Working together to keep children in Plymouth safe from abuse
07
February
2022
In partnership with Together for Childhood, we launched a hard-hitting campaign this month to halt and reverse the rise in the number of people involved in child sexual abuse, both online and offline. It urges those acting on this abusive behaviour to stop and asks all adults to be alert to the warning signs in others and take action.
Estimates suggest tens of thousands of people in the UK are viewing sexual images of children online, and
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10 ways to help keep your children safe from sexual abuse
13
December
2021
Around 1 in 6 children are sexually abused before they are 16 and many aren't able to tell anyone.
We can't leave it to children to protect themselves so it's vital for all adults to have the knowledge to confidently keep children safe from harm, online and offline.
That's why we've brought together our top tips for parents and carers to help stop child sexual abuse.
Tip 1: Talk to your child about what they do
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We’ve just published our 2020/21 annual report, which includes highlights from the past year and outlines our future plans.
Since 1992, The Lucy Faithfull Foundation has worked to prevent child sexual abuse by helping the public and professionals play their part in keeping children safe. Lockdown brought an increased risk of sexual abuse to some children as they spent less time with protective adults, and more time unsupervised
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Seek help if a loved one is viewing sexual images of under 18s - urges helpline, as Covid sparks rise in calls
02
March
2021
Stop It Now! – the UK’s first confidential and anonymous helpline dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse by supporting adults concerned about their own sexual thoughts and behaviours towards children – is urging people to call if they know or suspect a loved one is viewing sexual images of under 18s online.
The charity’s appeal comes as new research, released today, finds that almost two thirds of UK adults
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Blackbaud data breach statement
29
January
2021
We want to make our supporters aware of a data breach involving one of our data providers, Blackbaud, which may have involved personal information of our supporters.
Blackbaud is an industry recognised provider of customer relationship management software which is used by more than 30,000 organisations in 60 countries. The Lucy Faithfull Foundation uses Blackbaud’s Raisers Edge software to help us manage our donor database
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"We must not leave it to children to protect themselves, and we’ll be working hard to make sure that doesn’t happen."
The Home Office has today published a welcome and bold new strategy that sets out its “ambition to prevent, tackle and respond to all forms of child sexual abuse.” The UK is a world leader in efforts to tackle child sexual abuse[1], and a published national strategy like this has never
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Preventing sibling sexual abuse: what does research tell us?
20
January
2021
“We hope this report will bring this subject out of the shadows and contribute to protecting children from harm home at a time when it is needed more than ever."
The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA Centre) has published a new paper on sibling sexual abuse, co-authored by Stuart Allardyce, director of Stop It Now! Scotland, and Dr Peter Yates, lecturer and programme lead in social work at Edinburgh Napier
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Understanding and preventing child sexual abuse by women
19
January
2021
"The difficulty with having the view that women don’t abuse means that the public are looking for monsters – and we won’t find one.” Dr Alex Bailey.
Dr Alexandra Bailey registered forensic psychologist, a lecturer at Goldsmiths and practitioner with The Lucy Faithfull Foundation, spoke about BBC Radio 4’s File on Four programme on the subject of women who sexually abuse children.
Through a
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