“Their behaviour doesn’t define them”: supporting young people who have got into trouble online
Much of life for young people now happens online. Alongside the positives, this can mean real risks and the possibility of causing harm and getting into serious trouble – from sharing indecent images of themselves or others, to being drawn into grooming, or encountering AI-generated sexual content or other indecent images of children. Every day, […]
Celebrating five years of live chat on our helpline: A lifeline that needs your help
In September 2020, as the world struggled with the isolation and disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, we launched our Stop It Now live chat service. It was a response to a simple but urgent need: people didn’t have a private space at home to call our helpline, but they still needed help. Five years on, […]
Our pioneering chatbot launches on Pornhub in Flanders
Collaborating with Stop It Now! Flanders, we have launched a Dutch-language chatbot on Belgian Pornhub to help prevent the viewing of sexual images of children. The innovative intervention was a world first when we launched it on Pornhub UK in 2022, alongside the Internet Watch Foundation and Aylo, the owners of Pornhub. Its deployment in […]
Not just a man’s crime: understanding and preventing child sexual abuse by women
The NSPCC estimates that 1 in 20 children in the UK have experienced sexual abuse. This is a horrifying figure – however, it likely underrepresents the true scope of the issue. Child sexual abuse often goes unreported. Efforts to prevent child sexual abuse have rightly received attention from academics, policymakers, and the media. Still, critical […]
Another review with recommendations to take forward – but we must not lose sight of the others that came before
Earlier this year, the Prime Minister and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper commissioned a rapid audit, led by Baroness Casey, to examine existing data and evidence about group-based child sexual offences. They drew a comprehensive picture of the nature, scale, and profile of these crimes. Recently, the Government issued its response. They’ve accepted all 12 recommendations made in […]
Keeping everyone safer in schools: what we’ve learnt from working with more than 240 schools to prevent harmful sexual behaviour
We’ve been working with schools to keep children and young people safer, and we’re publishing our findings today. Everyone’s Safer is a three-year project supporting schools to prevent harmful sexual behaviour. It’s given us a clear picture of what young people are facing, and how we can make schools safer for everyone. Today, we’re publishing […]
Prevention is better than cure: why ‘chemical castration’ isn’t a silver bullet to prevent child sexual abuse
Last week, the Justice Secretary announced an expansion of a voluntary chemical castration scheme. She also said she would be exploring a national rollout of voluntary, or even mandatory, chemical castration for some men convicted of sexual offences. We want the Government to take every possible action to prevent child sexual abuse, before it […]
Meet our new Director of Research
Tom Fisher joined Lucy Faithfull Foundation as our new Director of Research earlier this year. Here, he shares why research matters to LFF – and why we’ll be focusing more on what we still don’t know about preventing child sexual abuse. What’s your background? I’ve spent 15 years evaluating programmes and policies that prevent harm, […]
Interested in the details: what we’ll be keeping an eye on in the Government’s plan to tackle child sexual abuse
Before Easter, the Government released a long-awaited update on its action to tackle child sexual abuse. We’ve taken some time to reflect on the cumulative impacts of the proposals and whether they can provide the impetus for the system-wide changes needed to prevent and better respond to child sexual abuse. We welcome the Government’s action […]