowered when dealing with difficulties in their child's online life.

Q&A sessions are incorporated at the end of each presentation. We present the most up-to-date information through the emotional connection provided by a real-life story and, crucially, we provide information that is not currently featured in the school curriculum.

What do we discuss with young people...

We deliver age-appropriate sessions in schools for children and young people that include:

• Breck's story 

• Gaming and social media

• What is grooming?

• Learning the signs of grooming

• Speaking up and reporting

• Where to find help

For secondary-age students, we also include references to radicalisation, county lines, gangs and sharing nude pictures, which are all types of grooming they may come across. Secondary students also watch our film, Breck’s Last Game.

Costings

In person sessions: First session: £300 | Any additional sessions: £100

(For example the costing for sessions for a full day at a primary school: first session (years 1 & 2), second session (years 3 & 4) and third session (years 5 & 6) = £500)

*Please note this donation does not include any travel costs incurred and we will increase your donation fee to include any journey fees to our speakers to travel to your school*

Schools have often reported that it is very powerful to combine an in-person session for pupils and a virtual session for parents later in the day, this helps to continue discussions at home and helps parents feel more empowered when dealing with difficulties in their child's online life.

Virtual online session = £250 (first session) and £100 for additional sessions.

If these costs prohibit you booking a talk please do email bookings@breckfoundation.org as we may have specific funding to cover talks in your area we can allocate to your school