One evening in August 2023, at the offices of Stop It Now! Scotland, the gut-wrenching stories and traumatic experiences of family members whose loved ones had been arrested for online sexual offences against children were bravely on display, offering a window into their lives. Titled “Knock NOC: the lived experiences of non-offending partners and children”,…

By Stuart Allardyce, director of Stop It Now! Scotland. In January, I was honoured to attend and speak at the 2nd Chilean Congress on Child Maltreatment and Sexual Abuse. Public Health approach to child sexual abuse We believe that child sexual abuse is preventable, not inevitable. My keynote at the Congress was on public health…

As part of our work to build confidence and knowledge among professionals about tackling child sexual abuse, Stop It Now! Scotland provides practice placements for social work, counselling and psychology students. As the only charity in Scotland focusing exclusively on preventing child sexual abuse, we use our expertise to strengthen prevention practices in the community….