Learning Through Lived Experience

The New Reality of Online Harm

The emerging threats every safeguarding professional needs to understand.

Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TACSA) is constantly evolving. Through a combination of specialist insight and lived experience, this three-part webinar series explores emerging online harms and the changing digital landscape, helping to strengthen understanding of the issues affecting children and young people today.

SESSION ONE - 22 Jul: Is your understanding of Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse up to date? 

TACSA continues to evolve, yet many professionals remain unsure about what it encompasses or how it differs from offline abuse. This introductory webinar explores what TACSA really means and why understanding it and the impact it has is essential for anyone supporting children and young people.

SESSION TWO - 29 Jul: Have you heard of Com Groups? 

Com Groups represent one of the fastest-growing and most concerning online threats facing children today. This webinar explores what a Com Group is and what safeguarding professionals need to know to recognise and respond to this emerging form of harm.

SESSION THREE - 5 August: How is AI being used to sexually abuse children? 

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how offenders sexually abuse children. From AI-generated imagery to chatbots, this webinar explores the risks, emerging trends and what professionals need to understand to respond confidently to these new challenges.

When You Don't Know What To Do Next

Practical guidance for parents, carers and professionals who support families and victims of Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse.

This three-part webinar series explores some of the most difficult questions families face when impacted by Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TACSA). With a combination of specialist insight and lived experience these webinars offer practical guidance, resources and trauma-aware approaches to support children on their recovery journey.

 

SESSION ONE - 19 Aug: What happens when professionals take ‘No Further Action’? 

For many children a 'No Further Action' outcome can feel confusing, distressing and isolating. This webinar explores what these decisions mean and how children and families need to be supported in order to recover.

 

 SESSION TWO - 26 Aug: How do we respond to children harming children? 

When a child is a victim of, or when a child displays problematic or harmful sexual behaviour online, parents and professionals may feel unsure how to respond. This webinar considers how we respond in a child-centred and trauma-aware way ensuring there is an appropriate response to those affected.

 

SESSION THREE - 2 Sep: It isn’t ‘bad behaviour’ 

Behaviour is a form of communication, one which we need to translate

Children communicate their distress through changes in behaviour that can easily be misunderstood. This webinar explores how the trauma of TACSA affects children, why behaviours change, and how parents and professionals can be more informed and aware of how they respond to children

 

Life Beyond Technology-assisted Child Sexual Abuse

Conversations about healing, hope and finding your way forward.

This three part webinar series, underpinned by lived experienced, explores the realities of healing, rebuilding trust, managing the lasting impact of Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TACSA) and finding hope beyond it. This series offers valuable insight for victims and survivors along with parents, carers and professionals supporting recovery.

 

SESSION ONE - 16 Sep: What does healing really look like? 

Recovery from TACSA is rarely straightforward. This lived experience focused webinar explores the ongoing impact of digital permanence, managing triggers and anxiety, and what healing can look like beyond abuse.

 

SESSION TWO - 23 Sep: How do you rebuild trust when systems let you down? 

Many victims and survivors experience disappointment when the systems designed to protect them fall short. This webinar explores the impact of institutional responses, rebuilding trust, and navigating recovery when those experiences become part of the trauma.

 

SESSION THREE - 30 Sep: How do you heal while helping others? 

For many victims and survivors, advocacy can be empowering - but it can also have an emotional impact. This webinar explores how to engage in lived experience work while protecting your own wellbeing, recognising boundaries, and sustaining recovery over time.