Are you a Young Person?
Want to know more about unhealthy and risky relationships? Click the following link for the AWARE young persons leaflet (pdf).
- Are you getting attention from someone older?
- Is this person buying you presents, alcohol, drugs?
- Do they make you feel special?
- Is your relationship becoming serious?
- Are you having sex or messing around with them?
- Have you been asked to keep your relationship a secret?
This sounds romantic but it isn't... These are some of the things perpetrators/adults do to groom and sexually exploit young people
A sexually exploitative relationship is difficult to describe but the definition below could help:
'Some one taking advantage of you sexually, for their own benefit. This could be through threats, bribes, violence, humiliation, or by telling you that they love you, they will have the power to get you to do sexual things for their own, or other people's benefit or enjoyment (including: touching or kissing private parts, sex, taking sexual photos)'
(As defined by the Young Women's Group, New Horizons: 2008 The Nia Project & The Children's Society)
If you have been given this leaflet, an adult may believe you need our service
Young People need to be AWARE of Sexual Exploitation
The AWARE Project at The Relationships Centre is here to work with you if you are in such a relationship, to help you regain control over your life
We will work together with other agencies to help and support you to make positive changes in your life to keep you safe, healthy, happy and to help you create positive future goals.
The first step in making a change and regaining control is to contact us.
How to contact us:
By Phone: 01925 246910
By email: info@therelationshipscentre.co.uk
Online: www.therelationshipscentre.co.uk
Be AWARE of Child Sexual Exploitation: A Whole Approach to Reducing Exploitation
