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Using live chat to help prevent child sexual abuse: reviewing our first year
25 March 2022
Read the key stats from our first Faithfull Papers about the impact of the live chat since its launch in lockdown in 2020.
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“Isolation, unemployment and escalating pornography habits contribute to a record rise in people seeking help to stop viewing sexual images of children”
1 March 2022
We’re urging people to get support to stop viewing sexual images of under 18s online, after new data shows a significant increase in the number of contacts to our helpline and visits to our self-help website during the campaign’s 20th anniversary year.
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10 ways to help keep your children safe from sexual abuse
13 December 2021
Read our top tips to help keep your child safe from sexual abuse, online and offline.
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Our 2020/21 Annual Report: how we work to protect children from sexual abuse
3 November 2021
We’ve just published our 2020/21 annual report, which includes highlights from the past year and outlines our future plans. Since 1992, we have worked to prevent child sexual abuse by helping the public and professionals play their part in keeping children safe online and offline. Learn more.
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Success at Scottish Charity Awards 2021
5 October 2021
We are proud to announce that our #GetHelpOrGetCaught campaign in collaboration with Police Scotland won ‘Campaign of the Year’ at the 2021 Scottish Charity Awards. The campaign aimed to prevent adults grooming children online, providing access to anonymous self-help support to stop further harm.
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Celebrating our world record-breaking fundraiser
1 October 2021
We interviewed record-breaker Rhys Jenkins after his monumental challenge of running from John O’Groats to Land’s End, whilst also summiting the three highest peaks in the UK, to help raise fund for our work.
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How to talk to your children about sex and relationships: START the conversation to keep them safe
9 August 2021
One thing you can do to help keep children safe is to talk to your child about sex and relationships in a way that’s appropriate for their age. This includes talking to them about what they do online, and assuring them that they can talk to you about anything that happens that worries or upsets them.
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New partnership to prevent child sexual abuse in Ireland
9 June 2021
Stop It Now! UK and Ireland has expanded to help keep more children safe with our new Stop It Now! Ireland project. The launch saw child protection professionals from Ireland coming together to help prevent child sexual abuse with the new confidential helpline and tailored Ireland webpages.
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Generation Porn – is mainstream pornography shaping children’s sexual understanding?
17 May 2021
Our principal practitioner discusses the impact of porn on child sexual abuse and children’s understanding of sex and relationships. New research suggests that the majority of teens aged 16-17 have recently seen pornography online, sparking calls by parents and campaigners for the government to introduce age verification for users of porn sites.
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Preventing harmful sexual behaviour and abuse in schools
29 March 2021
Reports of sexual abuse, harassment, and assault have been in the headlines after a website was set up for schoolchildren to post about their experiences, with much abuse taking place in schools. The statistics will be a surprise to lots of people, but it does mean that there’s lots we can all do to prevent this harm from happening in the first place.
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