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Child exploitation

We provide support for young people, professionals, parents, and carers, with the aim of preventing or stopping child exploitation and missing incidents.

Our approach

Missing from home or care services identify reasons for young people running away and provide support. Our services also prevent or stop child exploitation, raise awareness amongst young people and provide training for professionals, parents and carers.

We are responsive to the needs of each young person and, having listened to their story, we build trusting relationships and tailor our support to meet their individual needs. This may include return home interviews, screening and assessments, and interventions which enable young people to recognise and reflect upon the causes, signs and symptoms of child exploitation (including sexual exploitation and criminal exploitation). Working closely with a range of partner agencies including Police and children’s social care ensures we can respond quickly in an integrated manner.

Our services

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Beacon Victim Care

Helping victims and witnesses in Hertfordshire to cope and recover from the impact of crime.

Birmingham Counselling Service

Providing young victims of violence and exploitation with tailored counselling support, reducing their risk of harm to themselves and improving their mental wellbeing.

Catch On

Catch On is a free educational resource about Child Exploitation aimed at pupils in Years 7 and 8 (aged 11-13).

County Lines Support and Rescue

Providing specialist support and rescue service for young people who are criminally exploited through county lines.

Gang Awareness Training

Training professionals to understand and be more aware of gang culture and associated behaviours.

Kent County Lines and Gangs

Reducing risk and preventing serious youth violence, exploitation, gang and county line activity.

Merton Young Person’s Risk and Resilience

Supporting young people aged 11-24 who have been using substances, vaping/smoking, reported missing from home or care, or exploited.

Music To My Ears

A creative arts project supporting children and young people affected by child criminal exploitation.

Navigator and Tailored Support Service

Catch22's Navigator and Tailored Support engages children and young adults at risk of, involved in, or vulnerable to violence, at 'reachable moments' in police custody, hospitals and healthcare settings in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

Pan Merseyside Child Exploitation and Missing from Home

Understanding causes of missing incidents, and preventing young people from running away again in the future.

Redthread

Redthread delivers transformative youth work in hospitals and other health settings. Our vision is a society where all children and young people live healthy, safe and happy lives.

STEPS (Support Through Exploitation and Prevention Service)

Supporting children aged 8-18 and young people up to the age of 24 with additional needs who are impacted by Child Criminal Exploitation and/or Child Sexual Exploitation.

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Child Criminal Exploitation

Delivering bespoke interventions with children and young people who are at risk of Child Criminal Exploitation.

Understanding Violence in Young People Training

Training professionals to understand and be more aware of violence in young people and its impacts.

Victim First

Helping victims in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to cope and recover from the impact of crime.

Young Adult and Adolescent Liver Service

In partnership with the Children’s Liver Unit at King’s College Hospital, we use our youth work expertise to build holistic support networks for young liver patients while they are in hospital.

Young Women’s Service

The Young Women’s Services meet girls and young women affected by violence and exploitation in four London hospitals. Our specialist young women’s workers provide support during their stay in the hospital and in the community for up to a year.

Youth Violence Intervention Programme

The Redthread Youth Violence Intervention Programme (YVIP) work alongside NHS staff and other professionals in hospital emergency departments to support young victims of violence and exploitation. Operating from 10 hospitals in London and Birmingham, our experienced, specialist youth workers meet children and young people at a moment of crisis and work with them to find a positive way forward.

Our locations

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Navigator and Tailored Support Service

Stoke-on-Trent, UK

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Navigator and Tailored Support Service

Staffordshire, UK

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STEPS (Support Through Exploitation and Prevention Service)

Supporting children aged 8-18 and young people up to the age of 24 with additional needs who are impacted by Child Criminal Exploitation and/or Child Sexual Exploitation.

Herefordshire, UK

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STEPS (Support Through Exploitation and Prevention Service)

Supporting children aged 8-18 and young people up to the age of 24 with additional needs who are impacted by Child Criminal Exploitation and/or Child Sexual Exploitation.

