Switalskis breaks down the newly announced statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs—who will lead it, what powers it has, and what it could mean for survivors, accountability and future safeguarding.

Recent BBC reporting on Fiona Goddard’s experience of seeking compensation after years of sexual abuse highlights a pattern we see repeatedly when supporting survivors child abuse.

West Yorkshire Police have charged twelve people as part of a major investigation into non-recent child sexual abuse in Calderdale. The alleged offences took place between 2000 and 2004 and involved two female victims under the age of 16.

Greater Manchester Police have confirmed that three men from Rochdale have been charged with a series of offences relating to alleged child sexual exploitation (CSE) dating back to 2008 and 2009.

The latest child sexual exploitation trial in Rochdale has once again exposed the harrowing abuse suffered by vulnerable girls—and the deep-rooted failures that allowed it to happen.

Two men have been sentenced for a series of sexual offences committed against three teenage girls in Leeds, following an investigation by Leeds District Safeguarding Unit.

At Switalskis, we represent a number of women involved in the Government’s inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Abuse. This includes survivors who remain part of the consultative process and others who have chosen to resign due to the distressing circumstances surrounding the inquiry’s progression.

At Switalskis, we represent a number of survivors involved in the Government’s national inquiry into grooming gangs, including Fiona Goddard, who has now resigned from the victims and survivors liaison panel alongside Ellie Reynolds and a third survivor, “Elizabeth.”