The Safer Young Lives Research Centre is committed to increasing understanding of, and improving responses to, child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking in local, national and international contexts.

This is achieved through:

• Academic rigour and research excellence
• Collaborative and partnership based approaches to applied social research
• Meaningful and ethical engagement of children and young people
• Active dissemination and evidence based engagement in theory, policy and practice

To find out more about what the Safer Young Lives Research Centre does, please visit: www.beds.ac.uk/SYLRC