2021 News and opinion

Our news stories and opinion pieces from this year.

07 OCTOBER 2021

Report Abuse in Education helpline opened until the end of the year after receiving hundreds of contacts

Our Report Abuse in Education helpline has received 721 contacts in six months.

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06 OCTOBER 2021

New figures reveal four in five victims of online grooming crimes are girls

Our latest research has found, for offences where age and gender is recorded, girls aged 12-15 are most likely to be victims of online grooming, and more needs to be done to protect children online.

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15 SEPTEMBER 2021

Online child abuse crimes have surged by three-quarters and more must be done to protect children online

While online abuse crimes have surged by 78% over four years, new Government plans to regulate social media through the Online Safety Bill fall significantly short of tackling this issue.

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06 SEPTEMBER 2021

Two girls in school uniform walking home together through a playground

Schools abuse helpline receives over 650 contacts as pupils urged to get in touch with concerns

Our specialised helpline works directly with the Department of Education to support children and young people who've experienced abuse at school. Whenever the abuse happened – we’re here to help.

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24 AUGUST 2021

Record high number of recorded grooming crimes lead to calls for stronger online safety legislation

Online grooming crimes recorded by police jumped by around 70% in the last three years reaching an all-time high in 2021.

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16 AUGUST 2021

Childline delivers nearly 5,000 counselling sessions to children about eating and body image disorders

In 2020/21 Childline has seen an increase in children and young people having concerns about eating disorders and body image compared with the previous year.

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24 JUNE 2021

18 charities, including the NSPCC, join forces to ‘Shape the Future with Volunteering’

Along with 17 other charities, we've launched our shared commitment to support all communities across the UK to be dynamic and welcoming places for volunteering.

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22 JUNE 2021

Childline’s new tool helps young people remove nude images shared online

Childline has launched the Report Remove tool with the IWF to help young people remove nude images of themselves from the internet.

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18 JUNE 2021

Childline delivers more than 5,000 counselling sessions about gender identity and sexuality in a year

We’ve seen a 29% increase in the number of young people speaking about coming out compared with last year. During Pride Month - and all year long - we’re here to provide young people with a source of support.

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