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7 April 2026 | LondonCASE 2026
Breaking the Silence
What to Expect
What is sexual exploitation? How does it effect our world, our community, even you? What can we do about it as students?
Join us to learn, connect, be empowered, and start taking action as we hear from a range of experts sharing their experience and insights. With time to ask questions, discuss and reflect together we hope to leave with a clearer vision for our place in creating a world without sexual exploitation.
❋ LearnMeaningful change begins when we’re aware of the problems and know how we can be a part of the solution. We’ll learn about the different forms sexual exploitation takes, how it effects real people today, and the opportunities that exist to start fighting it.
❋ ConnectConnecting with others is key if we’re to keep going and be effective. We’ll have time to listen to each other, share ideas, and start building a united movement.
❋ Be empoweredKnowing how to start making a difference can be tough. So we’ll hear about the opportunities that already exist, how we can start conversations in our own contexts, and what it looks like to make the most of our individual passions and skills.
❋ Take actionWe want to be students who don’t just talk but take action. In the day we’ll make time to begin doing just that.
Event Schedule
10:00 - doors open
10:30 - event start
11:00-13:00 - talks from expert speakers on why we need a student movement
13:00-14:00 - lunch*
14:00-15:00 - Q&A with panel made up of morning speakers
15:00-16:00 - Workshops led by students and speakers: starting to take action together
Speakers
Dr Elly Hanson is a Clinical Psychologist and researcher, and Research Lead at Fully Human. She works to prevent abuse and trauma, challenge harmful social norms (especially online), and support education that centres autonomy, values, and healthy relationships. She works with educators, police, survivors, and policy-makers, and advises policing through the National Crime Agency.
Helena Croft is the Founder and CEO of the award-winning charity StreetlightUK, where she has led both frontline and strategic work with women affected by sexual violence, exploitation, and abuse. For over 25 years, she has worked closely with some of the most vulnerable and marginalised women, developing services and speaking out on the realities of domestic abuse, family separation, and prostitution.
Alongside her charity work, Helena has served as a council Deputy Leader and is the author of No Little Girls’ Dream.
Ian Henderson is the founder and CEO of the Naked Truth Project.
For over a decade, he and the team have been working to open eyes and free lives from the damaging impact of porn. With experience working alongside users, partners, and a wide range of communities, Ian is an expert on the way porn robs its consumers, as well producers.
Louise Gleich is a Senior Policy Researcher at Justice and Care. Her work focuses on researching and shaping policy to prevent exploitation and strengthen responses to modern slavery and human trafficking.
Hazel Thompson is a multi award-winning British photojournalist and filmmaker who has worked across more than 65 countries for outlets including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Vogue. With a focus on humanitarian and social justice issues, she is best known for TAKEN, a groundbreaking documentary eBook exposing sex trafficking in Mumbai, and her long-running project Kids Behind Bars, which captured children imprisoned in Filipino jails.