Today (16th August 2019) the charity Action Against Abduction is calling for an urgent review of child abduction offences, following the latest increases in crimes recorded. Data released by the Office for National Statistics shows that: • Offences of child abduction recorded by police in England and Wales increased by 7 per cent, from 1,189...Read More

Action Against Abduction has been granted £20,000 to develop the Clever Never Goes programme thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery. The funding was awarded through People’s Postcode Trust, a grant giving charity funded entirely by players, and will ensure new Clever Never Goes schools resources can be developed for older primary age children. Geoff...Read More

Today (5 June 2018) the charity Action Against Abduction in partnership with Hampshire Constabulary will launch a new child safety programme: ‘Clever Never Goes’. It comes at the same time the charity publishes new research showing police in England, Scotland and Wales recorded 870 non-parental child abductions in 2016/17, an increase of 10 per cent...Read More

New statistics published today by Action Against Abduction show that police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland recorded 835 non-parental child abductions in 2015/16. This is more than double the number recorded four years ago (352 offences were recorded in 2012/13). Non-parental child abduction increased by 27 per cent from 2014/15 to 2015/16. Parental abduction...Read More

This week the Daily Mail ran an article on how three self-defence moves could keep children safe from abduction. This kind of material is pretty commonplace online, particularly in the US, so perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised to see it surface here in the UK. There are, apparently, some simple yet effective ‘moves’ which even...Read More