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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 18, 2023


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 8, 2023


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...
Mar 1, 2023


“We need girls and young women to be heard instead of harmed."
Justice system in England and Wales ‘risks causing fresh trauma to girls’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/04/uk-justice-syst...
Apr 28, 2022


Mayor supporting hundreds of young Londoners to exit County Lines
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today published new figures that show more than half of young Londoners engaging with a City Hall...
Sep 30, 2020


Teen county lines drug dealers posed as key workers during lockdown to evade police
Evening Standard has reported that teenage county lines drug dealers posed as key workers during lockdown to evade police, according to a...
Sep 30, 2020


Girls caught up in London criminal gang activity need more support, says new report
Research drawing on responses from 22 boroughs indicates the problem is under-recognised and should be addressed more effectively....
Feb 17, 2020


BBC News: Girls under the radar in drug gangs
Founder and CEO Abi Billinghurst is quoted in a recent BBC article on the experience of young women, gangs and county lines. Young women...
Sep 15, 2019


Children and Young People Now Partnership Working Award Winner: Islington Integrated Gang Team
The 2018 CYP Now Awards were revealed last night on a night of celebration and pride for the sector. The Islington Integrated Gang Team...
Nov 22, 2018


Abianda on Teenage girls caught up in 'arms race' of young people carrying knives on streets.
Abianda has contributed to the Evening Standard article 'Teenage girls caught up in 'arms race' of young people carrying knives on...
Sep 20, 2017

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