Today St Matthew’s RC Primary School in Walton officially launched the anti-bullying and safeguarding app tootoot education to their pupils for Safer Internet Day. Tootoot education is an online anti-bullying and safeguarding platform and app that allows pupils to speak about any concerns or issues they have directly to their place of learning.

On Tuesday 6th February it’s Safer Internet Day 2018, Safer Internet Day is an annual event which promotes the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people. 2018’s slogan is “Create, Connect and Share Respect: A better internet starts with you”.

Tootoot co-founders Michael Brennan, 27, and Kieran Innes, 26, have been named on the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list. Announced at a ceremony in London on Monday 22nd January, the co-founders were honoured for the work they have done taking the fight against bullying digital.

The theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2017 is ‘All Different, All Equal’. The week aims to help children and young people celebrate what makes them unique, and to understand the importance of being themselves without fear of bullying. Anti-Bullying Week shines a spotlight on bullying and encourages all children, teachers and parents to take action against bullying throughout the year.

Sign-up to the second Pupil Voice Week at pupilvoiceweek.co.uk to join us for a week of activities from the 25th – 29th September 2017. Pupil Voice Week aims to celebrate the diversity and individuality of The Pupil Voice, encouraging pupils to use their voice to be themselves and create positivity for those around them.

Tootoot announce today the launch of their anti-bullying and safeguarding platform in United Arab Emirates (UAE). The platform and app, which is available 24/7, 365 days a year is six times more effective at resolving incidences than face-to- face reporting. Bullying is currently an issue in many UAE schools, with 60 per cent of teenage boys experiencing bullying, according to Abu Dhabi Education Council.

2017 was always set to be a big year for tootoot, and it’s certainly not disappointed so far! Today (24th January 2017) has brought the arrival of our brand new updated IOS app for iPhone and iPad. Developers at tootoot have been busy behind the scenes for a very long time analysing our old application, seeing what works and what needs updating to make the app even better!

Wow! What a busy year for tootoot! We haven’t stopped growing, developing and spreading the anti-bullying message around the world and we certainly don’t plan to stop any time soon! The tootoot journey has only just begun with new schools joining us every single day, all wanting to help protect their pupils and give these children a voice.

With Anti Bullying Week 2016 just around the corner, we wanted to celebrate Anti Bullying Week with our schools by launching and sharing tootoot’s new pupil led launch video! The video, developed in partnership with Tweedmouth Middle School and Sky Vantage Productions, showcases students explaining the importance of telling someone if they are being bullied.

As a result of the support received from the Department for Education, 120,000 students across 300 schools will be able to use tootoot to report incidents such as bullying, cyber bullying, or homophobic, transphobic and biphobic abuse. The scheme, run by Internet Matters, will also train 4,500 teachers and educate 60,000 parents about how to protect their children from cyberbullying.

We are delighted to announce that we were voted winners of the best Educational Product and Service 2016 at the first Digital Safety Awards, a brand new innovative awards scheme that recognises the best products, services and initiatives that help keep children safe online.

Academy Transformation Trust launches tootoot to their Academies, giving them an overviewof the types of issues and incidents being disclosed. This in turn allows ATT to be proactive when dealing with those issues across all of their academies.

Tootoot is rolled out to all Secondary Schools in Broadland by the Youth Advisory Board. Member of the Board attended the launch at Acle Academy.

Stella James, Parent and Founder of Gooseberry Planet App’s shares an insight into the dangers children face online.

After a fantastic launch week, Newsround contacted us to see what we were doing to help spread the word about our big launch to all schools for free across the UK.

In a quest to provide 1 million students with a voice to report any worries directly to their place of learning, BBC North West launched tootoot this week. Watch the video here.

North West television star and family man Will Mellor has joined the tootoot team to help provide over 1 million students with tootoot to help raise awareness of the effects and dangers of bullying and other issues,