Worcester, UK

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STEPS (Support Through Exploitation and Prevention Service)

Supporting children aged 8-18 and young people up to the age of 24 with additional needs who are impacted by Child Criminal Exploitation and/or Child Sexual Exploitation.

Telford, UK

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STEPS (Support Through Exploitation and Prevention Service)

Supporting children aged 8-18 and young people up to the age of 24 with additional needs who are impacted by Child Criminal Exploitation and/or Child Sexual Exploitation.

Shropshire, UK

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STEPS (Support Through Exploitation and Prevention Service)

Supporting children aged 8-18 and young people up to the age of 24 with additional needs who are impacted by Child Criminal Exploitation and/or Child Sexual Exploitation.

west mercia

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Redthread

Redthread delivers transformative youth work in hospitals and other health settings. Our vision is a society where all children and young people live healthy, safe and happy lives.

Catch22, Pear Tree Street, London, UK

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Birmingham Counselling Service

Providing young victims of violence and exploitation with tailored counselling support, reducing their risk of harm to themselves and improving their mental wellbeing.

Birmingham, UK

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Young Women’s Service

London, UK

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Young Adult and Adolescent Liver Service

In partnership with the Children’s Liver Unit at King’s College Hospital, we use our youth work expertise to build holistic support networks for young liver patients while they are in hospital.

London, UK

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Youth Violence Intervention Programme

London, UK

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Youth Violence Intervention Programme

Birmingham, UK

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Music To My Ears

A creative arts project supporting children and young people affected by child criminal exploitation.

68 Church Street, Leatherhead, UK

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Merton Young Person’s Risk and Resilience

Supporting young people aged 11-24 who have been using substances, vaping/smoking, reported missing from home or care, or exploited.

Merton, UK

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Pan Merseyside Child Exploitation and Missing from Home

Understanding causes of missing incidents, and preventing young people from running away again in the future.

Wirral, UK

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Pan Merseyside Child Exploitation and Missing from Home

Understanding causes of missing incidents, and preventing young people from running away again in the future.

St Helens, Saint Helens, UK

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Pan Merseyside Child Exploitation and Missing from Home

Understanding causes of missing incidents, and preventing young people from running away again in the future.

Sefton, Liverpool, UK

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Pan Merseyside Child Exploitation and Missing from Home

Understanding causes of missing incidents, and preventing young people from running away again in the future.

Knowsley, UK

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Pan Merseyside Child Exploitation and Missing from Home

Understanding causes of missing incidents, and preventing young people from running away again in the future.

Liverpool, UK

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Kent County Lines and Gangs

Reducing risk and preventing serious youth violence, exploitation, gang and county line activity.

Kent, UK

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Kent County Lines and Gangs

Reducing risk and preventing serious youth violence, exploitation, gang and county line activity.

Medway, UK

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County Lines Support and Rescue

Providing specialist support and rescue service for young people who are criminally exploited through county lines.

London, UK

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County Lines Support and Rescue

Providing specialist support and rescue service for young people who are criminally exploited through county lines.

Greater Manchester, UK

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County Lines Support and Rescue

Providing specialist support and rescue service for young people who are criminally exploited through county lines.

Merseyside, UK

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County Lines Support and Rescue

Providing specialist support and rescue service for young people who are criminally exploited through county lines.

West Midlands, UK

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Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Child Criminal Exploitation

Delivering bespoke interventions with children and young people who are at risk of Child Criminal Exploitation.

Stoke-on-Trent, UK

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Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Child Criminal Exploitation

Delivering bespoke interventions with children and young people who are at risk of Child Criminal Exploitation.

Staffordshire, UK

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Victim First

Helping victims in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to cope and recover from the impact of crime.

Leicester, UK

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Victim First

Helping victims in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to cope and recover from the impact of crime.

Leicestershire, UK

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Victim First

Helping victims in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to cope and recover from the impact of crime.

Rutland, UK

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Beacon Victim Care

Helping victims and witnesses in Hertfordshire to cope and recover from the impact of crime.

Hertfordshire, UK

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Frequently asked questions

How does Catch22 use data to inform best practice?

