Giving Children the Power to Speak Up

Sharon recently took part in a TEDx talk to discuss her creation of Dot Com and what led to her being an advocate for giving children the power to speak. During her talk she discusses:

• How important it is to give children the skills needed to speak up about issues which frighten or worry them.
• How after a near fatal car crash on her way to the BBC studios she decided to stop keeping the secret of her childhood – which was growing up with violence and abuse
• How she created a friend for children called Dot Com who would empower them to speak up if they are afraid
• How she is working with Essex Police and the national police chief council to roll out a new free resource for schools to protect children from the current digital threat, which has been sponsored by DataArt and is hosted free by Microsoft
• How a new well-being channel for Dot Com is being created by 2Simple, who are in 14,000 schools in 72 countries