We are ethical, open and honest. We are research-driven and base our actions on evidence. We follow through on our words and act with professionalism, show respect and consideration to all and do what is right.
Advice for parents, carers, professionals, and survivors, providing guidance on understanding key issues, responding to challenges, keeping children safe, maintaining wellbeing and where to find additional support.
We offer comprehensive support through specialised training, assessments, interventions, and case consultancy. We provide bespoke assessments, specialist interventions and consultancy in relation to child sexual abuse and harmful sexual behaviour.
Through research, we develop effective strategies, inform public policy and provide the best support and interventions for individuals and families.
Through our advocacy work, we press for the system changes that are needed to enable a greater focus to be placed on the prevention of child sexual abuse.
As a charity, we rely on the kindness and generosity of people like you to support our vital work to prevent child sexual abuse.
By donating, fundraising, or simply spreading the word about our work, your support will have a huge impact.
With the new academic term already picking up speed, we are delighted to make two announcements about how we are helping to tackle harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) in schools.
Firstly, we are excited to report about a school-based project we are running to effectively address the growing problem of HSB. Launched in January 2022, the Everyone’s Safer project aims to support effective leadership responses to HSB, and involves a range of school-based activities including assemblies, workshops, staff and student surveys, policy reviews, staff training and student-led projects.
And today we launch a brand-new webpage for schools which includes free resources, information and guidance about the help we offer to ensure that Everyone’s Safer in schools.
Around one third of child sexual abuse is carried out by children and young people under 18. The extent to which this takes place in schools was highlighted by the 2021 Ofsted review, conducted in response to the Everyone’s Invited website which contained testimonials from victims/survivors.
To better understand and tackle these behaviours, we are working with 30 schools over the next three years helping them respond to and prevent HSB.
The project is supported by the KPMG Foundation and evaluated by the University of Surrey’s Dr Emily Setty.
Alongside the 30 schools in the project, we are also providing advice to additional schools who need support with specific concerns, through our Stop It Now! helpline.
We have had an increase in enquiries from schools, either seeking support in response to specific incidents or for help to equip their staff to deal with unhelpful attitudes and behaviours amongst students.
Common questions from parents, carers, and education sector professionals include:
We have three main aims for the project:
To meet these aims, we will work towards these four outcomes:
Throughout the Everyone’s Safer project we will respond to concerns in a number of schools and learn from these engagements to help us prevent harmful sexual behaviours in schools.
Respond:
Learn:
Prevent:
We have received some excellent feedback from a teacher who used the service concerned about unwanted touching displayed by a Year 7 female pupil with additional needs:
“Laura was incredibly helpful and knowledgeable and worked fantastically well to bridge the gap between us as a school and Mum. The resources she provided were incredibly useful too and allowed us to put in a much more holistic and in-depth safety plan than the one we had initially created through our guidance.”
Laura Nott, Schools Project Manager at The Lucy Faithfull Foundation, said:
“We are delighted to be working together with Dr Setty on this new prevention research project. Around one third of child sexual abuse is committed by under 18s and so it is vital that more research is done in this area to help prevent harm and educate young people. The findings from the research will be shared with schools nationwide and offer a genuine opportunity to prevent harmful sexual behaviour from happening and help young people feel safer both online and offline.”
Dr Emily Setty, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Surrey, said:
“This is an urgent and timely project where we will be working closely with affected groups in schools, including pupils, parents, and staff, to develop solutions to harmful sexual behaviour. The project will help us better understand the systems, structures, and cultures that need to be in place within schools to meaningfully prevent and respond to this longstanding social problem.”
For more information about the project and to get involved, please get in contact with Laura Nott, our Schools Project Manager, on 07706 347981 or lnott@lucyfaithfull.org.uk.
Take a look at our information for schools which includes free resources, information and guidance.
Our Stop It Now helpline, self help and programmes are there to help anyone concerned about child sexual abuse. Shore is for teenagers worried about sexual behaviour.
Our helpline 0808 1000 900
2 Birch House, Harris Business Park, Hanbury Road
Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, B60 4DJ
Lucy Faithfull Foundation is a Registered Charity No. 1013025, and is a company limited by guarantee, Registered in England No. 2729957.
We are ethical, open and honest. We are research-driven and base our actions on evidence. We follow through on our words and act with professionalism, show respect and consideration to all and do what is right.
Advice for parents, carers, professionals, and survivors, providing guidance on understanding key issues, responding to challenges, keeping children safe, maintaining wellbeing and where to find additional support.
We offer comprehensive support through specialised training, assessments, interventions, and case consultancy. We provide bespoke assessments, specialist interventions and consultancy in relation to child sexual abuse and harmful sexual behaviour.
Through research, we develop effective strategies, inform public policy and provide the best support and interventions for individuals and families.
Through our advocacy work, we press for the system changes that are needed to enable a greater focus to be placed on the prevention of child sexual abuse.
As a charity, we rely on the kindness and generosity of people like you to support our vital work to prevent child sexual abuse.
By donating, fundraising, or simply spreading the word about our work, your support will have a huge impact.
As you may have noticed, our website looks a little different now. We’ve restructured and redesigned the site to be more accessible to you, so we’d love to know what you think. All feedback will remain anonymous; we do not collect any personal identifying information.
As you may have noticed, our website looks a little different now. We’ve restructured and redesigned the site to be more accessible to you, so we’d love to know what you think. All feedback will remain anonymous; we do not collect any personal identifying information.