Catch22 uses a bespoke database for recording and monitoring children and young people who go missing more than once. This enables us to target resources for those most at risk and share intelligence with Police and statutory agencies including children’s services and Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships (LSCPs) across county lines.

We have close working links with Troubled Families services to provide support across the whole family and to address underlying issues, strengthen the family’s ‘pull’ factors, and reduce risk.

Does Catch22 deliver workshops on child exploitation?

Yes. We raise awareness for young people through preventative and targeted workshops and provide bespoke training for practitioners on the use of Catch22’s CSE screening tool.

We also support workforce development through training social workers and school staff, engage with foster carers and parents through schools and parenting forums, and train other professionals including emergency response and hospital staff.

Please contact us using the form below if you would like to know more.

Can I volunteer with Catch22's child exploitation services?

Yes. Many of our child exploitation services recruit, train and supervise a diverse range of volunteers, including role models who undertake home visits to best support families.

To register your interest, please contact the relevant service via the form on their service page above.

Contact our child exploitation teams

Kate Wareham

Strategic Director for Young People, Families and Communities

Talk to us about how we can work with you to deliver child exploitation and missing from home or care services.

We would love to hear from you if you are

looking to access support via one of our programmes, or
a potential commissioner looking to work with us on future projects or programmes.

Please note that some of our services can only accept referrals from specific sources. Full referral information can be found on the respective service’s website page.

Email Address

ypf@catch-22.org.uk

Privacy notice

How we manage your data

Catch22 Charity Ltd. manages the data you provide in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The Data Controller (the organisation that determines how your data is managed) is Catch22. Contact us if you have a query about how your data is managed.
The Data Processor (the organisation that does data processing on behalf of Catch22) is Totally.Tech.
We are committed to giving you (the Data Subject in legal terms) an easy way to exercise your eight rights under the GDPR.
We retain your data for as long as you allow us to do so. You can exercise your right to erasure at any time however, there may be some instances where we need to retain your information for a longer duration for legal reasons, such as when applying for a job with Catch22.
Catch22 uses Click4Asistance as an online chat tool. By providing information, you consent to Click4Assistance collecting and processing this information according to their privacy policy.

What information do we collect?

Catch22 may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

information about your computer and your visits to and use of this website, including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views (cookies),
information that you provide to us for the purpose of applying for a job or receiving job alerts (job applications / job alerts),
subscribing to email newsletters including your name and email address (email newsletter),
If using our online chat service Click4Assistance, information such as IP addresses, and chat transcripts will be collected. If you choose to provide them, personal data such as names, email addresses will be collected, or
information that you submit that relates to a complaint, service feedback or enquiry (complaints / feedback and enquiries).

Specific detail of each processing activity is provided below.

Cookies

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Catch22 only uses cookies on its website where they will support the functioning of its website and to improve the experience of its website visitors. These cookies may be created by Catch22’s website, or by third-party services that Catch22 uses, to enable its website to be run effectively.

Some, ‘necessary’ cookies are essential to the running of our website and are exempt from the requirement of consent as per the GDPR and PECR. Functional, analytical and advertising cookies are all optional, and we will only store these cookies on your browser where we have received your freely-given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent.

Any information that is collected by Catch22 via cookies is processed in a way which does not, and cannot, identify an individual person. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting the Catch22 website.

You can find out more about Catch22’s use of cookies, and how to opt-out of or delete cookies from your browser via our Cookies Statement.

Job applications

If you apply for a job with Catch22 using our hosted online job application system, this service will be provided by a data processor on our behalf (SmartRecruiters).

To process your application, we ask for your personal details including name and contact details. We will ask you about your previous experience, education, referees and for answers to questions relevant to the role you have applied for. The hiring managers for the role, along with our Recruitment and HR teams will have access to all of this information.

Catch22 processes your job application data for the purpose of its legitimate interest to process your HR information.

