Domestic violence charities are warning of a triple threat this year as the combined forces of the World Cup, cost of living crisis and Christmas converge on families vulnerable to abuse.
"Christmas can be an especially fraught time, for carers and kids alike, and bonding over skateboarding, lovely as it may be, isn’t even half the story..."
While welcoming the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, social worker Bill Stone says investment and culture change is now needed to protect children