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Trust Me was created by online safety charity Childnet International in response to Islington Council's request for help in producing an assembly addressing online extremism and radicalisation.
This grew into two primary and three secondary lesson plans, developed in 2015 by Childnet education officer Kate Edwards and colleagues, in partnership with London Grid for Learning's Safeguarding Board.
The project was developed amid headlines of children being lured to Syria to support Islamic State (IS) and beheadings of IS prisoners being streamed live online and shared via social media. In July 2015, the "Prevent" duty was introduced requiring schools to protect pupils from radicalisation. The Prevent guidance highlights the risks of online radicalisation, urging schools to develop pupils' knowledge and skills to challenge extremism. "With everything that was happening, this became a key area that schools wanted and needed to explore," says Edwards. "Teachers were telling us they weren't confident talking about these things in schools and there wasn't a resource to use."
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