If you are successful, the information you provide during the application process will be retained by us as part of your employee file for the duration of your employment plus six years following the end of your employment.
If you are unsuccessful at any stage of the process, the information you have provided until that point will be retained for six months from the closure of the campaign.
Equal opportunities information is retained for six months following the closure of the campaign whether you are successful or not.

For more information, please see the SmartRecruiters privacy notice.

Job alerts

Through the SmartRecruiters job application system, it is also possible to sign up for job alerts, which will let you know when new jobs that meet your criteria have been posted.

These alerts are managed by the data processor (SmartRecruiters) on our behalf, and will only be processed using your freely-given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent.

If at any point you wish to unsubscribe from SmartRecruiters job alerts, this can be done by clicking the unsubscribe link on the latest email. You can also log into your SmartRecruiters candidate profile to modify or withdraw your details.

For more information, please see the SmartRecruiters privacy notice.

If you subscribe to Catch22’s newsletter and/or event mailing lists, you will receive regular communications relating to our work. These mailings will be facilitated by a third-party provider, such as Mailchimp or Salesforce (marketing platforms), and your data will be processed by a third-party client relationship management platform, Salesforce.

Catch22 will only process your contact details and send you newsletters following your freely-given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent.

You have the right to unsubscribe from any of our email mailing lists at any time. If you wish to unsubscribe from a Catch22 mailing list please click the unsubscribe link on the latest email or contact dpo@catch-22.org.uk to ensure that you do not continue to receive email newsletters from us. We will need to continue to hold your details after you have unsubscribed to ensure that we do not send you further communications.

For more information, please see the Mailchimp or Salesforce privacy notices as appropriate.

Feedback and enquiries

Catch22 processes the data submitted through any of our website contact forms for the purpose of receiving your message and responding to it under the lawful basis of consent, which you give when submitting the form.

We will only use the information supplied to us to deal with the enquiry and any subsequent issues, and to check on the level of service we provide.

These contact forms are processed using the WordPress plugin, Gravity Forms. When these forms are submitted to us, notification emails are automatically generated to send your enquiry to the appropriate team within Catch22 who will store your email for as long as is required to deal with your enquiry and any subsequent issues.

Form submissions are also stored within the Catch22 WordPress database for a period of 90 days. This allows us to identify if there are any issues with forms being received by our teams. After this time, forms and all accompanying personal data are automatically deleted from the system. Gravity Forms does not receive copies of any of forms, or any accompanying personal data, that are submitted via the Catch22 website.

If using our online chat service, Click4Assitance, data collected through the chat service may be shared internally within Catch22  to provide support and improve services.

You have the right to withdraw consent for us to contact you at any time by contacting dpo@catch-22.org.uk. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, which in the United Kingdom is the Information Commissioner’s Office.

For more information, please see the Gravity Forms privacy notice.

Complaints

Complaints can be submitted using our online feedback form, by emailing feedback@catch-22.org.uk, or by post. Catch22 undertakes the processing of your complaints data as part of its legitimate interests.

When we receive a complaint from a person we make up a file containing the details of the complaint. This normally contains the identity of the complainant and any other individuals involved in the complaint.

We will only use the personal information we collect to process the complaint and to check on the level of service we provide.

We usually have to disclose the complainant’s identity to whoever the complaint is about. This is inevitable where, for example, the accuracy of a person’s record is in dispute. If a complainant doesn’t want information identifying him or her to be disclosed, we will try to respect that. However, it may not be possible to handle a complaint on an anonymous basis.

We will keep personal information contained in complaint files in line with our retention policy. This means that information relating to a complaint will be retained for six years from closure. It will be retained in a secure environment and access to it will be restricted according to the ‘data minimisation’ principle.

For more information, please see the Complaints, Compliments and Feedback policy.

Use of data processors

The Data Processor (the organisation that does data processing on behalf of Catch22) is Totally.Tech.

Catch22 also works with third-party data processors to provide our:

content management system (WordPress),
website analytics (Google Analytics),
marketing platform (Mailchimp),
client relationship management platform (Salesforce),
social media advertising campaigns (Meta Pixel, Twitter Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, TikTok Pixel),
online chat service (Click4Assitance), and
recruitment service (SmartRecruiters).

