To mark our 10th Anniversary, we’re offering something special-Celebrating 10 years of Out of the Shadows

Silence

The kind of silence that feels heavy in the air. The kind that makes your heartbeat sound too loud in your own ears.

Sometimes you can hear someone trying not to cry. A shaky breath. A nervous cough. A chair shifting as someone tries to hold themselves together.

But mostly silence.

A room full of eyes fixed on me — not just looking at me, but into me.

Some are filled with questions.

Some with disbelief.

Some with anger on my behalf.

Some with a sadness they didn’t expect to feel today.

And then I say, “Are there any questions?” And I wait.

I watch people gather themselves — quietly, slowly — into the person they will be from this moment forward. Because once you’ve heard my story, you cannot unknow it. You cannot go back to the way you worked before. Hundreds of people have told me exactly that.

Ten years ago, I made a decision that changed everything.

I chose to speak.

I chose to tell a part of my story — not for sympathy, not for shock, but for one reason only: to make sure what happened to me would not keep happening to others.

Since then, I’ve stood in front of more than 10,000 professionals across England and Scotland. I’ve spoken to parents, carers, children, young people — anyone who needed to hear the truth.

Along the way, I’ve made lifelong friends. I’ve stood in places I never imagined I would stand — including Parliament — using my voice to push for the change that children deserve.

I made sure people knew who Glendon Spence was. I made sure Glendon and Jaden Moodie would not be forgotten.

I have written hundreds of blogs. Given countless interviews. Created Blondy’s People — a community built from pain, hope, and fierce determination.

And most importantly, I gave a voice back to the little girl who was silenced by so many. Blondy. These ten years have helped me remember her — not just what she survived, but who she was. Beautiful. Brave. Bright. And far more extraordinary than anyone ever allowed her to believe.

Sharing my story has changed lives. I know that. But it has also taken something from me. It has been healing and exhausting. Empowering and draining. A gift and a burden

And for a long time now, a question has been whispering in the background: What next?

So, I stepped back. I paused. I breathed. I reflected on everything these ten years have been — and everything they still need to become.

And I got to work. Teamed up with some of the best people I know, such as Sherry Peck, Co-Founder of Ending Coercive Offending, and asked the question, “How do we leave a legacy?”

A New Chapter: A Full-Day Programme for Deeper, Lasting Change

And now, as Out of the Shadows reaches its 10th anniversary, I am proud to launch (alongside our other new training courses) an extended version of Insight Into Exploitation: A Child’s Perspective..

Insight into Exploitation: A Child’s Perspective supports professionals to understand exploitation through the lived experiences of children and young people. The course explores how harm shapes behaviour, emotions, and decision-making, using real-world examples to build empathy, strengthen professional curiosity, and improve risk identification. Practical and reflective, it equips professionals with the confidence to respond safely, proportionately, and effectively in practice.

To mark this milestone, we are now extending the course into a full-day programme designed to go beyond learning and into meaningful, embedded change. This enhanced training supports the development of service-specific action and development plans, ensuring learning is translated into strengthened responses for children who are exploited.

Each full-day course includes:

A preparation meeting to tailor the training to your organisation’s reality — your challenges, your priorities, your children.
A bespoke full-day training course built around your service and delivered with your needs at the centre.
A follow-up meeting six weeks later to revisit learning, answer new questions, and support implementation.
This extended offer ensures learning is not only heard — but held. Not only understood — but acted on. Not only felt — but transformed into better outcomes for children and young people.