Three articles from the College of Policing

Efficacy of slavery and trafficking risk orders. There’s a growing body of research indicating that these orders can be used effectively to reduce crime. DCS Neil Ralph explains what we found when from research.

Children and Young Person Custody Project: Constable Sarah Rolland (Cumberland Youth Justice Service) and Sergeant Mark Foster (Cumbria Constabulary) describe the project that has been developed by the child-centred policing team at Cumbria Constabulary, in collaboration with youth justice services (YJSs) across Cumbria.

‘It’s That Antisocial’ campaign: Although ASB is often seen as low-level crime, it can have a significant impact. This campaign was targeted specifically at 28 neighbourhoods identified as under reporting ASB and launched its first phase in February 2025. It aimed to improve public understanding of what ASB is, encourage reporting, and build trust and confidence in the Police’s ability to tackle ASB.

Give them knowledge and hope, not fear: Guidance for delivering education to children and young people on child exploitation, county lines and related crime.

The Children’s Society and the National County Lines Coordination Centre have developed this best practice guide on delivering education to children and young people on child exploitation, county lines and related crime, drawing on both professional expertise and the views of children and young people themselves.

The guide seeks to support delivery of consistent, high quality education sessions to young people. Key to this is ensuring that the approach and content prioritises young people’s wellbeing and helps them know where to get help.

Who it is aimed at

This guide is aimed at all staff (inc. Police Officers) that are involved in developing and/or delivering content for and to young people about exploitation and related crime, including county lines and serious youth violence.

Alongside this resource is “Tell us who we can be, not who we shouldn’t be.” Youth voice insights into education on exploitation. This youth voice report aims to inform schools, commissioners and police about how young people feel about the quality of educational content on exploitation delivered in schools. This can then be used to consider best practice at a local, regional or national level.

Click here to access the Best Practice Guidance

Click here to access the Youth Voice report 

Ivison Trust: From Excluded to Included: Parents as Partners in Child Exploitation

This report explores the experiences of parents and carers whose children have been criminally or sexually exploited. From Excluded to Included draws on new evidence from parent interviews to understand whether the safeguarding systems in place are equipped to support, and are responsive to the needs of families living with child exploitation.

Click here to download the report

Webinars

The National County Lines Coordination Centre are continuing to offer monthly County Lines Awareness webinars. Suitable for all safeguarding professionals and police officers, these sessions provide an overview of:

• The County Lines model of drug supply
• The exploitation of children and vulnerable adults within County Lines
• Indicators of exploitation
• Vulnerability factors that may offenders may seek to exploit
• Case studies
• Signposting to resources and support

Feedback from these sessions has been very positive, with many attendees encouraging colleagues to book on to future webinars.

To register to attend one of these webinars, please use the links below:

Thursday 27 August 2026 10am-11:30am – https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ b4edc39a-1628-4985-ad1a-9764dba94e2b@0ce21128-57c4-4758-9f39-69bc679e12bf

Wednesday 30 September 2026 9:30am-11am – https://events.teams.microsoft.com/ event/3d874cef-928f-4893- b326-89cc9fe75b63@0ce21128-57c4-4758-9f39-69bc679e12bf

Unregistered Children’s Homes and Child Exploitation – From Evidence to Action

Date & time: Monday 7 September, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Venue: Online or ARU Cambridge Campus, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT

Hosted by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute (IPPPRI) and the National County Lines Coordination Centre (NCLCC), this event will bring together safeguarding professionals to share evidence, knowledge, practice and perspectives on unregistered children’s homes and child exploitation.

This is a hybrid event. Please indicate on registration whether you will attend in person or online. If joining online, a personal joining link will be sent to you ahead of the event once your registration has been approved.

Please note, this event is intended for safeguarding professionals, therefore all registrations are reviewed before attendance is confirmed.

Register here: Unregistered children’s homes and child exploitation: from evidence to action. A hybrid symposium

A more detailed agenda and information will follow registration.

#LookCloser training by The Children’s Society

The Children’s Society are offering an online event as part of their current programme of learning. All sessions are free of charge, and delivered via Microsoft Teams.

Demand for these events is usually high. Use the links below to sign up:

Tuesday 15 September 1pm-3pm – Appropriate Language – #LookCloser: Appropriate Language Tickets, Tuesday, September 15 • 1 PM – 3 PM GMT+1 | Eventbrite