2021 News and opinion

Our news stories and opinion pieces from this year.

04 JANUARY 2022

NSPCC Trustee, Albert Heaney, receives CBE in New Year Honours

Albert Heaney, our Trustee for Wales, has been awarded the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to social care in the New Year Honours List 2022.

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07 DECEMBER 2021

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes

The government has announced a national review into Arthur’s death. We welcome this and will be challenging the government to make sure the recommendations are acted upon.

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03 DECEMBER 2021

Child abuse image crimes in the UK have risen - we urgently need a stronger Online Safety Bill

Our latest research has found more than 100,000 child abuse image crimes were recorded by UK police forces over the last five years.

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01 DECEMBER 2021

Last December was loneliest month for children contacting Childline

Our Childline service saw counselling sessions about loneliness peak over the festive period last year, with a record number of nearly 600 sessions provided on this topic in December alone.

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22 NOVEMBER 2021

Latest figures show NSPCC helpline has reached record levels of reports about child sexual exploitation and abuse

Our NSPCC helpline has received on average 26 contacts a day from people concerned a child is being or has been sexually exploited and/or abused.

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16 NOVEMBER 2021

Anti-bullying advice and new insights from Childline

Last year our counsellors delivered 6,654 sessions about bullying – and analysis highlights how, while for some children lockdowns were a respite from bullies, for others the bullying transferred online.

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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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