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THE TIP LINE

On the Barnaheilla Helpline website, you can report illegal and inappropriate online content that concerns children or is directed against children and teenagers under the age of 18.

BARNAHEIL

The Barnaheilla website contains various information about children and their rights, including information about the Convention on the Rights of the Child and children's guardians. Barnaheill operates a tip line where you can report illegal and inappropriate online content that concerns children or is directed against children and teenagers under the age of 18.

Barnaheill - Save the Children in Iceland is part of the international organization Save the Children, which was founded in 1919 and works for the rights and well-being of children, guided by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Barnaheill is a leading force in changing attitudes and procedures regarding children's issues and their rights.

HEALTH BEING

On Heilsuvera's website you can find various information, among other things, about raising children, the importance of sleep and exercise.

Heilsuvera is a website for the public about health and its factors. Enter my pages is a secure website where you can communicate with the health service staff and access data from your own medical record.

Heilsuvera is a joint project of the Health Center of the capital region and the Office of the National Medical Examiner. The aim of the site is to convey to the public reliable knowledge about development, health and the influencing factors of health.

HOME AND SCHOOL - PARENTS' NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Heimili og skoli - the national association of parents is a non-governmental organization that operates independently of political parties or religious organizations and was founded on September 17, 1992. Their goal is to promote improved upbringing and education conditions for children and teenagers.

Parents and guardians of children can become members of Home and School, as well as parents' associations, schools and other interested parties. The association provides advice to parents, schools and parent organizations at preschool, primary and secondary school level and publishes magazines and various materials on education, parenting, prevention and parenting.

Home and school also run the SAFT internet security project, but SAFT stands for Society, Family and Technology and is an awareness campaign about the safe and positive use of computers and new media by children and teenagers in Iceland.

The Home and School website contains various information regarding the role of parents and parental work in schools. Among other things, there is material on the Home and School Literacy Agreement, the Parents' Agreement and the Parents' Handbook.

RED CROSS HELPLINE AND INTERNET CHAT

At the help page of the Red Cross, you can get help with distress both by phone and in an online chat. People with suicidal thoughts are directed to the Red Cross helpline.

A group of about 95 volunteers works for telephone answering and chat at Hjálparsíman 1717 and the online chat of the Red Cross.

All volunteers have gone through comprehensive education, courses and training before they start and are regularly offered guidance and educational sessions on issues related to the Helpline. The helpline provides active listening and advice on social resources to people of all ages who need support, for example due to depression, anxiety or suicidal thoughts.

In addition, Hjálparsíminn provides psychological support and counseling to those who believe that they have been violated on the Internet.

The role of the Helpline 1717 is therefore very broad in the sense of being there for all those who need to discuss their heart issues in confidence and sincerity with a neutral party, and it can be said that nothing is irrelevant to the Helpline.

The helpline cooperates with various institutions and organizations both within and outside the country. These include the National Medical Office, the Emergency Line, Geðhjál, Barnaheill, Heimili og skola, and so on.

KÓPAVOGS TOWN

Amanda Karima Ólafsdóttir, head of the leisure department, represents Kópavogsbær in the Saman group. The town of Kópavogur has had a representative in the Saman group almost since the beginning of the group's work. It is important that institutions and organizations have a conversation and inform about prevention and other work done for the benefit of families in Iceland. We are therefore proud to be able to participate on behalf of our municipality in such an important consultation group as the Saman group.

COUNTRY PHYSICIANS

On the website of the National Health Service, you can find various information about health promotion and prevention.

The Office of the National Medical Examiner operates in accordance with Act on National Medical Examiner and Public Health no. 41/2007 Opens in a new window. According to the law, the office is intended to promote the health of the country's citizens, including by ensuring the quality of health care and promoting public health work in the country. The role of the office is also governed by the provisions of other laws and regulations.

The role of the office in a nutshell is to promote good and safe health care, health promotion and effective prevention.

LSAFT – Society, family and technology

The SAFT website contains information for children and teenagers, parents and professionals about various things related to technology and the Internet.

SAFT – Society, family and technology is an awareness campaign about the safe use of technology by children and teenagers in Iceland. The project is part of the Safer Internet Action Plan, the European Union's action plan for safer internet use and is funded by the EU.

SAMFÉS

The SAMFÉS website contains various information about the activities of social centers such as ….. jari jari

Samfés (Youth Work Iceland) is a non-governmental organization of community centers and youth centers in Iceland.

Samfé's goal is:

• To increase communication and cooperation between community centers and youth centers.
• To maintain and support a strong democratically elected youth council.
• To organize and participate in projects on the national and foreign level related to the issues of young people.
• To promote increased social and democratic participation of young people in Iceland.
• To promote the promotion of the professional education of staff in the leisure sector through conferences and courses.
• To convey information about the work of community centers and youth centers and to highlight their importance in modern society.
• To influence discussion, ideas and legislation on youth issues in Iceland.

SAMFOK – Association of parents of elementary school children in Reykjavík

The SAMFOK website contains various information for parents' associations and class representatives. There are, among other things, videos about parents' associations, student associations and school councils, and recordings from the educational evenings of the Parents' Village.

SAMFOK is a regional association of parents in elementary schools in Reykjavík.

SAMFOK's goals are:

• To protect children's rights to education and development.
• To apply for increased influence of parents on school activities.
• To be a joint advocate for parents vis-à-vis the government.
• To strengthen the cooperation of the member associations and take care of joint projects.

There is no magic – parental involvement matters

Active parents is a joint project between Home and School and SAMFOK, which was carried out in collaboration with Research and Analysis and the SAMAN group with funding from the City of Reykjavík. The project is intended to be a positive message to parents and other educators to remind them of what is most important in parenting and the protective factors in prevention. The project is based on micro-videos on social media that refer to the research results of Research and Analysis.

Children's Ombudsman

On the Children's Ombudsman website you can find a lot of information about children and their rights. Among other things, you can find answers to submitted questions and content for children and young people.

The main role of a children's ombudsman is to work for the betterment of children and protect their interests, needs and rights. Children are persons under the age of 18.

The children's ombudsman is intended to draw attention to the rights and interests of children in general, both at the public level and at private parties.



He should work to ensure that children's interests are taken into account when making laws, making decisions and planning in society.