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About ERASE

ERASE stands for: Educate and Raise Awareness of Sexual Exploitation.
ERASE involves a number of agencies in County Durham and Darlington working together to:
What is sexual exploitation?
Sexual exploitation is when someone makes or manipulates a young person into doing sexual things for the benefit or enjoyment of others. It's a form of sexual abuse and it is against the law.
For example, someone may try and get you to do sexual things by:
It's not always easy to tell when a young person is being sexually exploited.
There are lots of different types of child sexual exploitation, which is why it can be hard to tell if it is happening by the young person, or for parent and carers to spot that something is wrong. These are just some examples: