Eyes Open - the campaign to stop criminal exploitation
Drugs gangs are grooming kids and vulnerable adults across the UK.
Our new campaign highlights the real cost of ‘free’ gifts by gangs and encourages young people and parents to spot the signs of exploitation.
What are the signs?
- Becoming more secretive
- Frequently going missing from school or home
- Being found out of the area or returning home late
- Truancy, exclusion or disengagement from school
- Changing friendship groups
- Mixing with older men or women
- Talking about people giving them free food, vapes, alcohol and cigarettes
- Having more than one mobile phone or many SIM cards
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:
