Who is protecting the children? Yesterday I attended the UK launch of ReDirection Youth, created by Protect Children. I went to listen and learn, but as the discussion developed I found myself doing what I so often do — joining the dots. Parents. Schools. Health. Social care. Policing. Government. Technology companies. Specialist organisations. Communities. Public awareness. We cannot keep moving responsibility from one part of society to another. And we cannot make children responsible for their own safeguarding simply because we have given them information. What children need is knowledge, safe people, safe spaces and systems that act. I also keep coming back to the need for a wider cultural shift. IICSA Recommendation 4 called for increased public awareness around child sexual abuse and what people should do when abuse is happening or suspected. Because safeguarding knowledge cannot remain in specialist rooms. That is what led me to write: WHO IS PROTECTING THE CHILDREN? A six-page reflection connecting prevention, early intervention, education, technology, public awareness, safeguarding, specialist support and recovery. Every child. Every environment. Every layer of protection. Because prevention has to be part of Breaking The Cycle™. I’d really welcome your thoughts after reading it. Chris Tuck ACMA FMAAT Founder & CEO, Survivors Of aBuse Connector | Communicator | Change Agent You’re Worth Fighting For #BreakingTheCycle #ChildProtection #Safeguarding #Prevention #PublicAwareness #ReDirectionYouth @SOB_Org

🎤 A little bit of news I’m very proud to share… I am now officially a CPD Accredited Speaker & Trainer with The CPD Standards Office. 💙 Provider No. 70115 When I first started speaking publicly about my experiences, I never imagined where that journey would take me. But one thing has always been important to me. I don’t want to just tell my story. There has to be a purpose to it. *What can we learn from lived experience? *What are we missing? *What needs to change? *And what can we actually DO differently afterwards? My learning activity has now been independently assessed and approved for CPD accreditation — and I was incredibly pleased to be told that no changes were required to the learning activity I submitted. For me, that's another important step in turning lived experience into learning, understanding and change. I don't just want people leaving one of my talks saying: “That was powerful.” I want them asking: “What am I going to do differently because of what I’ve just heard?” Awareness → Understanding → Action → Change. And yes… I want to do more speaking! 🎤 So if you know an organisation, conference, workplace or professional network that could benefit from hearing my work, please tag them, share this post or put us in touch. 💙 I’ve written a little more about what the accreditation means here: christuckmotivationalspeaker… You’re Worth Fighting For. #CPD #Speaker #PublicSpeaking #ProfessionalDevelopment #LivedExperience @SOB_Org

Good morning all Pls consider nominating us TODAY. Deadline is tomorrow 24.5.26. Charity number 1166712 For the current Health & Wellbeing £5,000 draw, use: movementforgood.com/draws/sp… @SOB_Org Thank you.

💙💥We did it… Breaking the Cycle™ is now CPD accredited 💥💙 This one feels big. After years of building, refining, delivering and learning — our Breaking the Cycle™ programme is now officially CPD accredited. Our 8 week programme is a trauma-informed growth based psychoeducational empowrment programme — designed to help people understand what has happened to them, how it has impacted their brain, body and behaviour… and how they can begin to rebuild. Piece by piece. This accreditation recognises: ✨ the structure of the programme ✨ the depth of the content ✨ the integration of research and lived experience ✨ the real impact we see every single week But more than anything… It recognises that survivors deserve understanding, not just survival. I am incredibly proud of what has been created — and even more proud of every single person who has walked through this programme and done the work. This is just the beginning. 💙 Rebuilding you piece by piece 💙 There is love, life and laughter after abuse 💙 Empowering futures #BreakingTheCycle #CPD #SurvivorsOfAbuse #TraumaInformed #DoIt4Survivors @SOB_Org

💥 We don’t just have missing data. We have systems that aren’t designed to recognise patterns even when the information is there💥 A new report from the @educationgovuk explores how child sexual abuse and exploitation is recorded within children’s social care: gov.uk/government/publicatio…⁠ It highlights something many professionals will recognise: 👉 Risk is often understood over time 👉 But systems are designed to record incidents at a point in time So what happens? 👉 The data captures what fits the structure… 👉 But we’re still not seeing the pattern. Now hold that alongside this: 👉 Only 1 in 8 children experiencing sexual abuse are known to authorities So we are facing two realities at once: 🔹 The majority of children remain completely unseen 🔹 And even within the data we do have, patterns of harm are still being missed Not because professionals aren’t recognising risk — But because the system isn’t designed to capture how harm actually develops. Because exploitation doesn’t arrive as a single incident. It builds. Through behaviour. Through relationships. Through context. And that matters. Because when patterns aren’t visible: 🔹 Risk becomes fragmented 🔹 Insight stays buried in case notes 🔹 Harm is absorbed into broader categories 🔹 Intervention happens later not earlier 👉 And that means opportunities to recognise and prevent harm earlier are missed. This isn’t just about improving data. 👉 It’s about how decisions are made, how resources are allocated and ultimately, who gets seen. If we want earlier intervention, we need systems that can recognise patterns not just record incidents. This is something I explore in my paper: “Child Sexual Abuse, Data and Structural Invisibility” survivorsofabuse.org.uk/chil…⁠ Because this isn’t just about what is missing from the data… 👉 It’s about how systems, language and policy shape what becomes visible in the first place. "What is not named is not measured. What is not measured is not funded. What is not funded is not prevented". - Chris Tuck 2026 The report shows the system isn’t seeing the pattern. My paper explains why because it was never designed to. 💙 There is love, life and laughter after abuse 💙 Rebuilding you piece by piece 💙 Empowering futures As we approach our 10-Year Milestone & Impact Event, these are exactly the conversations we need to be having. Because if we want better outcomes…we need better ways of seeing. #ChildSexualAbuse #ChildSexualExploitation #Safeguarding #SystemChange #SurvivorVoice #DataMatters @SOB_Org

@CPDStandards 💙💥We did it… Breaking the Cycle™ is now CPD accredited 💥💙 with The CPD Standards Office. This one feels big. After years of building, refining, delivering and learning — our Breaking the Cycle™ programme is now officially CPD accredited. Our 8 week programme is a trauma-informed growth based psychoeducational empowrment programme — designed to help people understand what has happened to them, how it has impacted their brain, body and behaviour… and how they can begin to rebuild. Piece by piece. This accreditation recognises: ✨ the structure of the programme ✨ the depth of the content ✨ the integration of research and lived experience ✨ the real impact we see every single week But more than anything… It recognises that survivors deserve understanding, not just survival. I am incredibly proud of what has been created — and even more proud of every single person who has walked through this programme and done the work. This is just the beginning. 💙 Rebuilding you piece by piece 💙 There is love, life and laughter after abuse 💙 Empowering futures @SOB_Org #BreakingTheCycle #CPD #SurvivorsOfAbuse #TraumaInformed #DoIt4Survivors

Fatima Whitbread MBE will be attending and saying a few words at our SoB 10th anniversary Milestone & Impact Event. You can also catch Fatima and her amazing story on our Breaking the Cycle To Step Forward podcast youtu.be/jDe1EBZr5QQ?si=DMsw… @SOB_Org

I am hosting a complimentary Webinar this Weds 8.4.26 6.30pm to 7.45pm pls register if you would like to attend and share with anyone you feel may benefit from attending. SOB - Survivors Of ABuse wwhf.webinargeek.com/breakin… @SOB_Org

I am hosting a complimentary Webinar this Weds 15.4.26 7pm to 8.15pm pls register if you would like to attend and share with anyone you feel may benefit from attending. SOB - Survivors Of ABuse wwhf.webinargeek.com/breakin… @SOB_Org

Say hello to my 56th Birthday Present 🥳 a very special gift... Bella. 🐾 Bella came into our lives after losing Ruby in Feb 26. What that loss brought up for me was not simply sadness. It was the reality of dysregulation. Ruby had been part of my everyday sense of comfort, routine, connection and calm for 9 years. Before Ruby there was Duffy and many other fabulous dogs. When Ruby was gone, I felt the impact in a very real way. It affected how steady I felt, how I coped day to day, and reminded me just how much our nervous systems can be affected by loss, change and the absence of something that has helped us feel safe and regulated. That experience has connected very personally to the work I do through Survivors Of aBuse @SOB_Org Through the charity, we support survivors as they rebuild their lives after abuse. One of the things I understand deeply, both personally and professionally, is that healing is not just about talking. It is also about regulation, safety, trust, connection and finding ways to feel grounded again in both mind and body. That is part of why Bella means so much. She is not here to replace Ruby, because that is not how love works. But she has come into our lives at a time when comfort, connection, purpose and lightness have all really mattered. In time, my hope is that Bella may also become part of the wider work of the charity. Right now, she is very much a puppy, learning, exploring, causing chaos and making us laugh. But longer term, I hope she will grow into a calm and reassuring presence who can bring comfort, connection and moments of regulation to others too. So yes, Bella was my 56th birthday present. But she also represents something bigger. The reality of what dysregulation feels like. The importance of connection and comfort. And the hope that healing can be supported in many different ways. Welcome, Bella. 💙 #BellasBlog #SoBTherapyDog #SurvivorsOfaBuse #TraumaRecovery #HealingAfterAbuse #EmpoweringFutures She has her own IG account @SoBTherapyDog do pls come and follow us.

Gemma Serpillo from Case Di Lusso Ltd Paul Johnstone from Arrival Lifts Ltd Running the TCS London Marathon #MyWay today for SOB - Survivors Of ABuse @SOB_Org 2026tcslondonmarathonmyway.e… 2026tcslondonmarathonmyway.e… Good luck Gem and Paul xx