Michael Sheath has been working with child sexual abuse offenders since 1987, first as a probation officer and then as Principal Practitioner at The Lucy Faithfull Foundation from 1997 onwards. In 1997, he received the Butler Trust Award for his work with male survivors of sexual abuse at HMP Blakenhurst.
Coinciding with his sad departure from the Foundation after 25 years, he has published a collection of five theatrical monologues
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Stop It Now, Internet Watch Foundation and Pornhub launch first of its kind chatbot to prevent child sexual abuse
28
September
2022
People trying to view sexual images of children online will trigger a first-of-its-kind chatbot, which has launched to help potential offenders stop their behaviour.
The reThink chatbot, which has launched on adult website Pornhub, will engage with adult pornography users attempting to search for sexual imagery of children.
It will then engage users in a conversation and signpost them to Stop It Now! UK and Ireland where they will
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Work in Wales and Scotland, online deterrence, our forum, and the future: The Lucy Faithfull Foundation at 30
01
September
2022
For thirty years, the Lucy Faithfull Foundation has been at the cutting edge of offender rehabilitation and child sexual abuse prevention. While we have grown and expanded at a rapid pace, our goal of preventing child sexual abuse has never wavered and we continue to adapt our services to meet new challenges.
This special anniversary blog post is the third in a three-part series on the history of The Lucy Faithfull Foundation, celebrating
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Our helpline, direct work with adults and young people, and safer recruitment: the expansion of The Lucy Faithfull Foundation
30
August
2022
The 2000s and 2010s saw unprecedented growth in online child sexual abuse and several high-profile child abuse scandals, and our services expanded to meet these and other challenges. In this period, The Lucy Faithfull Foundation expanded to encompass multiple rehabilitation programmes, child protection and training initiatives and the nationwide Stop It Now! helpline.
This special anniversary blog post is the second in a three-part series
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Assessments, interventions, the Wolvercote Clinic and Circles: the beginnings of The Lucy Faithfull Foundation
25
August
2022
Since The Lucy Faithfull Foundation was founded in 1992, we’ve focused on preventing sexual abuse by working with people who have or might harm. We started out delivering treatment programmes for offenders, including at the residential Wolvercote Clinic, the only one of its kind in the UK. Though the programme would close in 2002, its innovative approach to abuse prevention continues to inform our work today and set us apart
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As we celebrate 30 years of The Lucy Faithfull Foundation, we look back at the life of our founder. Find out more about our history in our anniversary booklet.
Our founder: Baroness Lucy Faithfull OBE (1910 – 1996)
The Foundation was the inspiration of Baroness Lucy Faithfull – the ‘mother to hundreds’ who dedicated her life to protecting children from harm. When she was six, Lucy’s father
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Preventing harmful sexual behaviour: evaluating the Risk of Online Sexual Abuse (ROSA) Project
27
June
2022
Around one-third of child sexual abuse is carried out by under-18s and online harm is a growing problem as young people’s use of technology has increased. Many people might be surprised at this but it shows how important prevention work with young people can be. To combat these issues, in 2018, we launched the ROSA Project.
Over three years, we worked with young people between the ages of 11-19 who had exhibited technology-assisted
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People worried about their own sexual thoughts, feelings and behaviour towards children will reach out for help when they know it’s available. Our Stop It Now! UK and Ireland helpline has shown this and over the last 20 years has supported more than 60,000 people.
In that time, we’ve expanded the ways that people can get in touch beyond our confidential helpline. We launched an anonymous email system and later online self-help
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