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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 3d

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 3d

Find out more about our conference and sign up to our free, upcoming webinars:
➤ www.exchangewales.org/safeguarding...

You can also read our review of the stage play:
➤ cascadewales.org/hot-chicks-r...

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Safeguarding Approaches for Criminally Exploited Children – ExChange

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 3d

ExChange Wales had the pleasure of interviewing Michelle & Richard from Grand Ambition about the production company's acclaimed stage play 'Hot Chicks', which tells a powerful story about child criminal exploitation in Swansea. 🎬 🎭

📺 Watch now: youtu.be/FrXygtOPgMs

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Interview with Michelle McTernan and Richard Mylan - Grand Ambition | ExChange Wales

ExChange Wales had the pleasure of interviewing Michelle and Richard from Grand Ambition about the production company's acclaimed stage play 'Hot Chicks', which tells a powerful story about child…

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 4d

📣 If you missed our first webinar in our new conference series, with Dr Nina Maxwell, you can catch it now on our YouTube Channel!

📺 Watch now: youtu.be/XkMOBMz3jzc

Sign up to our free conference events:
www.exchangewales.org/safeguarding...

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“They’re not seeing young people as victims of exploitation” - Dr Nina Maxwell | ExChange Wales

“They’re not seeing young people as victims of exploitation”: Multi-agency responses to the criminal exploitation of children in Wales Speaker: Dr Nina Maxwell Drawing on findings from an Action…

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Don't miss out on our second webinar in our conference, next week:

"Strengthening the System for Criminally Exploited Children: From Awareness to Action"

Speaker: Sharon Maciver
📅 Mon 13th October
⏰ 1 - 2pm
📍 Online, Teams

Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8d346a...

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CASCADE @cascaderesearch.bsky.social · 5d

Kinship care is more prevalent than foster care or adoption, but we know less about these families.

This #KinshipCareWeek, check out our latest blog 'What we still don't know about kinship care' and get in touch with us about your priorities for kinship care!

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 10d

📣 Don't miss out on this new addition to our conference!

Webinar: "Missing and Lost: Missing Children, Social Harm and Structural Violence"

Speaker: Dr Paul Andell

🗓️ Weds 22nd October
⏰ 1 - 2pm
📍 Online, Teams

Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/58b27a...

#CEC #SocialCare

ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 11d

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 11d

Watch the opening address of our Autumn conference by Dawn Bowden MS: Minister for Children and Social Care. 📺

Premiering today at 10am: youtu.be/kI9lehsnOd4

Sign up to our free conference events at www.exchangewales.org/safeguarding...

#SAFCEC #CEC #SocialCare | @dawnbowden.bsky.social

Opening Address - Dawn Bowden MS | Safeguarding Approaches for Criminally Exploited Children

Opening Address for the ExChange Wales autumn conference: 'Safeguarding Approaches for Criminally Exploited Children' by Dawn Bowden, Minister for Children and Social Care. Find out more and sign…

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 12d

The fourth webinar in our upcoming autumn conference:

"Falling through the net: The exploitation of learning disabled & neurodivergent children and young people."

Speakers: Sarah Goff & Anita Franklin
📅 Tues 4th Nov
⏰ 12 - 1pm
📍 Online, Teams

Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b0d632...

ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 12d

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 12d

Have you heard our new podcast series? 🎧

In our first episode, Dr Richard Gater talked to us about his new book "The 21st Century Ladz" & the changing attitudes to 'manhood' in young men in South Wales.

Listen: buff.ly/qRMloGs

Subscribe to be notified for upcoming episodes. 🚨

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 13d

💡Two days to go! Don't miss out on the first webinar in our conference series:

"They're not seeing young people as victims of exploitation"

Speaker: Dr Nina Maxwell
📅 Weds 1st October
⏰ 1 - 2pm
📍 Online, Teams

Find out more & sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d51e36...

#SocialCare #CEC

ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 13d

💡 The third webinar in our upcoming Autumn conference series:

"Missing and Lost: Missing Children, Social Harm and Structural Violence"

Speaker: Dr Paul Andell

🗓️ Weds 22nd October
⏰ 1 - 2pm
📍 Online, Teams

Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/58b27a...

#CEC #SocialCare

ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 13d

💡 The second webinar in our upcoming Autumn conference series:

"Strengthening the System for Criminally Exploited Children: From Awareness to Action"

Speaker: Sharon Maciver
📅 Monday 13th October
⏰ 1 - 2pm
📍 Online, Teams

Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8d346a...

#CEC #SocialCare

ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 17d

The presenter calls for trauma-informed, relationship-based & structurally aware safeguarding practices that prioritise protection, equity & systemic reform over procedural compliance.

Sign up: buff.ly/ynu5uJW

Conference page: buff.ly/QWHWkX3

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 17d

Accounts from frontline practitioners highlight the limitations of fragmented, risk-averse systems and the contradictions faced by residential staff. (6/7)

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 17d

The webinar will explore how social inequalities, race, class, and gender intersect to compound marginalisation, leading children to become not only physically ‘missing’ but institutionally ‘lost.’ (5/7)

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 17d

Children in care are disproportionately vulnerable to criminal and sexual exploitation, often misrecognised as offenders rather than safeguarded as victims. (4/7)

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 17d

Drawing on personal reflections, policy analysis, case studies, and recent qualitative research, the presenter suggests that episodes of missing children are not isolated events but symptoms of systemic failure. (3/7)

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 17d

In this webinar Dr Paul Andell will discuss the phenomenon of children going missing from care, situating these experiences within wider frameworks of structural violence, social harm, and institutional neglect. (2/7)

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 19d

Find out more and sign up for free: buff.ly/QWHWkX3

#SAFCEC #ExChangeWales #WelshResearch #SocialCare #ChildSocialCare | @cascaderesearch.bsky.social | @researchwales.bsky.social
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Safeguarding Approaches for Criminally Exploited Children – ExChange

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 19d

The conference also draws current research and the notable Jay Review of Criminally Exploited Children: Shattered Lives, Stolen Futures and a study undertaken by the Modern Slavery Network on trafficking and exploitation of children with special educational needs and disabilities. (4/5)

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 19d

It is a safeguarding issue that needs to be addressed with urgency, and the focus of these webinars is moving from understanding to action.

Dawn Bowden MS will introduce the conference in a video address, and the Welsh Gov will be launching their Anti Slavery Wales online learning tool. (3/5)

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ExChange Wales @exchangewales.bsky.social · 19d

The focus of this conference is moving from understanding the criminal exploitation of children to taking action. Whilst there has been growing impetus on multi-agency safeguarding, there is still a lack of legislation on modern slavery and the criminal exploitation of children. (2/5)

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