#Conference25 Scan the QR code for booking page or use the link in the comments section. £135 for StopSO members £150 Non-members

re: urgent reform of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) We are proud to be co-signatories with 29 other child protection agencies of an open letter by #MarieCollinsFoundation to Alexandra Davies-Jones MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State. Read below: tinyurl.com/3kj7ycft

Teens today are being pressured into sharing nudes, from peers and strangers online. We need to talk about it. Don’t get angry, talk about it. Get help with our latest campaign at thinkbeforeyoushare.org

Conference 2025- latest announcement. Very excited to reveal that Andy Marsh will speaking at this year's conference. Andy presented in 2023 and left all of us stunned by his knowledge. Essential knowledge for those working with people who are at risk or have offended on-line.

Our Annual Data & Insights Report reveals that almost a third of the images and videos we hashed in 2024, (210,572 or 29%) included Category A child sexual abuse – the most extreme imagery. Learn more about our work to stop online exploitation and abuse: www.iwf.org.uk/annual-data-....

Review of #BBC film #Unforgivable

Worried about what your children are sharing online? You're not alone. Get help to talk about it. For advice and tips go to thinkbeforeyoushare.org.

Sadly not everyone can afford therapy to address troubling sexual thoughts or behaviours. Prevention through therapy works and if you'd like to specifically #support someone to access preventative #therapy you can donate to that fund here: stopso.org.uk/donations/fu... #PreventionIsChildProtection

📣 Help us spread the word: 💚 If you are an adult victim or survivor of childhood sexual violence, we want to hear your voice. 📝 Take the Global #OurVoice Survivor Survey here: www.ourvoicesurvey.com 🤝 Supported by #JusticeInitiative

The wonderful team over at 2PS Project have created a video that really gets across the point that #counselling is an effective part of #prevention. #PreventionIsChildProtection is why our therapists are specially trained. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gnU...

Early Bird Booking Now Open for the StopSO Conference, 7th November 2025. Below are some teasers! Scan the QR code to get more booking info. Early Bird Prices: StopSO members - £115 Non-members - £135

Over at #LinkedIN, following the time honoured tradition, the StopSo - Tackling Sexual Abuse Patrons and trustees want to #celebrate going over 1,000 followers! See the slides for why that landmark number is important to us (and we hope to say the same here at Bluesky 😀 one day):

✈️Last week, our Executive Director @ninavaaranenvalkon.bsky.social traveled to London for a high-level #Google Impact Summit on keeping children safe in the digital world. The summit especially focused on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enhance the work of child protection organisations.

🎉 We’re excited to be selected as one of the 20 grantees in @safeonlinefund.bsky.social 2024 Open Call! 💥 Out of 300+ global applications, our project was chosen for its potential to make a difference in the fight against online childhood sexual violence. 👉 Learn more: bit.ly/SafeOnline_G...

If the attached article about #TheKnock from the #BBC resonates with you about your own on-line behaviour or someone you know, self-refer for support via our website. Our charity trains therapists and matches them to those seeking help in The UK. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Over at hashtag#StopSO HQ we are thrilled to announce Catherine Cox as a guest speaker for our conference. Just how interesting does this sound👇?

At all very good bookshops! Our first StopSO book with contributions from experts accross the professions involved in this area of work. All royalties go to #StopSO and help support our work.

And now it is the turn of our patron Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen of @protect-children.bsky.social ect Children. The amount of expertise knowledge and wisdom at the conference is astounding. #StrongerTogether

#IPPPRI25 conference is well and truly underway! Our amazing patron Simon Bailey CBE, QPM, DL is wonderful as ever.

It is great to hear Jess Phillips delivery her keynote speech. 💡 At IPPPRI25 conference

More amazing #CPD for professionals

#CPD for #counsellors and #psychotherapists

Insightful podcast discussing the #ProtechProject, its aims and outcomes, as well as wider efforts to improve the response to child sexual abuse and exploitation online by reducing the demand for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) www.protechproject.eu/podcast

Our dynamic trustee Emma is at #ProtechProject conference with our patrons in Brussels. So much learning and sharing. @protect-children.bsky.social

Only two weeks to go to the launch of our 2024 Annual Data & Insights Report, a key event that showcases the latest insights into online child sexual abuse trends. Join us on 23 April, and learn how we're shaping a better internet. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/acc1d5...

⏰ EARLY BIRD #CONFERENCE TICKETS #OnSale NOW ⏳ Early bird tickets available for members and non-members, see link below. This year's Conference will build on the superb standard of 2024’s Conference. The full schedule will be published soon but here is a taster...

