How to keep your kids safe online during the coronavirus lockdown
Worried about how to keep your kids safe online during lockdown? It’s a tough time for everyone right now, but especially parents and children. With continued restrictions across the UK, there’s renewed pressure on families as they spend more time together, with fewer avenues of support available if they need a hand. But we can […]
Tackling – and preventing – child sexual abuse: positive steps from the government
“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 […]
Our new films to help you keep children safe
As a new year begins and another national lockdown comes into place, there are lots of things that will be very different this year. With everything that’s going on, it’s important to make sure children are kept safe both online and in person. It’s not always easy to know how to spot the warning signs […]
IWF and Stop It Now! to develop ‘ground-breaking’ chatbot to combat online child sexual abuse
A new chatbot targeting people trying to access online child sexual abuse images will be developed by the Internet Watch Foundation, in partnership with Stop It Now! and The Lucy Faithfull Foundation. The chatbot, named ‘reThink’, will engage with internet users who are showing signs that they might be looking for images of child sexual […]
Surge in calls to child sexual abuse prevention helpline since lockdown first eased
There has been a dramatic increase in calls to a national child sexual abuse prevention helpline since lockdown measures first eased, a charity has reported today. New data released today shows that between June and August the confidential Stop It Now! helpline was contacted by more than 2760 people across the UK with worries about […]
Number seeking help to stop viewing sexual images of children in the north west increases by more than two thirds
Stop It Now!, the UK’s first confidential helpline that supports people who are worried about their own sexual thoughts, feelings and behaviour towards children, today reports a steep rise in the number of people seeking help to stop viewing sexual images of under 18s – either for themselves or someone close to them. New data […]
Number seeking help to stop viewing sexual images of children doubles
Stop It Now!, the UK’s first confidential helpline that supports people who are worried about their own sexual thoughts, feelings and behaviour towards children, today reports a steep rise in the number of people seeking help to stop viewing sexual images of under 18s – either for themselves or someone close to them. New data […]
Campaign urges welsh public to act to protect children from risk of abuse
Stop it Now! Wales has launched a new pan-Wales campaign aimed at tackling child sexual abuse by enabling the public to play a more active part in preventing the sexual abuse of children. Typically, responses to child sexual abuse in the UK have been triggered only after a child has disclosed that he or she […]
Ex para from beverley takes on great north run in roman soldier armour
Paratroopers are known for never shrinking from a challenge. Their motto, after all, is ‘Utrinque Paratus’, which is Latin for ‘Ready for Anything’. But you’d be forgiven for thinking that one former Para may have taken this maxim a little too far as he prepares for the Great North Run for us this weekend. Rob […]