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The 2PS project is glad to invite you to the next workshop in person, which will be held on August 26th, 2025, at Adam Mickiewicz University (UAM) in Poznan, Poland.
Within the Horizon Europe-funded Prevent and Protect Through Support (2PS) Project, the University of West England (UWE) leads an array of tasks under the theme of Current Practice Review and Widening Activities.
The UWE team has worked to compile information and resources from professionals, practitioners, academics, and European policymakers dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse.
As part of this effort, UWE organised a series of three Knowledge Transfer Workshops (KTWs), held throughout the project to address specific questions and challenges in an interactive and engaging environment.
The final workshop is planned to coincide with the upcoming IATSO (International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders) conference in Poznań, Poland, from 26–29 August 2025.
This workshop will explore the rationale, development, and roll-out of the new StepToSupport platform.
Throughout the day, we will discuss the international scoping review of secondary prevention interventions with people at risk of committing sexual abuse, before understanding the rationale for the development of a dedicated platform for this target group, and a demonstration of what the platform will look like.
We will discuss the platform’s creation and content, how it was built, its testing, and functionality. We will then focus on the realities of both challenges and opportunities in evaluating prevention initiatives (including both the Step To Support platform and secondary prevention initiatives in general) and how these feed into the current and emerging socio-political landscape across Europe.
The event will end with a discussion of how the functioning of secondary prevention interventions is, or should be, sustained and supported long term and what this means for commissions, organisations, and governments.
Participation is free, but registration is needed.
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