More and more young people are behaving in sexually harmful ways.
An Ofsted review in 2021 found that “the issue is so widespread that it needs addressing for all children and young people… schools, colleges and multi-agency partners [should] act as though sexual harassment and online sexual abuse are happening, even when there are no specific reports.”
Young people, their families and schools all need support to
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How do we know how best to prevent child sexual abuse?
That’s the question at the heart of a new project that will evaluate 7 prevention programmes from around the world. Stop It Now UK and Ireland is one of them.
Researchers at two prestigious institutions have just launched Prevention Global, an ambitious research initiative and unique online resource hub that will showcase effective approaches to the prevention of child
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Time to talk about porn: the link between viewing legal adult pornography and online child sexual abuse
30
May
2024
Opinions about legal adult pornography are often polarised. Some people claim it is a self-centred activity that impairs sexuality with a partner and fosters unhealthy sexual attitudes. Others say it is a modern way of expressing sexuality.
But through our work, we hear a different side of the story. Every year, we speak to hundreds of men who tell us that legal adult pornography contributes to problems in their Read More
But through our work, we hear a different side of the story. Every year, we speak to hundreds of men who tell us that legal adult pornography contributes to problems in their Read More
Going upstream: an appetite and vision for child sexual abuse prevention - celebrating the career of Donald Findlater
29
April
2024
After decades working in child protection, Donald Findlater, the director of our Stop It Now helpline, has retired. He spoke to Deborah Denis, our CEO, to look back at the highlights, the milestones and the disappointments.
“The organisation has been a massive part of my life,” said Donald. “It has given me a voice that I would not otherwise have ever had.”
“Maybe the best thing I have ever done is choose
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There is hope: How protective parenting assessments and interventions help protect children
25
April
2024
Child sexual abuse is devastating, both for the children involved and their families.
We’ve been working to prevent this harm for more than 30 years using a whole range of activities, including through assessments and interventions with everyone involved in, or affected by, abuse.
One of our growing areas of this work is protective parenting assessments.
What is protective parenting?
To be a protective parent means
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Host of agencies support month-long campaign to tackle online child sexual abuse across Devon and Cornwall
12
March
2024
Throughout March, we will be collaborating with a host of organisations across the South West region on a local campaign to deter online child sexual abuse across Devon and Cornwall.
In light of the vast scale of the problem of people viewing sexual images of children online, this campaign aims to raise awareness that viewing sexual images of under-18s is illegal, causes huge harm to children, and that there are serious consequences for
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Research is at the heart of everything we do and we are pleased to announce that our recent article “Understanding and deterring online child grooming: A qualitative study” has been published this February in the academic journal Sexual Offending: Theory, Research and Prevention.
In this brand-new blog post, our Practitioner-Researcher Dr Sarah Wefers discusses how this research was carried out, what we learnt Read More
In this brand-new blog post, our Practitioner-Researcher Dr Sarah Wefers discusses how this research was carried out, what we learnt Read More
A major 18-month trial project has demonstrated that a first-of-its-kind chatbot and warning message can reduce the number of online searches that may potentially be indicative of intent to find sexual images of children.
A new report published today by the University of Tasmania has found people looking for sexual images of children on the internet were put off, and in some cases sought professional help to change their behaviour,
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