Online safety

We support people to learn how to stay safe and secure online in a range of ways.

    • Face to face or online with a local learning project
    • Learn online with our Cyber Project
    • Access a short course online
    • Download accessible guidance

Find out how we promote digital inclusion through our work and services we offer. 


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Stay up to date with the latest online risks with our Cyber Blog. Discover the things to watch out for, top tips to stay safe, and more resources for learning and building your online safety knowledge.

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Watch BSL Videos about staying safe and secure online.

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Easy Read information about staying safe and secure online.

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Text and audio information about staying safe and secure online in community languages.

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Visit our online learning platform my.lead to boost your knowledge, skills, and confidence on a wide range of cyber topics. Complete short courses on a range of cyber topics, build your skills and confidence, and gain certificates.

Also find here our handy Tools page, which has a range of helpful digital tools for you to use day-to-day to help keep you safe online

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Use our cyber health checker tool, Digital.Lead, to find the most important things you can do to stay safe online, and check them off when you are doing them. Build up a picture of your digital health, and find out where you can improve.

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We can train your staff and volunteers to build their skills and confidence to be able to support others to stay safe online. Also see our new Training the Trainers Hub to access training videos on-demand.

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Sign up to one or more of our online webinars to learn and ask questions about online safety.

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Explore our accredited learning opportunities to learn how you can gain an SCQF qualification in cyber or online safety. 

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Our fantastic Everyday Computer Skills course covers everything you need to know as someone new to using a digital device, from how to send an email to how to stay safe online.

Written by disabled people, for disabled people, in partnership with the Open University in Scotland.

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Our project is set up to raise awareness and support you to manage online risks.

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Explore our partnership work, the CyberScotland partnership. our strategic work, and enquire about working with us to bring accessible cyber learning to more people across Scotland.

All Lead Scotland information booklets are
available in large print, electronic and
Easy Read formats on request