There are currently 800,000 11-18-year-olds in England who give up their time to care for someone they live with (BBC, 2018). And the average age of a young carer in the UK is 12 years. We provide some tips and links to support schools and young carers.

Children spend a significant amount of time online - averaging 23 hours a week on smartphones and other gadgets (CensusWide, 2019). Our Online Safety Plan, developed in time for Safer Internet Day, helps teachers promote online safety and encourage pupils to speak up about their worries using tootoot.

TikTok is the short-form video social media app taking the world by storm. Check out our TikTok guide for schools, parents and teachers.

We are so excited to have been chosen as one of the 20 finalists who will proceed to pitch at the Rising Stars 2.0 Grand Final for the chance to become one of the 10 Rising Stars of 2020!

To help you celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the 20th January, we have created a collection of our favourite MLK videos, information and resources that you can use to teach your pupils about social justice, tolerance and human rights.

We interviewed some of the ‘tootoot Champions’ from Ince Primary School to celebrate and promote World Mental Health Day. Abbie, Roxy, Dylan and Kevin tell us what they love about tootoot.

On World Mental Health Day Tootoot CEO and Co-Founder Michael Brennan went to Ince Primary School in Wigan to meet with Pastoral Support Officer Jaime Traynor to record a special webinar. We hope you enjoy watching and if you have any questions or thoughts please get in touch with us.

This Friday fans old and new will be celebrating the marvellous creations that have come from the imagination of one of the world’s most treasured storytellers – Roald Dahl. Matilda is the true mascot of pupil voice; she illustrates that if you are brave and believe that you can change your school and community for the better – you will!

Tootoot celebrates another successful year of helping pupils in schools around the world to speak up with their concerns. We look at some of the statistics that demonstrate the impact tootoot is having, and how important it is to provide a tool for young people to speak up.

This year will be the 7th Stop Cyberbullying Day, and whilst efforts are being made to protect young people from cyberbullying, it is still a problem that a lot of children and young people face. Tootoot gives children a confidential way to voice their concerns as soon as something makes them feel unhappy or unsafe.

Many schools around the UK are working hard to ensure that their pupils, regardless of their sexual orientation, feel supported, included and safe. To support schools, we’ve put together eight steps you can take to make your school more LGBT+ friendly.

Mental Health Awareness Week focuses on body image. Depending on who you follow, your social feeds can be full of unreachable goals that ultimately make you feel bad about yourself. But this doesn’t have to be the case. Social media can be full of inspiration – you just have to know where to find it.

This year Mental Health Week is focused around a topic that can affect us all – body image. How you feel about the way you look can have a significant effect on your self-confidence, and spill over into many aspects of your life.

Today, the 8th March, marks International Women’s Day. Millions around the world are highlighting the progress that has been made, and the work left to do, to achieve a gender-balanced world. At tootoot we want every child to reach their full potential by being able to access their education in a happy and worry-free environment.

Gateshead-based contractor, BAM Construction, has paid for a year-long subscription to a cutting-edge safeguarding app, for students at the Durham Federation. The contractor, who recently built the Durham Federation’s new Creative Faculty, has bought the college the tootoot app which aims to encourage conversations around mental health, bullying and wellbeing.

Survey found over 65 per cent of 16 – 24-year-olds would turn to online support for a mental health issue or concern. Only one in three 16 – 24-year-olds would seek support from their family, friends or a medical professional

Tootoot’s Pupil Voice Week is back and bigger than ever. Running from the 24th – 28th September, with the theme ‘Use Your Voice’, this year’s Pupil Voice Week has more partners and resources than ever before to help schools celebrate.

A recent survey announced by the Diana Award has taught us that almost half of children have worried about returning to class after the holidays because of bullying. We have created a free assembly and two activities that you can use in your school to support your pupils.

Tootoot are pleased to announce that schools have resolved 10,000 concerns raised by pupils. These include cases of bullying, mental health concerns such as suicide and self-harm, domestic violence and abuse.

A new initiative hopes to tackle the issue of bullying in football, as over 10,000 young footballers across the country will be able to report concerns, abuse and racism, as part of the Junior Premier League’s launch of tootoot sport.