Marie Collins Foundation

Our Training and Development Manager Sarah Brown is delivering our flagship training Click Path to Protection to delegates in Canada. The Click Path to Protection (CPP) is a multi-agency model of intervention designed to equip police, children’s services, education, health, legal/judicial and NGO personnel with the knowledge and skills to ensure that their professional response is one that places the needs of children and families at the centre and does no further harm. "Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse comes with added layers of complexity that we as professionals and practitioners must address in order to support the victim and their families on their recovery journey."

Our Head of Advocacy Rhiannon and Lived Experience Group member Nicole have been in London today for the Pornography Coalition's event at the House of Lords: The Impact of Online Pornography and the Need to Regulate. Nicole spoke so eloquently about her own experiences and why it's so important to have parity between illegal pornography offline and online.

Our Training Manager Sarah Brown and Victim and Survivor Advocate Megan Hinton are in Canada this week taking part in the 2024 Annual Provincial ICE Strategy Multidisciplinary Training Workshop. Taking place from November 18th to November 21st, this event brings together law-enforcement officials, legal professionals, and academics in Ontario and across Canada to address the issues of internet child exploitation investigation. The Marie Collins Foundation with be championing the voice of lived experience at the event and highlighting importance of a good professional responses which do no further harm to victims, survivors and their families. We will be delivering two workshops on our flagship training 'Click Path to Protection' alongside a key note on the impact of technology-assisted child sexual abuse from a survivors perspective.

IICSA Changemakers have opened two surveys seeking the views and reflections from adult victim/survivors of child sexual abuse. Survey 1: Is about the Victim Code of Practice and whether survivors feel able to access and understand their rights. https://lnkd.in/eW7D4_9u Survey 2: is about support services for survivors of child sexual abuse and what best practice looks and feels like. https://lnkd.in/e-UcpwDu If you are an adult (over 18 years old) victim/survivor of child sexual abuse then you are welcome to take part. Both surveys remain open until Friday 22nd November. - They are anonymous - We do not ask for details of your abuse experience - You do not need to have disclosed to anyone - You do not need to have reported to the police

If you, someone you care for, or someone you are working with, needs to find support in response to child sexual abuse, the The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre)’s new directory of support services in England and Wales can help.    With a simple postcode search, or by clicking on your region on the map, you can quickly discover nearby support services working with victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, and their families. Or explore national support services offering help across England and Wales.   Containing over 350 support services, this directory brings services together into one easy to navigate list. It is completely confidential to access - no sign-up is required and your information is not saved when you search for support.   Find support services and get help today at: https://lnkd.in/etJPxjkr

Wow what a conference! We want to say a huge thank you to all of our partners for joining over the last two days. Together, we can move the conversation forward and work in collaboration to protect and support children and their families. We cannot thank you enough for your attendance and engagement in our conference and we look forward to continuing these invaluable partnerships. #HopeNotHarm #MCFConference24 #TACSA 

What a fantastic event at the #BTTower today for the Marie Collins Foundation Annual conference #dayONE. We discussed critical topics such as sex offending, the detection of CSAM, the impact of online pornography on children, and the complexities around disclosure—emphasising that the way we learn about child sexual abuse should shape professional responses. A huge thank you to the MCF team for bringing together such inspiring speakers, frontline professionals, and academics to share their expertise. I felt surrounded by passionate, dedicated individuals—some of whom I’m grateful to call friends! Deborah Denis Gordon Scobbie LLB MBA lawrence Jordan Jeffrey DeMarco Boglarka M. Centre For Abuse & Trauma Studies | Training Middlesex University Emma Hardy Chart.PR Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Elly Hanson Victoria Green Megan Hinton Gabrielle Shaw #HopeNotHarm

That’s a wrap on day one! Thank you to all delegates and speakers who joined us today for day one of MCF’s annual conference. We welcomed almost 100 delegates from a wide variety of fields including; policing, social care, criminal justice, teaching, health, charities and NGOs, safeguarding practitioners, policy makers, academics and industry representatives. Today we spent time listening, learning, discussing, and thinking about how to respond to Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse in a way that does no further harm to children and their families. We hope everyone has left feeling inspired and truly reflecting on this year’s theme #HopeNotHarm. Together we can find the solutions to tackle TACSA and ensure survivors find hope and not harm after discovery or disclosure. #HopeNotHarm #MCFConference24 #TACSA 

📢 Participants Wanted! 📢 We're excited to be working with The University of Edinburgh to support this vital research into experiences of accessing & receiving support following tech-assisted child sexual abuse. If this is something you might like to be involved in, find out more here: https://lnkd.in/er_e8bDm

We are just days away from our annual conference and couldn't be more excited to welcome everyone! ⭐️A reminder for attendees that registration opens at 8.45am ready to welcome our first speaker at 9.30am. 🪪Please remember your ID as we won't be able to guarantee entry without it!