Racism is a hate-crime and it is illegal to treat someone differently because of their race, religion, nationality or culture.

Online (Cyber) bullying – using information and communication technologies to display deliberate, repeated and hostile behaviour to hurt, harass or harm others.

Bullying behaviour in any form is unacceptable and causes untold misery, upset, fear and isolation. Online bullying is no different.

It’s important to know how to stay safe when you’re using the internet. You should never give out any personal information when you’re online to people you do not know face to face – no matter who you think you’re talking to!

The Internet is a very powerful tool used by billions of people every second of the day. We can now communicate very easily with people that are half way across the world just by the click of a button.

If you are using a Smartphone, laptop, games console or a tablet, chances are it has Geographical Positioning Satellite (GPS) and Wi-Fi enabled, allowing you to tag yourself into places you visit or events and concerts you attend.

‘Sexting’ is when someone sends or receives a sexually explicit text, image or video on their mobile phone, computer or tablet.

Trolling has become the latest phenomenon to impact upon social media networking sites and is by far the most vicious and damaging to young people and adults alike.

Bullying behaviour is not limited to the school environment. It can occur anywhere that children and young people spend time, including in their local community, on public transport, in sports clubs, youth organisations, online, and sometimes even within the home.