Our impact

Online Responsibility Day 2026

Thank you to everyone who got involved in our first national awareness day, focused on creating more respectful and responsible online communities.

Schools, councils, landmarks and families across the country came together for Online Responsibility Day 2026. Our awareness day will be returning on 23rd September 2027. Here's a glimpse of the impact in our first year.

Numbers at a glance

landmarks lit up purple

12,000

schools given resources

355,000+

estimated organic social media reach

39.6m+

estimated media reach

Schools, individuals and organisations got involved

Chester, England
Blacon Youth Football Team
Warrington, England
Bruche Academy
Northwich, England
Charles Darwin Community Primary School
Accra, Ghana
Future Leaders School
Warrington, England
Warrington Youth Zone
Wigan, England
Winstanley College
Wigan, England
Winstanley College

We unveiled our trust mark

We joined with influencers and founding members to reveal Online Responsibility Network’s new trust mark which will be given to platforms and brands who are committed to improving online trust and safety. Consumers can use the trust mark to certify a brand or platform has taken action to improve their online safety standards.

Our poll of 2,000 consumers found growing demand for greater transparency online:

Three quarters (76%) of adults are more likely to use websites, apps and social media platforms displaying an online safety trust mark.

More than eight in ten (82%) parents would prefer their children to use platforms carrying an online safety trust mark.

Parents of 10-17-year-olds are amongst the strongest supporters of online safety trust marks, with 85% wanting clear signs that platforms used by their children take online safety seriously.

"“Online responsibility is no longer simply a question of compliance. It’s become a commercial and political imperative. With business leaders increasingly recognising online safety as a potential risk to growth, organisations need to think carefully about the environments in which they show up online. Online Responsibility Day is a important opportunity to put that conversation firmly on the agenda, and to encourage action."
Simon Michaelides, Director General of ISBA
"Online Responsibility Day 2026 is exactly the kind of conversation our industry needs more of, online responsibility can't stop at ticking a compliance box."
BIMA (British Interactive Media Association)
"Platforms can't do it alone. Neither can regulators. Businesses like ours have a job to do, and so does every person who posts, comments and scrolls."
Freedom2Hear

Landmarks lit up for #ORD2026

We were delighted to have landmarks across England and Northern Ireland, as well as in New Zealand and Canada, lit up in support of the day. These included...