Latest News | 20 April 2021
Safe and Sound secures lottery backing
Safe and Sound has launched a new programme in response to the increased vulnerabilities among children and young people to wider exploitation thanks to lottery backing.
The Derbyshire charity has secured a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund to launch the ‘Transforming Young Lives’ programme, with additional specialist staff and activities over the next three years.
The focus will be on wider child exploitation; additional support for children, young people and their families raising greater awareness among local communities and building the charity’s volunteer base.
Tracy Harrison, chief executive of Safe and Sound, said: “There is widespread recognition that child sexual exploitation is interlinked with other forms of exploitation such as county lines, trafficking and radicalisation.
“For example, children who are sexually exploited are trafficked across different geographical areas and girls who are radicalised are often sexually exploited or subject of an arranged or illegal marriage.
“A particular focus for this work, as well as supporting the individual young person and their family, will be to break down the barriers and misconceptions around wider exploitation which can prevent children receiving support as victims.”
Bondholders can hear from Tracy Harrison on Friday 30th April, as she joins Bev Crighton in a new Marketing Derby Bondholder Live Lounge webinar. Find out more details here.
