Eyes Open - the campaign to stop criminal exploitation
Drugs gangs are grooming kids and vulnerable adults across the UK.
Know what to look for and who to help. Start by selecting where you live.
What are the signs?
- New clothes, mobile phone or more cash than normal
- Frequently going missing (often for days) before returning
- Using nicknames to refer to other people
- Speaking of gang names in the area
- A new boyfriend or girlfriend who may coerce or control the individual
- Truancy, exclusion, disengagement from school
- Changes in the way young people you might know dress
- Unexplained injuries
You can spot grooming in a number of different ways. Sometimes you may just get a feeling that something is not quite right. The following example might suggest that someone you know is being groomed:
