Over the last 12 months, the charity has worked hard to continue to reach out and build trusted relationship with women and young people affected by sexual exploitation – work that came to the notice of the government when then Home Secretary Amber Rudd visited the project in March. CEO Suzi Heybourne, said: “We know that relationships can transform lives so we strive to create respectful, active relationships where young people and women are empowered. We also recognise just how high the stakes are for each individual who we make contact with. “We continue to develop services that offer positive and genuine trusted relationships encouraging both women and young people to recognise or disclose their experiences to someone that they themselves have chosen to engage with and who can help them to explore vulnerability factors and improve their resilience to exploitation. “This year we have been working with the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse in order to build our evaluation capacity and we are also working to ensure we provide a platform for young people to share their voice about our service,” said Suzi. The report contains details of the Group’s main projects including:
The Group was first set up over 20 years ago when two Christian magistrates in Norwich, Doreen Betts and Theresa Cumbers were concerned with the numbers of young women appearing before them charged with prostitution. Read our previous story on this topic Download and read the full annual report