Will Gardner
Will Gardner is the CEO of Childnet, a children’s charity working with others to help make the internet a great and safe place for children. He is a Director of the UK Safer Internet Centre, a partnership of three leading charities that coordinate Safer Internet Day in the UK.
Will Gardner is the CEO of Childnet, a children’s charity working with others to help make the internet a great and safe place for children.
Will Gardner has been at Childnet since 2000 and has been the CEO since 2009.
He is a Director of the UK Safer Internet Centre, in which Childnet is a partner alongside two other charities, the Internet Watch Foundation and the South West Grid for Learning, and in this role, Childnet organises Safer Internet Day in the UK.
He is a member of the Executive Board of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety and is also on Facebook’s Safety Advisory Board.
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