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April Training
In April, we delivered 8 training sessions to over 100 professionals. Topics included contextual safeguarding, relationship mapping and...
May 3, 2023

Abianda Newsletter - March 2023
Hi Abianda supporters, happy spring! We've had a busy few months working to keep young women and girls safe from criminal exploitation...
Mar 24, 2023

National Child Exploitation Awareness Day
National Child Exploitation Awareness Day is 18 March 2023. We work with young women and girls affected by criminal exploitation and...
Mar 18, 2023


Southwark College's Personal Safety Information Day
The Abianda team headed to Southwark College's Personal Safety Information Day on 16 March. Our Contextual Safeguarding Lead Fiona spoke...
Mar 17, 2023

Safeguarding Adolescents and Young People Conference
On 16 March, Abianda's Gender Consultant Lucia attended Healthcare Conferences UK's Safeguarding Adolescents and Young People Conference....
Mar 17, 2023


International Women's Day 2023
This year's International Women’s Day theme of embracing equity is something we challenge ourselves to do on a day-to-day basis in our...
Mar 8, 2023

Abianda at Redthread's HIVE Conference
On 31 January, Abianda team members headed to Redthread's HIVE 'Collaborating to Reduce Serious Youth Violence' Conference. It brought...
Feb 7, 2023

Adultification Bias Keynote
On 2 February, our Contextual Safeguarding Lead Fiona attended 'Adultification Bias in the Context of Child Protection' Keynote delivered...
Feb 6, 2023


Islington's Violence against Women and Girls Conference
Our team headed to Islington's Violence against Women and Girls conference on 28 November. Our Founder and CEO Abi shares her experience...
Nov 30, 2022


Enfield Council's White Ribbon Day Event
On Friday, our team headed to Enfield Council to speak at their White Ribbon Day event. Our Rescue and Response Lead Alex spoke alongside...
Nov 28, 2022

Safeguarding Adults Week 2022
At Abianda we passionately believe in the six principles of the Care Act 2014 - empowerment, prevention, proportionality, partnership,...
Nov 21, 2022


Lambeth's Borough Plan
On 11 October, our Contextual Safeguarding Lead Fiona attended a session at Marcus Lipton Youth Club to discuss Lambeth's Borough Plan....
Oct 13, 2022

Catch22 + Abianda
On 11 October, we had over 30 professionals attend our training 'Working with Young Women and Girls Affected by Gangs and County Lines'...
Oct 13, 2022


Abianda travels to Wales
On 21 September, our team headed to Llandudno, Wales to deliver training to Amethyst Sexual Assault Referral Centre. We covered our...
Sep 27, 2022

Tackling Youth Violence
Our Rescue & Response Gender Consultant Lucia headed to Ealing. Here are her reflections on the Tackling Youth Violence Network event....
Sep 15, 2022

Commission on Young Lives Roundtable
We're pleased to lend our expertise to the Commission on Young Lives and Agenda's roundtable discussion on how to support young women at...
Jul 21, 2022


MP Emily Thornberry visits Abianda
Thank you to MP Emily Thornberry for visiting our office on 15 July. Emily is the Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury and the...
Jul 20, 2022


National Investigators Safeguarding Exercise
This week, 3 team members attended a 2-day Hydra training along with @metpoliceUK by the National County Lines Coordination Centre. They...
Jun 17, 2022

Abi meets with MP Emily Thornberry to discuss how to best support survivors of sexual violence
Today our Founder and CEO Abi Billinghurst met with MP Emily Thornberry in our home borough of Islington. The meeting was to discuss the...
Jun 13, 2022


We are thrilled to be hosting an Individual Training session on the 4th July 2022
Working with Young Women and Girls Affected by Gangs and County Lines. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-with-young-women-and-girls-...
Apr 28, 2022

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