Project Engage

Project Engage will support parents, carers and guardians to navigate their child’s online and technology-assisted behaviour.  The project is innovative in style, moving deeper from simply exploring online safety to tackling core developmental and psychological factors that support a preventative approach to SGBV and the radicalising effects of online spaces like “the manosphere” at a foundational level.  Our 6-week programme explores a range of current and complex themes currently facing parents, carers and guardians.

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Project Engage will explore the following core topics:

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Children’s Psycho-sexual Development, The Impact of Pornography and Managing Risk, Social Media, Online Communications and Radicalisation, Gaming, Online Exploitation, Models of Parental Sex Education, Online and Technology Use, and Safety Planning.

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These evidence-informed inputs will include consideration of neurodiversity and provide support plans for individuals with additional support needs, as these often-marginalised groups are at a higher risk of experiencing exploitation or abuse. 

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Project Engage aims to achieve the following outcomes for participants and their families:​

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• Ensure that children, young people and families thrive

• Reduce the long-lasting effects of intergenerational trauma by encompassing a whole-family and psycho-educational approach

• Empower parents and carers with knowledge, gaining further peer support connections

• Improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for children and young people

• Improve confidence in parents and carers managing technology and online behaviour within the family home

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Beneficiaries for this project will include parents, carers, wider family networks, children and young people.  By endorsing a socio-ecological response to SGBV prevention, Project Engage will support foundation-level prevention by equipping parents and carers with the skills to manage their child or young person’s online behaviour, ensuring positive strategies are embedded within a family or care culture whilst upholding a rights-respecting approach.