We have contracts in place with our data processors. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us. They will hold it and retain it for the period we instruct.

Individual Catch22 services may work with additional third-party data processors in line with their contractual requirements. For more information, please see the relevant Service Privacy Notice, which can be downloaded from their service page on this website, or found by searching for the service by name in our Policy Library.

Disclosures

Catch22 may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or data processors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy notice.

In addition, we may disclose information about you:

to the extent that we are required to do so by law,
in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, or
in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk).

Except as provided in this privacy notice, Catch22 will not provide your information to third parties without your consent.

Security of your personal data

Catch22 will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure, encrypted password and firewall protected servers. As data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

Where information is held on our behalf by data processors, we will ensure, to the best of our ability, that they hold your information securely and in line with data protection legislation. We hold contracts with all data processors to make sure that they cannot do anything with your data unless we have instructed them to do so.

Notice amendments

We may update this privacy notice from time-to-time. Check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

Your rights

Please contact the Data Protection Officer if you have any queries regarding this Privacy Notice or if you would like to exercise or query any of the following rights afforded to you under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

right to access

right to erasure

right to object

right to rectification

right to be informed

right to restrict processing

right to data portability

rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling

right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) – via the Complaints page on the ICO website or by calling 0303 123 1113

For further information on your rights, please visit the Individual Rights page on the ICO website.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or of our treatment of your personal data, please email dpo@catch-22.org.uk or write to:

Data Protection Officer

Catch22
27 Pear Tree Street
London
EC1V 3AG

Data controller

Catch22’s data protection registration number is Z1473239

Latest news and resources

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20 Sep 2024

What do we mean by “child criminal exploitation”? The need for a clear rights-based legal definition

Publications,

1 May 2025

The new Catch22 Youth Brand

Announcements,

1 Apr 2025

New Navigator and Tailored Support Service launched

Announcements,

1 Apr 2025

New child exploitation service launched in West Mercia

Announcements,

24 Feb 2025

Legislation to criminalise child criminal exploitation welcome – but must go further

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Announcements,

17 Jan 2025

Catch22 response to Youth Select Committee Social Media and Youth Violence Inquiry

The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, taken from across the River Thames. Overlaid is text that reads: "Consultation Response".

Consultations,

30 Sep 2024

Young People and Families: Annual report 2023-2024

Publications,

20 Sep 2024

Catch22 publishes a new paper calling for Child Criminal Exploitation to be defined in law.

Announcements,

12 Aug 2024

Redthread set to merge with Catch22

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Announcements,

10 Jul 2024

Gamifying education: an ‘end game’ for child exploitation?

Blogs,

21 Jun 2024

What is sextortion?

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Posters and downloads,

13 Jun 2024

Missing services: product card

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Posters and downloads,

12 Jun 2024

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Child Criminal Exploitation: Annual report 2023-2024

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Publications,

28 May 2024

Pan Merseyside Child Exploitation and Missing from Home: Annual report 2023-2024

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Publications,

25 May 2024

Merton Risk and Resilience: Annual report 2023-2024

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Publications,

23 May 2024

County Lines Support and Rescue, London: Annual report 2023-2024

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Publications,

21 May 2024

County Lines Support and Rescue, Merseyside: Annual report 2023-2024

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Publications,

21 May 2024

Kent County Lines and Gangs: Annual report 2023-2024

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Publications,

20 May 2024

County Lines Support and Rescue, West Midlands: Annual report 2023-2024

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Publications,

17 May 2024

County Lines Support and Rescue, Greater Manchester: Annual report 2023-2024

A teenage boy sits on a wall, alone. He stares into the distance, lost in his thoughts.

