‘You can’t apply a tick box approach, a tick box never saved a life’ the fabulous ⁦nazir afzal⁩ ⁦TogetherAgainstGrooming⁩

1 in 20 adults have reported being abused as a child in England & Wales: * 3 in 4 did not report the abuse as a child * BAME communities are 3x less likely to disclose abuse Why? Failed responses, politicised myths & victim blaming. TogetherAgainstGrooming #FeeltheFear #itsnotyourfault

Some fantastic speakers today TogetherAgainstGrooming conference #fealthefear sharing learning and dispelling myths

"I want to trigger change. Enough is enough" Brave survivor Sabah Kaiser sharing her own personal story of harrowing abuse TogetherAgainstGrooming "#FeeltheFear and do it anyway" conference in #bradford

Groomers are more present at the most vulnerable time of need offering continuity & consistency to yp... MORE safe spaces for yp to be believed & supported needed & LESS walls of silence & blame to have stronger pull from perpetrators #TAGfeelthefear #itsnotyourfault

So I have to leave TogetherAgainstGrooming conference now to attend another meeting. It's been full of incredibly strong accounts and presentations. You can get a glimpse from my tweets below. I got an overwhelming sense of ppl wanting to understand & discuss how it can be prevented.

Today at #TAGfeelthefear we witnessed one of smartest fusions of media and real voice we've ever seen - @Hollyarcher_cse ... pioneering new safe ways for survivors to ...

“There is a normalisation of sexual violence” one of our favourite quotes from yesterday by the brilliant Alyas Karmani #TagFeelTheFear

TogetherAgainstGrooming It was so humbling to hear real life stories yesterday. I hope things can move forward in tackling #CSE, #GROOMING, #countylines. Any child abuse, exploitation is NOT acceptable & should not be tollorated. It has a ripple effect & life time damage 😐

The bravery and courage shown yesterday was a testament to all affected by this issue ❤️Victim's plea to end abuse at national conference | Bradford Telegraph and Argus thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17559396.…

Superb conference. We need to ensure our children are equipped with information to keep them safe. We need to speak out and not remain silent.

I spoke at the Child Sexual Exploitation conference at Bradford on Monday. BBC radio The Big Yorkshire Phone in show interviewed me on the subject during the conference. Please find the link below, my interview starts at 1 hour 41 minutes. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Child abuse has been going on for years and years it is not new. Perpetrators use different methods to abuse and exploit children. We as a society need to stand together and take a zero tollorance approach to abuse. Doing nothing when you no it's happening makes you as bad. 😞

A child who is being abused may only reach out for help once. Will you be listening?

'I am kept awake at night by the fear that any day soon I will receive the news that he is dead.' A family member tells the heartbreaking series of events of a 15 year old groomed and exploited through county lines. bit.ly/2XBErbq

Exhibit by survivors of child sex abuse to mark 10 years since Ryan Report irishtimes.com/news/ireland/i…