Service Description
We offer two specialist workshops designed to help adults understand the real risks young people face today. Both sessions are trauma‑informed, practical, and rooted in real‑world experience working with young people across London.
1. Gangs Awareness & Youth Exploitation Workshop
This workshop gives adults a grounded understanding of how young people can be pulled into harmful situations. It explores the pressures, vulnerabilities, and tactics used by exploiters, helping adults recognise early warning signs and respond safely.
Topics include:
• Grooming and recruitment methods
• Debt bondage and how young people become trapped
• Knife‑related risks and the realities behind youth violence
• Criminal exploitation and County Lines operations
• Push and pull factors that make young people vulnerable
• How to communicate with young people about safety
• Practical steps adults can take to reduce risk and build trust
This session is suitable for parents, carers, community members, and professionals who want to strengthen their confidence in supporting young people.
2. Online Safety (in partnership with EE)
This workshop helps adults understand the fast‑changing online world young people navigate every day. It breaks down the platforms, behaviours, and risks that can lead to harm, while offering practical tools to keep young people safe.
Topics include:
• Online grooming and manipulation
• Gaming risks, in‑game chat, and hidden contact routes
• Popular apps and the risks linked to each
• Catfishing and identity deception
• Social media pressures and harmful trends
• How young people hide or minimise online behaviour
• Practical strategies for safer online communication at home or in services
This session empowers adults to have informed, confident conversations with young people about their digital lives.
This workshop is open to adults aged 18+ who support, work with, or care for young people.
No professional background is required.
Participants should:
• Be able to engage in a respectful, discussion‑based session
• Have an interest in improving their understanding of youth safety, exploitation, and online risks
• Have access to a device if attending online
There are no referral requirements and no eligibility barriers.
The session is suitable for parents, carers, community members, and professionals.