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Waltham Forest + Abianda
Abianda’s Participation team worked with young women from Waltham Forest’s Young Advisors (YA) and Youth Independent Advisory Group...
Sep 4, 2023


Young Women's Advisory Group!
We're excited to announce that we are recruiting for our Young Women's Advisory Group (YWAG)! We would love for you to share this...
Aug 23, 2023


Filming
Our Contextual Safeguarding Lead Fiona was up to something special last week. She was filming for a video training package. This training...
Aug 21, 2023


Abianda & Arsenal
On 2 August, Abianda was invited to Emirates Stadium for a No More Red event in the Adidas box. Thank you to Arsenal FC and Arsenal in...
Aug 8, 2023


Abianda’s reflections on the death of Aisha Cleary
Overview In August 2019, a young woman called Rianna Cleary was remanded to HMP Bronzefield, Europe’s largest women’s prison. Rianna had...
Aug 2, 2023


About Us and With Us: A Youth Best Practice Event
Yesterday our Participation Lead Alex attended London's Violence Reduction Unit Young People's Action Group's 'About Us and With Us: A...
Jul 27, 2023


Keeping Girls and Young Women Safe Report
Young women and girls are often overlooked by services in relation to child criminal exploitation. A new report 'Keeping Girls and Young...
Jul 19, 2023


Open Letter to the Government on Child Sexual Abuse
We are proud to have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman calling for...
May 26, 2023


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


Youth Justice Reports
Liberty, No More Exclusions, Kids of Colour and 7 other organisations released Holding Our Own: A Guide to Non-Policing Solutions to...
May 1, 2023


Child Exploitation and Extra-Familial Harm Practice Principles
We're proud to have been involved in the development of the multi-agency Practice Principles for responding to child exploitation and...
Mar 29, 2023


Criminalisation of Nitrous Oxide
Abianda supports this statement by the Transform Drug Policy Foundation on the criminalising of nitrous oxide. As with all 'war on drugs'...
Mar 27, 2023


Strip Search of Children Report
38% of children strip-searched were Black & 52% of searches did not confirm that an appropriate adult was present - this is not...
Mar 27, 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


Response to the Casey Review
Baroness Louise Casey does not mince her words: "It's organisational, it's institutional, it's systemic... If you don't own the size of...
Mar 22, 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


Response to Gove's Truancy Proposal
Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, has proposed...
Mar 1, 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

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