The most popular platform to live stream your gaming is through Twitch. 

Streaming online doesn’t have to involve gaming.

It could be an interactive lesson such as painting, knitting or baking, or a GoPro’s perspective of a sponsored challenge.

These are all fantastic ways to join our community and raise money to support the work we do.

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• Take regular breaks – make sure you get up, stretch, and walk around for at least a few minutes every hour
• Planning – make sure you’ve planned your activity in advance and considered any risks to yourself or others. If you are delivering a workshop, do you have everything you need?
• Listen to your body – if you are livestreaming a physical activity, consider if you are confident in what you can do? Have you trained?
• Practice – if you will be delivering an interactive lesson or workshop, have you got everything exactly as you want it and have you ironed out any tricky parts?
• Keep hydrated and have snacks – make sure you have plenty of drinks and supplies to keep you going whatever the activity
• Look after your eyes – give your eyes a break away from the screen, at least for a few minutes every hour
• If you’re not feeling well, stop the stream – even if you’ve committed to more hours, stop the stream and look after yourself
• Support – get friends involved to support you and cheer you on - make sure someone knows what you are doing if you're heading out on an adventure
• Comfort while gaming – make sure you’re not in an awkward or uncomfortable seating position and that you’ve set up for a long gaming session with things such as desk height and monitor position.

• No one under 18 is allowed to livestream for CHSW, unless with parental supervision and in accordance with any age restrictions on streamed content and streaming platform use
• If you’ve chosen a game with an age restriction or expect your stream to have any content that would be rated above PG, including swearing, you need to make sure you mark your stream age appropriately on Twitch (or the streaming platform you’re using) 
• Make sure you are happy with how to manage your audience if livestreaming. Know how to block and report audience members to your streaming platform, and how to manage your chat section and comments
• Always follow the standards of conduct for the platform you are using and pay particular attention to how and where you can report if someone hosting or watching a stream behaves in a way you are unhappy with. This can include if you feel a child is at risk of harm (if at an immediate risk, call 999 in the first instance) or if you see abusive behaviour or inappropriate content for the stream. If you have serious concerns about an adult’s behaviour towards a child, please use the police CEOP reporting tool
• Personal information should never be given out online, unless given by an adult with full consent as to the purpose of the information being shared and in a secure manner
• You can report inappropriate PEGI ratings for games with the video standards council

• You should also be mindful that you don’t feel compelled to keep playing over other activities, or at detriment to yourself. The World Health Organisation has recently recognised gaming disorder as a medical issue. Although not common, this is something to be mindful of. If you are concerned you can find more information and support on the NHS website

• Twitch community standards
• Twitch reporting form
• Tiltify Rules of Conduct
• Advertising Standards Authority
• PECR – Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations
• Online Safety Act