The 94-page Friend or Foe educational resource pack was created by Taking Stock, part of the Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board Sexual Exploitation Service, to raise awareness of sexual exploitation among youth ages 13-18.
It contains exercises designed for both staff training and direct use with young people in schools or youth centers. The interactive activities, worksheets, quizzes, diaries, and discussion prompts help teens build skills to recognise healthy versus unhealthy relationships, manage peer pressure, spot grooming behaviors, and avoid sexual exploitation risks like older boyfriends, missing school, and keeping secrets.
Topics covered include consent, technology use, internal trafficking, and support services. Guidance is provided on facilitating sensitive discussions about exploitation. The exercises aim to increase knowledge, build self-esteem and personal agency, rehearse responses to risky situations, promote healthy relationships, and shift perspective so teens recognize sexual grooming and exploitation. Overall, the resource pack equips adults and teens to have meaningful dialogue and builds protective skills to avoid exploitation.
CONTENTS:
CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PAGE
1) INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1.1 WHAT IS SEXUAL EXPLOITATION?
- Definition
- Sexual Exploitation of Young Women
- Sexual Exploitation of Young Men
- Risk Indicators
- Drugs and Alcohol
1.2 WHY THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT
1.3 LINKS WITH PSHE CURRICULUM GUIDELINES
1.4 HOW TO USE THIS PACK
2) TRAINING MATERIALS FOR STAFF
- Introduction and Facilitators notes
- Signs and Indicators exercise
- Sexual Exploitation Quiz
- What’s Legal and What’s Not
3) TRAINING MATERIALS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
3.1 Positive and Negative Relationships
- Introduction and Facilitators notes
- The Relationship Grid
- “A Good Friend is…”/”A Good Partner is…”
- Happy Ever After?
- It’s My Life!
- Soap Stories
3.2 Pressures and Expectations
- Introduction and Facilitators notes
- ‘No, because…’
- How Risky?
- A Good Night Out – Keeping Safe
- Pressure Points
3.3 Use of new technologies – the Internet and Mobile Phones
- Introduction and Facilitators notes
- Safety on the Internet – ‘Knowing me…Knowing you’
- ‘I thought my friend’s buddy was my buddy…’
3.4 Sexual Exploitation
- Introduction and Facilitators notes
- Leanne’s Diary
- Liam’s Diary
- Agony Aunt
4. SUPPORT AND ADVICE SERVICES
- The Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board Sexual Exploitation Service
- Taking Stock Project
- Useful agencies and contacts
- Evaluation sheet for young people – How was it for you?
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