FAREHAM MP Suella Fernandes attended a reception in Parliament last week with Facebook and youth charities Childnet International and The Diana Award

The reception was for MPs to learn more about the roll-out of a major programme to offer every UK secondary school dedicated digital safety ambassadors.

The ambassadors are young people trained to provide peer-to-peer support and online safety initiatives in secondary schools.

During the meeting, Suella met digital leaders from Childnet International and Anti-Bullying Ambassadors from The Diana Award who told the Fareham MP about their efforts to eliminate bullying and promote digital citizenship online and offline.

Suella also talked to representatives of Facebook about the steps they are taking to keep young people safe online and this new commitment which could see tens of thousands of pupils in schools across the UK trained as digital leaders or anti-bullying ambassadors.

Suella said: "It’s vital that students in Fareham have the tools to stay safe and tackle bullying. I welcome Facebook’s commitment to provide digital ambassadors and encourage schools to find out how to get involved."