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Ealing Council launches virtual reality programme to tackle criminal exploitation

1 min read Youth Justice
A local authority youth justice service (YJS) is piloting the use of virtual reality technology in a bid to reduce the number of children being criminally exploited.
The project uses virtual reality headsets to highlight the dangers of exploitation. Picture: Anster
The project uses virtual reality headsets to highlight the dangers of exploitation. Picture: Anster

Ealing Council has teamed up with technology innovation organisation Antser for the four-month scheme which aims to increase awareness of harmful behaviour and exploitative relationships impacting young people already involved with the service.

Using virtual reality headsets and 360-degree immersive films designed by Antser, children and young people working with Ealing YJS will find themselves immersed in the experience of young people at risk of exploitation.

The programme will give them the opportunity to safely explore the issues of risk, how to identify it, how to avoid it and how to protect themselves, designers said.

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