child prostitution: the horrors of selling sex
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organisations
Barnardo's
Tanners Lane
Barkingside
Ilford IG6 1QG
Tel: 020 8550 8822
Website: www.barnardos.org.uk
Barnado's was first set up in 1867 as a home for orphans in London's East End. Today, the charity works with children, young people, families and communities to help build a society in which children are free from poverty, abuse and discrimination. Barnardo's specialises in providing services and support to vulnerable and disadvantaged children in the UK. The website has information about local projects and regional offices.
ChildLine
Freepost Natn 1111
London E1 6BR
Helpline: 0800 1111 (24 hours)
Textphone: 0800 400 222
General enquiries: 020 7650 3200 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm)
Website: www.childline.org.uk
Free, confidential 24-hour helpline staffed by counsellors who are trained to encourage children and young people to talk about any issue that is worrying them and offer useful advice. The charity warns that lines can be busy so callers should be persistent. The ChildLine website also contains a wealth of news, features and advice on various topics including domestic violence, sexual abuse and exam stress.
NSPCC
Weston House
42 Curtain Road
London EC2A 3NH
Helpline: 0808 800 5000 (24 hours)
Textphone: 0800 056 0566
Asian helpline: 0800 096 7719 (Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm. Advisers speak English and Asian languages)
Cymru/Welsh helpline: 0808 100 2524 (Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm)
Tel: 020 7825 2500
E-mail: help@nspcc.org.uk
Website: www.nspcc.org.uk
Young people's advice website: www.there4me.com
The UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. The free helpline is for anyone, children or adults, concerned about a child at risk of abuse. There are Asian and Welsh language helplines. The NSPCC also runs high profile campaigns for children's rights, such as Full Stop and administers 180 regional teams and projects.
Shelter
Shelterline: 0808 800 4444 (24 hours)
88 Old Street
London EC1V 9HU
Tel: 020 7505 4699
E-mail: info@shelter.org.uk
Website: www.shelternet.org.uk
Shelter is a national organisation working to help homeless people and badly housed people to get decent housing. Shelter offers free, professional and independent advice to anyone with a housing problem. Shelterline advisors will discuss your rights, explain your options and help you take action. The Shelternet website provides information and advice on housing issues such as renting, rights and homelessness.
Refuge
2-8 Maltravers Street
London WC2R 3EE
Helpline: 0808 2000 247 (24 hours)
Tel: 020 7395 7700
E-mail: info@refuge.org.uk
Website: www.refuge.org.uk
Refuge provides counselling, support and welfare rights as well as accommodation and refuge to women and children escaping domestic violence and other harmful situations.
websites
Adults and young people abused through prostitution in the UK
www.sexualhealthmatters.com
Report by Wendy Shepherd of Barnardos about child prostitution, including discussion of the practice of 'grooming'.
ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes)
www.ecpat.net
A network of organisations and individuals that is working to eliminate the commercial sexual exploitation of children. ECPAT seeks to encourage coordinated global efforts to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free from all forms of commercial sexual exploitation.
The Guardian: 'The BNP hijacked my film'
http://politics.guardian.co.uk
Discussion from August 2004 about Channel 4's controversial documentary 'Edge of the City' which documented the practice of young white girls being groomed for sex in Bradford and Keighley.
More than one chance!
www.nchafc.org.uk/page.asp?auto=419
A joint report from ECPAT, and children's charities including NCH, The Children's Society, NSPCC and Barnardo's in which children and young people involved in prostitution tell their stories in their own words. Available as a free download.
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