Contextual Safeguarding Book Launch
On Wednesday, Abianda had the pleasure of attending the book launch for Contextual Safeguarding: The Next Chapter at Redmond Community...
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- Sep 14
Open Letter with Barnardo's
We are proud to have signed an open letter, alongside Barnardo's and 20,136 members of the public, calling on the Government to provide...
- Sep 4
Waltham Forest + Abianda
Abianda’s Participation team worked with young women from Waltham Forest’s Young Advisors (YA) and Youth Independent Advisory Group...
- Aug 23
Young Women's Advisory Group!
We're excited to announce that we are recruiting for our Young Women's Advisory Group (YWAG)! We would love for you to share this...
- Aug 21
Filming
Our Contextual Safeguarding Lead Fiona was up to something special last week. She was filming for a video training package. This training...
- Aug 8
Abianda & Arsenal
On 2 August, Abianda was invited to Emirates Stadium for a No More Red event in the Adidas box. Thank you to Arsenal FC and Arsenal in...
- Aug 2
Abianda’s reflections on the death of Aisha Cleary
Overview In August 2019, a young woman called Rianna Cleary was remanded to HMP Bronzefield, Europe’s largest women’s prison. Rianna had...
- Jul 27
About Us and With Us: A Youth Best Practice Event
Yesterday our Participation Lead Alex attended London's Violence Reduction Unit Young People's Action Group's 'About Us and With Us: A...
- Jul 19
Keeping Girls and Young Women Safe Report
Young women and girls are often overlooked by services in relation to child criminal exploitation. A new report 'Keeping Girls and Young...
- May 26
Open Letter to the Government on Child Sexual Abuse
We are proud to have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman calling for...
- May 3
April Training
In April, we delivered 8 training sessions to over 100 professionals. Topics included contextual safeguarding, relationship mapping and...
- May 1
Youth Justice Reports
Liberty, No More Exclusions, Kids of Colour and 7 other organisations released Holding Our Own: A Guide to Non-Policing Solutions to...
- Mar 29
Child Exploitation and Extra-Familial Harm Practice Principles
We're proud to have been involved in the development of the multi-agency Practice Principles for responding to child exploitation and...
- Mar 27
Criminalisation of Nitrous Oxide
Abianda supports this statement by the Transform Drug Policy Foundation on the criminalising of nitrous oxide. As with all 'war on drugs'...
- Mar 27
Strip Search of Children Report
38% of children strip-searched were Black & 52% of searches did not confirm that an appropriate adult was present - this is not...
- Mar 24
Abianda Newsletter - March 2023
Hi Abianda supporters, happy spring! We've had a busy few months working to keep young women and girls safe from criminal exploitation...
- Mar 22
Response to the Casey Review
Baroness Louise Casey does not mince her words: "It's organisational, it's institutional, it's systemic... If you don't own the size of...
- Mar 18
National Child Exploitation Awareness Day
National Child Exploitation Awareness Day is 18 March 2023. We work with young women and girls affected by criminal exploitation and...
- Mar 17
Southwark College's Personal Safety Information Day
The Abianda team headed to Southwark College's Personal Safety Information Day on 16 March. Our Contextual Safeguarding Lead Fiona spoke...
- Mar 17
Safeguarding Adolescents and Young People Conference
On 16 March, Abianda's Gender Consultant Lucia attended Healthcare Conferences UK's Safeguarding Adolescents and Young People Conference....
- Mar 8
International Women's Day 2023
This year's International Women’s Day theme of embracing equity is something we challenge ourselves to do on a day-to-day basis in our...
- Mar 1
Response to Gove's Truancy Proposal
Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, has proposed...
- Feb 7
Abianda at Redthread's HIVE Conference
On 31 January, Abianda team members headed to Redthread's HIVE 'Collaborating to Reduce Serious Youth Violence' Conference. It brought...
- Feb 6
Adultification Bias Keynote
On 2 February, our Contextual Safeguarding Lead Fiona attended 'Adultification Bias in the Context of Child Protection' Keynote delivered...
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