** Important links for day of action 24 April 2024 **
Are you concerned about a particular child/group?
Is something happening in an area that makes it unsafe for young people?
Young people often gravitate towards stations because they are anonymous places that also provide some form of shelter and access to food and drink. A young person may use a station or form of public transport in an attempt to disappear. Bus and rail networks can also be used by offenders to traffic young people for the purpose of sexual and criminal exploitation.
This is why people who work within and around stations, from ticket collectors to engineers, coffee shop workers to cleaners, all play an important role in safeguarding vulnerable young people.
Support services that you can signpost parents/carers to can be found on the parent/carer page.
Every Contact Counts
Every Contact Counts training - for anyone in a public facing role, who may encounter victims of exploitation.
* Save the date * Face to face sessions on 25 July and 16 October - booking links coming shortly.
Bitesize training from The Railway Children
Bitesize training session - looking at Child Exploitation from The Railway Children.
Criminal Exploitation Training
Criminal Exploitation training - looking at the signs of Criminal Exploitation in children & young people and how it progresses.
Child Exploitation Training
Child Exploitation training - including CE Pathway and NWG Gold Membership.
Training from The Children's Society
Act on Exploitation | The Children's Society (childrenssociety.org.uk)
Other opportunities
All ESCB Learning and Development
Taxi leaflets
Basildon, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping
Harlow, Thurrock, Tendring, Uttlesford
Driver leaflets
Basildon, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping
Harlow, Thurrock, Tendring, Uttlesford
Business posters
Basildon, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping
Harlow, Thurrock, Tendring, Uttlesford
Other
Look Closer Campaign - a joint initiative with The Children’s Society and British Transport Police encouraging members of the public to learn the signs of child exploitation and understand how to report it if worried. There are also downloadable resources.
Spot It, Stop It scheme encourages businesses to sign up, where they will receive awareness training to increase their knowledge of CSE including the signs to look out for and how to report concerns.
Essex Violence and Vulnerability Unit Knife Harm Campaign - Local campaign to increase knowledge and understanding, including where to turn to for help.