Girls aged 11-13 increasingly targeted by online sexual predators
Teenage girls aged between 11 and 13-years-old are increasingly at risk from online sexual predators, the Internet Watch Foundation warns in its annual report.
Teenage girls and their parents are being warned about the dangers of being groomed online by sexual predators in a new hard-hitting campaign backed by the Home Office and Microsoft as new [...]
Devastating impact of child abuse described by survivors
The devastating life-long impact of child abuse has been described by members of The Truth Project, part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
The Inquiry has published the accounts of 80 victims and survivors of child sexual abuse which were shared with The Truth Project, which provides an opportunity for survivors of child sexual [...]
£17m government funding for mental health support in schools
More than £17m of government funding has been allocated for schools and colleges to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Over £17m has been revealed to build on mental health support already available in education settings, as it continues to prioritise wellbeing alongside academic recovery.
As part of Mental Health Awareness week, [...]
Study to explore ways of combating safeguarding risks beyond the home
A new study is exploring new ways of combating safeguarding risks beyond the family home, has been launched by the University of Sussex.
The Innovate Project will look at safeguarding risks outside the home such as sexual and criminal exploitation, peer-on-peer abuse, and gang affiliation.
Researchers in the £1.9m study, funded by the Economic and Social Research [...]
‘Disclosing CSA is like killing your childhood’
Disclosure of child sexual abuse is experienced as a potential threat to the ability to lead a normal life, research has found.
The study into difficulties of first disclosure for adult survivors, published in Science Direct, found that CSA affects self-representation in ways that become significant barriers to disclosure.
“An important and unexpected implication of our findings [...]
Research to examine impact of online communication with children in care during pandemic
An investigation into how the move to online communication in supporting children in care has affected them has been launched in a research project led by South Tyneside Council in collaboration with Gateshead-based organisation Blue Cabin.
The project, funded by the Department for Education, will examine how family time has been delivered during lockdown, and how [...]
