Council apologises to survivor of child sexual exploitation 30 years after abuse took place
This month we have heard in the news about another survivor of child sexual abuse and exploitation who has received a written apology from the Director of Children and Families at Leeds City Council as a result of a breach of their duty of care towards her whilst she was a looked after child placed [...]
Educational programme launched to raise awareness of abuse
Barnardo’s has launched an educational programme for schools to raise awareness of different types of abuse and exploitation that children and young people may experience.
The charity has re-launched its Real Love Rocks programme after Ofsted found that almost four-fifths (79%) of girls surveyed had been sexually assaulted, 81% had been the subject of rumours [...]
CSA prosecutions and convictions are falling
Children are facing increasingly long and distressing court delays as child sexual abuse prosecutions and convictions are falling, the NSPCC has warned.
A Freedom of Information request by the charity found that prosecutions for child sexual abuse (CSA) in England and Wales have more than halved since 2016-17 while convictions have fallen by 45% over [...]
Survivors of child sexual abuse wish they had spoken out sooner
Victims and survivors of child sexual abuse have spoken about how they wish they had disclosed their abuse earlier.
Speaking to the Truth Project, part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, survivors spoke of the devastating impacts of the abuse, the difficulties they faced in speaking out and how they hoped to help [...]
Threefold increase in online sexual imagery of 7-10 year olds in 2021
Younger children are being targeted online for sexual abuse “on an industrial scale” by internet groomers, the Internet Watch Foundation has warned.
There was a three-fold increase in imagery showing 7–10-year-olds who have been targeted and groomed by internet predators in 2021, the charity warns as it outlines that more reports were investigated in 2021 [...]
Open discussion needed around child abuse to break down stigma
Victims and survivors of non-recent child sexual abuse have called for a more open discussion about child abuse in society and for a culture to be developed whereby victims are not afraid to speak out.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published a further 70 accounts shared with its Truth Project, which for over [...]
