Education & Young People Community & Social Justice 2025
Ivison Trust

Impact Report 2024/25

Ivison Trust works to keep children safe from exploitation by supporting parents and carers, disrupting exploiters and working in partnership with police and family services. In 2024-25, 978 children were safeguarded; 717 families were worked with; 19,422 professionals were reached through training; 604 police investigations were supported; 542 intelligence reports were shared with police; and 83 parents received telephone support from volunteers who gave 300 hours. 52 professionals graduated as Advanced Child Sexual Exploitation Practitioners.

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Parent Liaison Officers (face-to-face support, advocacy and advice for families affected by child exploitation); National Support Team (telephone-based support); therapeutic support weekends and individual counselling; e-learning courses on child sexual and criminal exploitation; live interactive training for professionals; Spotting the Signs video; Parent Participation Programme; volunteer team Custom geography from upload: England and Wales

📊Key Metrics

978 children safeguarded; 717 families worked with; 604 police investigations supported; 542 intelligence reports shared with police Key Metric 1
19,422 professionals reached through training (18,151 e-learning completions, 1,271 live interactive training, 1,428 webinar attendees); 52 Advanced Child Sexual Exploitation Practitioner graduates Key Metric 2
83 parents supported by volunteer team (300 volunteer hours, 597 support calls); 21 parents attended therapeutic support weekend; 269 parents on online forum; 62 parents received therapeutic support (148 hours) Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Parent Participation Group involved 44 parents in influencing best practice; 19 parents delivered training or spoke at conferences; 117 parents contributed to research; 18 parents receive participation newsletter
  • 2,517 professionals watched Spotting the Signs video; parents described as 'victims' alongside their children — shifting sector language and stigma; collaboration with police and family services to disrupt exploiters
  • Work covers child sexual exploitation (CSE) and child criminal exploitation (CCE); charity established 2001; reg. no. 1092560; no financial data in extracted content

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