How the campaign works

Stop it Now UK & Ireland is a campaign, managed by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, which aims to prevent child sexual abuse by raising awareness and encouraging early recognition and responses to the problem by abusers themselves and those close to them.

It does this through the establishment of national, regional and local projects and initiatives, the dissemination of information and the provision of a Helpline.

The regional and local projects are based on partnerships between the local community and the statutory and voluntary agencies.

 They tend to be hosted by one of the major children’s charities and are broadly reliant on funding from the local statutory bodies responsible for safeguarding children and from charitable trusts. Some also have funding from agencies working within the criminal justice system.

Our leaflets, posters and postcards give accurate information regarding child sexual abuse and offer suggestions of where to go for help.

The Stop it Now! FREEPHONE CONFIDENTIAL 0808 1000 900 HELPLINE offers confidential advice and support to adults who have concerns about their own behaviours or those of others.

Our target groups are adult abusers, family and friends of abusers and carers of young people with worrying sexual behaviours.

The four key elements which underlie the development of the campaign are a public health framework, a focus on adults, a balancing of accountability and understanding and a collaborative model of working.

To see the campaign structure please click here.

Confidentiality Statement
Our telephone Helpline offers a confidential service for people seeking advice and support.  This means that when contacting us you do not have to give any identifying information such as address, telephone number or last name. 

However if you do give us identifying information and we are concerned that a child is at risk or a criminal offence has been committed which the police may not be aware of, we will have to pass on that information to the appropriate agencies. 

We also offer a confidential e-mail service, help@stopitnow.org.uk, on which you can contact us.  Your e-mail address will not be displayed.