Grooming: How Predators Gain Access to Children

Content warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse, grooming and childhood trauma.

Louise Edmonds is a survivor advocate and founder of Grooming Recognition, a training platform helping people recognise the warning signs of grooming and prevent child sexual abuse.

Drawing on her own lived experience, Louise works to improve understanding of how grooming happens and how it can be stopped.

You can learn more about Louise's work at www.groomingrecognition.com/

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Host: Meshel Laurie

Guest: Louise Edmonds

Producer: Ruby Bartzis

Executive Producer: Matthew Tankard

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