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Young voices ignored

Experts from a University-based charity have said that inter-agency communication is the key to preventing cases of child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal. Last night’s BBC Panorama programme, Stolen Lives: The Grooming Scandal, investigated the widespread sexual abuse which has devastated the lives of at least 1,400 children in …

Will we learn from the Winterbourne View findings?

A report into abuse at a private hospital has put the way in which care for vulnerable adults is commissioned and monitored back into the media spotlight. Deborah Kitson, Chief Excutive of the Ann Craft Trust — a leading charity committed to safeguarding disabled children and vulnerable adults from abuse which is based at the …