When Brian Harrison was working with troubled teenagers he would often say to his wife Helen that he wished he could bring them home with him and give them a happy, stable life.
Skylar (15) was with her friend Ella when she first met Ella’s boyfriend. He drove them back to a flat where they met a group of his friends (age 18-39).
Linh was found in a nail bar by Police after a member of the public alerted them to children working on the premises, and was assisted by Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship to tell her story.
Arben is a 16 years old and was brought to the UK, where he was forced to work long hours every day at a car wash, before being assisted to break free from his traffickers.
Sharliny experienced the loss of her father and this affected her as she got older. Now, she’s a Youth Colleague with Barnardo’s Harrow Horizons and was previously supported by the service when she was going through a tough time at school.