Writer Charlotte Aynsley

Charlotte has a board range of experience in the field of internet safety - for 10 years she led Becta’s advice and support to Government, local authorities and schools on keeping children safe online. She also worked with Dr Tanya Byron on her review of Safer Children in a Digital World - leading the implementation and co-ordination of the education recommendations in the Review.

In April 2010, Charlotte became Director of Practice at the award winning children’s charity – Beatbullying, where she was responsible for the innovative Cybermentors programme, a peer to peer online support service for children and young people. In 2011, Charlotte was seconded to CEOP where she conducted a review of CEOP’s educational programmes and made recommendations to CEOP’s board on the future direction of the Thinkuknow programme which has been delivered to over 24,000 professionals across the country.

Since 2012, Charlotte has become a freelance e-safety consultant and trainer. She has worked on programmes and initiatives with organisations including Walt Disney, The NSPCC, Talk Talk and developed the Parent Zone’s Parenting in the Digital Age programme. She has supported local authorities, the police, children’s organisations and international NGO’s in educating parents, children and young people in all things esafety.

Charlotte is a member of the CEOP Education Advisory Board and was previously a member of the Safer Internet Centre advisory board and the Internet Watch Foundation’s board.