2020 News and opinion

Our news stories and opinion pieces from 2020.

31 DECEMBER 2020

Peter Wanless awarded a knighthood in New Year’s Honours

Peter Wanless, NSPCC’s Chief Executive has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours for his outstanding service, leading a successful strategy to make 5 million children safer by 2021.

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18 DECEMBER 2020

A young boy sitting on his bed looking sad.

Christmas warning as child abuse contacts to NSPCC helpline rises 43%

With the number of contacts to the NSPCC helpline about abuse rising, the NSPCC is warning the public to be extra vigilant this Christmas.

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02 DECEMBER 2020

Number of recorded child cruelty and neglect offences up by 53% over 3 years

As child abuse and neglect offences rise, we're highlighting the increased risks children may face this Christmas.

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13 NOVEMBER 2020

Instagram most recorded platform used in child grooming crimes during lockdown

New data shows there were more than 1,200 online grooming crimes recorded against children in the three months from April to June, with the true scale of the problem likely to be much higher.

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29 OCTOBER 2020

Government is at risk of failing babies and parents during the coronavirus pandemic

We and a coalition of early years charities warn Government they're at risk of failing a generation of babies born during the coronavirus pandemic.

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02 OCTOBER 2020

Contacts to NSPCC helpline about domestic abuse up by nearly 50%

We are calling for the funding of local authority recovery services that support children living with domestic abuse.

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30 SEPTEMBER 2020

Our six tests for government to create laws to protect children online

Our How the Wild West Web Should Be Won report sets out how the upcoming Online Harms Bill must set the global standard in protecting children on the web.

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24 SEPTEMBER 2020

During lockdown, our Protect & Respect service helped over 200 children at risk of abuse

We are urging government to speed up work to publish promised Tackling Child Sexual Abuse strategy.

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03 SEPTEMBER 2020

Police record over 10,000 online child sex crimes in a year for the first time

We are calling on the government to make Online Harms legislation a priority this autumn.

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