No Whispers : CSE & CCE Awareness Training
Child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation awareness training
WHO ARE WE?
No Whispers Community Interest Company wants to eradicating child sexual and child criminal exploitation and we do this by delivering informative, interactive and impactful training, workshops, webinars and safeguarding resources. We have a child-centred approach and are trauma informed with up-to-date knowledge and data.
We aim to educate and empower people and offer everyone a deeper insight into the issues of child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation and how we can all play a part in safeguarding to prevent children and young people from becoming victims.
CONTEXT
The Government’s Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Progress Update, April 2025, identifies how the scale of child sexual abuse is truly staggering as children make up only 20% of the population but are the victims of 40% of all sexual offences.
We know from research from the Home Office, The Children’s Society, and the NSPCC that Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE), and County Lines are not isolated issues but are deeply interconnected through shared grooming tactics, methods of control, and the “layering” of abuse. The Working Together to Safeguard Children now groups child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation under the same “Extra-familial Harm” Framework. This is nothing new as child exploitation can take many forms including forced begging, child financial exploitation and county lines. The Keeping Children Safe in Education increasingly links children missing from home with the risk of child exploitation.
Home Office estimates show that approximately 15,500 children were identified as at risk or involved in child criminal exploitation in the year ending March 2025, this is likely to be a significant underestimate on the scale of the problem.
“I now have a better relationship with my son as a result of understanding the issues of county lines and what he had been going through” from a mother whose son was exploited
“Training “helps organisations recognise the signs of exploitation and provides vital information in the fight against child exploitation and associated crimes”.
Mrs Amanda Parker JP, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire
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what can you do?
As adults we can play a part in preventing children and young people from becoming victims of exploitation and abuse by making sure we understand how it happens, the different ways grooming takes place – in person and online, what makes a child or young person vulnerable, and what positive action we can take to prevent, disrupt and help.
People working with children, young people, and families require comprehensive training and awareness in child sexual and criminal exploitation. This is essential for individuals across various sectors, including education, social care, health, and voluntary and community organisations. By deepening understanding of the complexities and interconnected nature of exploitation and abuse, adults can fulfill their crucial roles in safeguarding and protecting children and young people from harm.
Children and young people can be victims to many forms of abuse and exploitation including physical abuse, sexual violence and emotional abuse, through deceptive, coercive, intimidating and controlling behaviours of perpetrators or abusers.
It is important to remember that any child regardless of age, gender, ability or disability, sexual orientation, race, geographic location, culture or economic status can be affected by exploitation and abuse.
In the UK a child is defined as anyone under the age of 18 years. This is in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1992).
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It is important to remember that any child regardless of age, gender, ability or disability, sexual orientation, geographic location, or economic status can be affected by exploitation and abuse.
Please be aware that legally a child is a child until they reach the age of 18 years.
So, what are we talking about?
Children or young people can be used in many ways, sexually or criminally or both by individual people, family members, urban street gangs and organised criminal gangs.
Using children and young people is part of the “grooming” process where a perpetrator builds an emotional connection with a child or young person ……..
The statistics of grooming, exploitation and abuse are alarming, and a serious concern is the existence of County lines where children as young as 8 can be groomed to transport drugs as part of organised criminal gangs across the Country in rural areas, towns, and cities.
We offer informative, interactive and impactful training, workshops, webinars and safeguarding resources. We have a child-centred approach and are trauma informed with up-to-date knowledge and data. We include power point, videos, group activities, group discussions, real life stories, activities and resource packs.
Bespoke training, workshops and webinars are available on request from introductions and basic understanding of child exploitation topics to more advanced levels and specific areas of training and interaction.
Training examples
- Child sexual exploitation
- Child criminal exploitation and county lines
- Cuckooing, safeguarding and adults at risk
- Child sexual abuse and autistic children and young people
- Child sexual abuse & exploitation within football and sport
- Child sexual abuse in religious organisations
- Contextual safeguarding & disrupting child exploitation and abuse
Empowerment
Compassion
Community Focused
Advocacy For Change
CPD TRAINING – Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness
our mission
Our vision is a world free from child sexual and criminal exploitation. We will achieve this by educating adults and fostering a society where people possess the knowledge, confidence, and unwavering commitment to protect every child and young person from abuse.
vision
To eradicate child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation
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How we achieve this:
- Know about ways perpetrators work.
- Understand what makes children and young people vulnerable.
- Understand how children and young people are groomed, face to face and online.
- Awareness of the impact of child sexual exploitation.
- Recognise signs of abuse and exploitation.
- Awareness of victim blaming & use of appropriate language.
- Knowledge of the connectivity of child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation.
- Awareness of practical tools and approaches to tackle child exploitation.
- Identifying effective methods to disrupt child sexual exploitation
No Whispers Logo
Although the No Whispers CIC logo depicts a young child, we know from National research and Government documentation that child sexual and child criminal exploitation and abuse can occur to any child regardless of their age, disability, race, culture, sexual orientation, and social economic status.
Friends of No Whispers
We organise lived experience evenings with guest speakers, networking and shared resources. If you would like more information, please contact us.
How we Achieve this
awareness
Awareness raising workshops, talks and presentations bring adult attention to the many forms of grooming, how to recognise and spot signs and how children and young people can be vulnerable to exploitation by individual perpetrators and groups “OCG – organised criminal gangs”.
Training Professionals
Training for professionals enables an understanding of the complexities of child sexual and child criminal exploitation, the importance of language, the awareness of victim blaming, the value of contextual safeguarding and resources to support the child or young person.
TRAINING COMMUNITY LEADERS, VOLUNTEERS, PARENTS AND CARERS
Anyone working with children, young people and families need to have a good comprehensive awareness and understanding of issues related to child exploitation and the connectivity between child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation and missing from home. No Whispers CIC offers training, workshops, webinars and resources to support community safeguarding and prevent children and young people from becoming victims of exploitation and abuse.
Resources
Resources are available to support adults working with children and young people.
Some of our partners and clients…
Awards
Community Interest Company no. 12489454