Publications,

16 May 2024

Music to My Ears: Annual report 2023-2024

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Publications,

8 May 2024

Catch22 responds to Ofcom draft Children’s Safety Codes of Practice

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Responses,

15 Apr 2024

Child exploitation: key definitions

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Posters and downloads,

9 Apr 2024

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Child Criminal Exploitation: Referral forms

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Policies,

18 Mar 2024

Catch On expands free educational resource

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Announcements,

18 Mar 2024

Catch On: Parents’ pack

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Publications,

18 Mar 2024

Catch On: Teaching materials

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Publications,

13 Mar 2024

The urgent need for training to safeguard vulnerable youth from exploitation

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Blogs,

23 Feb 2024

Child financial exploitation: a guide

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Posters and downloads,

6 Feb 2024

Is someone asking you for a nude picture?

Posters and downloads,

17 Nov 2023

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on reducing the harm from illegal drugs

Consultations,

25 Oct 2023

Why early action holds the key to breaking the prison/reoffending cycle

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Blogs,

20 Sep 2023

Why frontline voices are critical to the policy making process

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Blogs,

18 Sep 2023

Catch22 Manifesto: Reimagining public services

Publications,

28 Aug 2023

Merton Risk and Resilience: Annual report 2022-2023

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Publications,

7 Jun 2023

Illegal Migration Bill: more harm than good?

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Blogs,

20 Apr 2023

Music to My Ears: Annual report 2022-2023

Publications,

20 Apr 2023

Rethinking the approach to young people's mental health

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Podcasts,

19 Apr 2023

How do you recognise a victim of child exploitation?

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Blogs,

15 Mar 2023

Catch22 launches free exploitation awareness resource

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Announcements,

16 Feb 2023

Inequity in safeguarding

Podcasts,

2 Feb 2023

County lines

Podcasts,

1 Feb 2023

County Lines: what is it and what can we do to tackle it

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Blogs,

19 Jan 2023

Online harms and online helps

Podcasts,

15 Dec 2022

Criminalisation of children and young people in care

Podcasts,

6 Dec 2022

The impact of child sexual abuse on victims and survivors

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Blogs,

1 Dec 2022

Missing children and child exploitation

Podcasts,

24 Sep 2022

Catch22 to provide support for victims of County Lines exploitation

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Announcements,

12 Jul 2022

Online Safety Bill: Balancing safety with opportunity

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Blogs,

6 Jun 2022

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire: Volunteer mentor service report 2021-2022

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Publications,

27 May 2022

Catch22 gives oral evidence to the Online Safety Bill Committee hearing

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Consultations,

26 May 2022

Music To My Ears: Service leaflet

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Posters and downloads,

25 May 2022

New service to tackle County Lines launched in Kent

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Announcements,

14 Apr 2022

Merton Risk and Resilience: Annual report 2020-2021

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Publications,

17 Mar 2022

Catch22 responds to introduction of the Online Safety Bill

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Responses,

17 Mar 2022

Young carers and child exploitation in Staffordshire

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Publications,

17 Mar 2022

Young carers and child exploitation

Publications,

17 Mar 2022

What makes a child vulnerable to exploitation?

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Posters and downloads,

2 Mar 2022

Catch22 responds to Commission on Young Lives report

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Responses,

23 Feb 2022

Improving victims’ experience of the criminal justice system

Blogs,

2 Feb 2022

Catch22 responds to IICSA report

Consultations,

31 Jan 2022

Catch22 recommissioned to support victims of child exploitation across Merseyside

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Announcements,

21 Dec 2021

Reflecting on a decade of Return Home Interviews

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Blogs,

16 Dec 2021

Unrealistic sexpectations: online porn and young people

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Consultations,

13 Dec 2021

Catch22 releases Missing and Emotional Wellbeing report

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Publications,

2 Dec 2021

Surrey’s PCC teams up with Catch22 to prevent child exploitation

Announcements,

27 Nov 2021

Merton Young People’s Risk and Resilience: Referral form

Policies,

10 Nov 2021

More young people exposed to violent or explicit content online

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Announcements,

10 Nov 2021

Online harms: acceptable use and regulation

Publications,

22 Oct 2021

County Lines slang

Posters and downloads,

16 Sep 2021

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on the Draft Online Safety Bill

