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Child Abuse Help & Support

When someone chooses to abuse a child, it can leave repercussions that last throughout the child’s life and into adulthood.

Getting the right help and support for that child could make an immense difference to the way they process what has happened to them.

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If you know a child that has been abused, or if you were abused as a child, you may be interested in exploring the child abuse help and support pages listed below.

Browse through for background information into the different actions that constitute child abuse, links to related documentaries and a list of organisations that may be able to help:

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Hayley Chapman quoted in the Evening Standard, 26 April 2025

By Hayley Chapman-Todd
Forest Hill teacher Geoffrey Dolamore admits decades of abuse against boys

A teacher and children’s charity director has finally admitted sexually abusing young boys in sickening assaults that date back as far as the seventies and…

By Joseph Carr
Ex-Northamptonshire and Met police officer charged with rape, kidnapping and stalking

The justice system took a sobering turn this week as 57-year-old Paul Brown, a former officer with both Northamptonshire Police and the Metropolitan Police Service,…

By Abbie Hickson
Why the UK needs clearer rules on teacher relationships with ex pupils

The case of Daniel Roberts, a former head of music teacher banned from the profession for his relationship with a past pupil, has highlighted a…

By Joseph Carr
Medical licence revoked for anaesthetist convicted of child abuse

A former anaesthetist who sexually assaulted a young girl during her hospital stay and took intimate images of patients has been permanently removed from the…

By Elise Carnot
Deeds not words needed to tackle historical child abuse

A bid to call a public inquiry with full statutory powers into historical child abuse in Oldham has failed for a second time. Councillors in…

By Joseph Carr
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