The children’s charity’s latest report Cutting them Free, which surveyed 21 of its specialist services, shows that awareness raising of sexual exploitation has reduced by 30 per cent due to funding cuts, while in some areas the issue is no longer a priority.
A year on from the launch of the Barnardo’s Cut them Free campaign, the charity is warning that without local action, children across the UK will continue to be groomed, as child sexual exploitation becomes increasingly complex.
Data from the services Barnardo’s runs also revealed that the number of sexually exploited children the charity works with has grown by 8.4 per cent to 1,190. One in six young people has been trafficked across areas in the UK, while one in three services has seen a marked increase in peer-to-peer exploitation.
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