Consultations,

15 Sep 2021

Child sexual exploitation: an ever-evolving crime

Blogs,

3 Aug 2021

‘Digital by Default’ in the COVID-19 Context

Blogs,

27 May 2021

Risk and Resilience Services: Supporting young people at risk of exploitation

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Publications,

26 May 2021

SPACE talks Missing Incidents

Blogs,

25 May 2021

Exploitation risk to missing and runaway children too often ignored

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Blogs,

13 May 2021

Catch22 responds to the Draft Online Safety Bill

Responses,

22 Apr 2021

Perspectives on policing

Blogs,

1 Apr 2021

Transforming the lives of victims of crime and exploitation

Consultations,

23 Mar 2021

The four key principles of a “Good” Web

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Blogs,

18 Mar 2021

“Are you listening?”

Case studies,

17 Mar 2021

Child exploitation and criminal behaviour

Blogs,

16 Mar 2021

What makes a good relationship?

Posters and downloads,

8 Mar 2021

Serious violence funding must prioritise a public health approach

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Responses,

4 Feb 2021

Support helplines, apps and websites for young people

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Posters and downloads,

22 Jan 2021

Catch22 responds to Home Office “Tackling Child Sexual Abuse” strategy

Responses,

13 Jan 2021

Young People and Families: Annual Review 2019-2020

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Publications,

15 Dec 2020

Online Safety Bill: Why a proactive duty of care is so important

Blogs,

29 Oct 2020

Catch22 receives generous donation from Tesco Mobile for victims of CSE

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Announcements,

7 Aug 2020

Young people and frontline staff demand better protection online

Announcements,

6 Aug 2020

Online harms: supporting young people offline and online

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Publications,

29 Jun 2020

Catch22 responds to call for evidence on "Public Services: Lessons from coronavirus"

Consultations,

2 Jun 2020

How volunteering can offer us a way to connect

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Blogs,

10 May 2020

Catch22’s child exploitation service adapts to remote support

Blogs,

25 Apr 2020

Online harms regulation: education or regulation?

Blogs,

26 Mar 2020

Good practice guidance for Return Home Interviews delivered remotely

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Posters and downloads,

11 Feb 2020

App safety

Posters and downloads,

11 Feb 2020

Share with care

Posters and downloads,

11 Feb 2020

Staying safe online

Posters and downloads,

29 Nov 2019

Catch22 joins call to put young people at the heart of General Election

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Responses,

17 Sep 2019

Catch22 responds to No Place at Home APPG Report

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Responses,

30 Apr 2019

Myths about male sexual assault victims

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Posters and downloads,

18 Mar 2019

Youth participation – it’s win, win, win

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Blogs,

28 Feb 2019

Why exploited children must be treated as victims

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Responses,

21 Nov 2018

Councils and Catch22: Protecting children and young people

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Blogs,

11 Oct 2018

Spotting a runaway child

Posters and downloads,

15 Aug 2018

Keeping children safe during the holidays

Posters and downloads,

3 Jul 2018

Child criminal exploitation: how do gangs recruit and coerce young people?

Posters and downloads,

1 Jun 2018

Harnessing the commitment, energy and creativity of volunteers

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Case studies,

24 May 2018

Push and pull factors: what causes a child to go missing?

Posters and downloads,

1 May 2018

Different dangers, same signs

Posters and downloads,

15 Mar 2018

Positive relationships break the CSE cycle

Posters and downloads,

5 Feb 2018

Prevent a young person going missing

Posters and downloads,

1 Feb 2018

Child sexual exploitation – think boys

Posters and downloads,

21 Nov 2017

New service in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire

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Announcements,

20 Nov 2017

Five ways that parents can protect their children

Posters and downloads,

15 Aug 2017

Music to My Ears: How music can improve young people’s wellbeing

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Blogs,

27 Mar 2017

Catch22 responds to the MOPAC Police and Crime Plan

Responses,

18 Mar 2017

Catch22 supports National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day

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Blogs,

23 Jul 2015

Running the risks: the links between gang involvement and missing

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Publications,