To provide a safe environment and support for young people both in real life and online. Those who are using Social Media and online platforms can face many challenges including: staying safe online, grooming, sexual exploitation and the sharing of material which both incites serious incidents of violence in real life. Other serious issues highlighted by the media recently have been around racial and religious hatred, gang violence, cyberbullying, sexting, encouraging county lines.

The Y.W.O. project will provide support, advice and help address the challenges young people face online. In the report “The real roots of youth violence” Social Media is a Catalyst and Trigger for Youth Violence Criminologist, youth worker and university tutor Craig Pinkney recommends “Intervention - Where appropriate, professionals working with young people should actively use social media (particularly online content that is fully public) to better inform and support their frontline practice