We are the UK’s youth-led digital wellbeing movement
Know tech, not no tech
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Know tech, not no tech •
Together, we’re building a brighter future for young people.
FlippGen is a youth-led organisation tackling digital wellbeing and online safety through lived experience. We are led by Gen-Z, using our experiences to speak directly to younger children, parents, educators and policymakers, bringing a perspective that is relevant, positive and credible.
A new generation, empowered, not lectured.
We’ve raised the game and created our own digital literacy programme so schools and communities can help students shape healthier digital habits and empower them to thrive in the online world.
Digital Intelligenz is our near-peer digital literacy school workshop aimed at 9-13 year olds and delivered by 14-16 year olds. We want older teens to help shed light on what they’ve learnt and pass that knowledge down to the next generation.
Our Digital Rebels
Our youth board of Digital Rebels is made up of young people aged 18-25, from across the country. They are not just part of FlippGen’s work; they are FlippGen. As a youth-led organisation, all key decisions are made by the Digital Rebels.
Three ways we're flipping the script.
FlippGen isn't just an organisation; it is a movement. We aim to create systemic change. To achieve this, we operate on three fronts. Education that reaches young people, regulation that changes platforms, and creating different types of connection, that moves the culture. Our youth board of Digital Rebels power all decisions, conversations and actions.
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Education
We create educational resources for young people, schools and parents. We believe education is essential to equip young people to navigate the challenges the digital world presents. Drawing on our lived experience as young people ourselves, we develop the resources we wish we'd had growing up; including our Digital IntelliGenz toolkit and our school programmes, both of which are completely free.
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Regulation
We campaign for stronger regulation to make the digital world safe by default. We believe young people should be able to thrive in a digital world built for their safety, and that conversations about the digital world should always include young people themselves. That's why we set up For Us, a youth-led coalition bringing together organisations and individuals passionate about empowering the next generation.
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Connection
We create spaces for young people to build different types of connection. As restrictions on social media grow, it's more important than ever to help young people find connection beyond a screen, and strike a healthy balance between on- and offline joy. One way we do this is through events, bringing young people, parents and decision-makers into the same room to talk openly about the issues that matter to them.
Working together with charities and youth organisations to promote digital wellbeing and online safety.
Tools for everyone to learn about life in the digital world.
Whether you're a tween, teen, parent, teacher, or a kid's favourite auntie - we've built the things we wish had existed before we got our first devices.
T R Y I T Y O U R S E L F
Screen Time Calculator
The average Gen-A child spends 7.5 hours a day on screens - over 21 years of their life. See what that actually looks like over a lifetime.
F O R P A R E N T S
Teen Slang Dictionary
From “rizz” to “ick” - what the group chat actually means, decoded for the over 25’s.
F O R P A R E N T S
Phone Settings Guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs for locking down iOS and Android before you hand the phone over.
F O R E V E R Y O N E
Where to Report
A clear map of where to report online harm - by platform, by age, by type.
Fresh thinking on the digital world from young people.
