CYP Now - Post-pandemic support for children and young people

Amid warnings of a rise in child sexual exploitation as a result of the pandemic, experts assess what more policymakers must do to support children and young people at risk as the country focuses on recovery.

Youth work can provide a safe environment for young people, early support and intervention where needed. Picture: ALEXBRYLOVHK/Adobe Stock

Support for victims needed

By Richard Crellin, policy, research and public affairs team leader, The Children’s Society

The last year has been really tough for children, with many unable to attend school, see friends or family, or escape problems at home.

But for predators looking to sexually exploit young people, successive lockdowns may have presented new opportunities.

Grooming children using money, gifts, food and offers of friendship and affection, is nothing new. However, such offers may have seemed attractive to children who were feeling lonely, lacking routine, or who had little respite from issues at home including everything from financial problems to domestic abuse.

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