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Excellent commentary from our Founder, Emma Jane Taylor. Please take a moment to read, reflect and share. The work we are doing at Project 90-10 is focused on the 90-10 stat and those hidden in plain sight. As we have seen recently, this is an impactful conversation.
There is a dangerous misconception about child sexual abuse and grooming. We need to talk about it.
In light of the allegations surrounding David Walliams, and his statement that he is not a sexual predator, we need to understand what grooming means.
Deliberately grooming a child for sexual exploitation is predatory behaviour. That is a safeguarding principle, not a conclusion about anyone facing allegations.
A child doesn’t have to recognise they’re being groomed for grooming to be taking place.
ITV News reports allegations from women who say they experienced grooming, including accounts of contact beginning at just 15. One describes how attention from a celebrity made her feel special.
Walliams denies the allegations. That must be acknowledged. But the wider safeguarding conversation matters.
I talk regularly about the 90-10 statistic. The vast majority of children who experience sexual abuse know the person responsible. Abuse is often hidden in plain sight, behind trust, admiration and power.
As a child, you don’t necessarily have the vocabulary or understanding to recognise manipulation or exploitation.
You may feel special. Chosen. Important.
A child can feel special and still be exploited. A child can trust someone and still be abused.
Sometimes it takes adulthood to recognise how frightening or abusive childhood experiences were.
We must stop asking why children didn’t speak out, maintained contact or took years to understand what happened.
We need to stop judging childhood experiences through adult understanding.
Safeguarding means educating adults about warning signs, manipulation and power imbalances, while empowering children without making them responsible for preventing abuse.
Children should never have to recognise abuse before adults recognise their responsibility to protect them.
This is why I campaign. Until we understand grooming, we will keep having these conversations.
And I am not here for another conversation.
I am here for change.
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Our Founder continues conversations today, post Russell Brand being sentenced, bringing the conversation back again to the work Project 90-10 are doing around the 90-10 stat and why she is here for change, and change only.
"We need to get to a point where we can empower these young people to challenge these conversations."
Campaigner Emma Jane Taylor says that the "chain needs to break" to stop people like Russell Brand getting away with inappropriate behaviour in the workplace.
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Our Founder chatting to Kevin at Talk TV about the Russell Brand case and the 90-10 statisic.
During my interview on TalkTV about the Russell Brand case, I brought the conversation back to something at the very heart of my charity, Project 90-10.
The importance of recognising and challenging behaviour that doesn’t sit right.
Too often, warning signs are overlooked, inappropriate behaviour is excused and people stay silent because they don’t want to interfere.
We need to change that. Safeguarding isn’t just about responding when abuse has happened. It’s about recognising the warning signs and having the courage to speak up before more harm is done.
You don’t need proof to raise a concern. This is why I campaign. This is why Project 90-10 exists. Because abuse is so often hidden in plain sight.
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To protect children we must understand the significance of these cases, supporting victims futures.
I wonder how the women at the heart of this case spent their first night following the verdict.
While the headlines focus on Russell Brand being ‘petrified’ during his first night in custody, I wonder how many nights his victims have spent petrified - living with fear, trauma and the consequences of what happened to them. For some, the verdict may bring closure. For others, it may reopen wounds that have never truly healed.
Trauma doesn’t follow a court timetable. Let’s not lose sight of the people who matter most...View quoted post on X