Over the last fifteen years I have worked to address sexual exploitation in a range of professional and voluntary roles, including research, policy, advocacy and direct support for survivors of sexual harm. As Senior Research Fellow at the Safer Young Lives Centre (University of Bedfordshire), I was part of an award-winning team researching gang-associated exploitation, the care system, and new ways of understanding and improving young people’s safety.
I was one of the founding members of Faiths Against Child Sexual Exploitation, and have spent ten years as Chair of Trustees and a front-line volunteer with a charity supporting women exploited through prostitution.