Maggie Oliver and Jade Speaking Out on Grooming, Justice and Safeguarding

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Former Greater Manchester Police detective Maggie Oliver, well known for exposing institutional failings in the handling of child sexual exploitation cases, joins Jade, a child-grooming gangs victim and survivor, in a powerful conversation about truth, resilience and change. Together, they will discuss Jades personal journey, the importance of listening to survivors, and the urgent need to ensure that children are properly protected in the future. This event will highlight how institutions can learn from past mistakes and how communities can stand with victims to prevent abuse.

By placing survivor voices at the heart of the discussion, Maggie Oliver and Jade shed light not on politics, but on the human impact of exploitation and the ongoing fight for justice, compassion and safeguarding reform.

Maggie Oliver is best known as the former detective who resigned from Greater Manchester Police in protest over the handling of the Rochdale grooming gang case. Since then, she has become a leading advocate for survivors, working through the Maggie Oliver Foundation to support victims of abuse and to campaign for systemic change in how institutions protect children. She is also a familiar voice on television and radio, speaking with authority and compassion on issues of justice and safeguarding.

Jade is a survivor of grooming and child sexual exploitation who has chosen to speak publicly to help ensure that other young people are protected from similar experiences. By sharing her story, Jade offers an invaluable first-hand perspective on both the trauma and the resilience that follow such abuse, and she highlights the vital importance of listening to and believing victims in order to build safer communities.

A Q&A Session will follow.