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# Police join Ipswich schoolchildren for online safety hackathon
- URL: https://www.ipswich.co.uk/police-join-ipswich-schoolchildren-for-online-safety-hackathon/
- Published: 2024-12-09T16:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-16T15:28:09.000Z
- Description: Police officers, community group leaders, volunteers, and Suffolk County Council chair Liz Harsant joined pupils from two Ipswich primary schools today for a workshop on internet safety and digital wellbeing.
- Author: Oliver Rouane-Williams
- Tags: News, Primary Education, Policing, #article, Suffolk Constabulary, Suffolk County Council, Volunteering Matters, Future Female Society, Cliff Lane Primary School, Ranelagh Primary School, #Import 2026-03-16 14:45

**The big picture**: Year 6 pupils from Cliff Lane Primary School and Ranelagh Road Primary School participated in the event designed to educate local schoolchildren about online safety.

- The workshop was organised by Future Female Society and Volunteering Matters
- PC Bloom and PCSO Pennock attended alongside Suffolk County Council Chairperson, Liz Harsant

![Liz Harsant with community leaders and police officers](https://storage.ghost.io/c/29/1e/291e4b7f-e551-4458-b546-61963954b22f/content/images/2026/03/1733761035-ipswich-police-i-will-movement-1.jpg)

Police officers, community group leaders, volunteers, and Suffolk County Council chair Liz Harsant joined pupils from two Ipswich primary schools today for a workshop on internet safety and digital wellbeing (Suffolk Constabulary)

**Activities included:**

- Creating safety posters
- Designing laws for a new society
- Playing interactive safety and wellbeing games

**Bottom line**: The initiative shows how local organisations are working together to help young people stay safe online through engaging, age-appropriate activities.

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