💡 Our #2KNOW project research results have been featured in a thought-provoking article by Harriet Grant published in @theguardian.com. 📰 The article discusses a complex link between viewing adult pornography and child sexual abuse material. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

StopSO Training now available to book for September intake: The Online Professional Certificate in Therapeutic Practice with Sex Offenders. Providing #counsellors, #psychotherapists, #psychologists, #ProbationOfficers, #SocialWorkers and #ProjectWorkers with the necessary knowledge, ...

There are some wonderful people and charities working in the same sector as StopSO and this thoughtful piece of #journalism helps explain some of the context. If this article #triggers you, you can find our link in the comments www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

INHOPE insightful annual report has landed. It is reports like these that show us how imperative it is to get across the message that #PreventionIsBetterThanCure and when it comes the challenges of #CSAM we are all #StrongerTogether inhope.org/EN/articles/...

With statistics like these coming through one investigation, it highlights the important work of different agencies, organisations and charities coming at CSA from all angles. #StrongerTogether #PreventionIsBetterThanCure #CSAM #TheKnock rb.gy/smjemy

This is a really interesting podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmd4... @protect-children.bsky.social @ninavaaranenvalkon.bsky.social

👋🏻 if you work in #HR, are a #HeadOfPeople or work in a #PeopleTeam you may encounter (if you haven’t already) a situation where a member of staff has been arrested for a sexual offence such as viewing illegal images online.

Today @ninavaaranenvalkon.bsky.social Vaaranen-Valkonen from @protect-children.bsky.social Children took time out of her schedule (if you follow Nina you will know why mentioning her schedule is important 🚀 !) to introduce The Redirection Programme to hashtag#StopSo therapists.

So pleased that both our incredible patrons Simon Bailey CBE, QPM, DL and Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen are speakers at #ProtechEU. The whole line up of speakers is truly impressive and so much wisdom will be shared. www.linkedin.com/posts/stopso...

Tackling online child sexual abuse (CSA) requires a collective, international effort. On 10 April we will be sharing our insights at the Protech Final Conference in Brussels (with an online option for remote attendees). 🚀 Register now to secure your place: www.protechproject.eu/conference-2...

· Save The Date for StopSO #Conference2025 The conference is going to be at the historic and transport convenient MARY WARD HOUSE CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION CENTRE in Central London Speakers will be announced and tickets will be on sale soon.

Crucial milestone for online safety, as platforms are now required to take the necessary measures to protect users from illegal content, including child sexual abuse material. We stand ready to help companies to do everything they can to comply with the new duties. www.iwf.org.uk/news-media/n...

Weekends can feel very lonely for some and the temptation to sooth away lonliness by engaging in online chats. This can lead to engaging in more extreme chats and pornography, in other words chasing dopamine hits to feel better. Though that dopamine hit soon gets replaced with guilt and fear.

Fully endorse this! We are happy to share and promote.

This is wonderful to read. Well done Ofcom for investing in this and as we know StopSo - Tackling Sexual Abuse, the research from @protect-children.bsky.social Children is of immense use in sexual harm prevention. 👏

Last call for a day of training for therapists on Thursday 13th March with the exceptional Professor Clare Allely. Exploring How Certain Features of Autism Spectrum Disorder May Provide the Context of Vulnerability to Engaging in Sexual Offending Book here: lnkd.in/ecCaGMyR

Great reflections and suggestions. Thank you for posting.

🤔 Can't quite remember when an #onlinesafetyact consultation is? 😕 Need to get your hands quickly on the final version of an @ofcom.bsky.social code or guidance? 🤓 Want to check out relevant research reports and resources to help your work? 💡 It's all here 👇https://www.onlinesafetyact.net/resources/

"When people know that the images of their childhood suffering can be stopped from re-emerging, they can feel safer. It feels good to know that we’re helping to make the internet a safer place," says our Analyst Rosa. Learn more about the crucial work our analysts do. www.iwf.org.uk/about-us/who...

The sun is shining (in some parts of the UK, at least). However, if you are in the UK & sitting with challenging sexual thoughts which are casting a cloud over your days, you can get support by self-referring: stopso.org.uk/client-reque...

#ThePornReview by Baroness Barton Whitehall- do the right thing. Let’s put substance behind the word’ tackling sex abuse’. Every victim deserves your implementing of these recommendations. It is difficult to justify not acting on each of these worthy recommendations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

StopSO are honoured to have Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen as #patron. Being a psychotherapist herself, Nina is a real champion of therapy being part of the process for preventing harm. 👏