Fearless Scotland

04/06/2026

Work with or look after young people? The impact of can be devastating.

Learn more about the crime so that you can help keep them safe:

https://crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless/professionals/fearless-scotland/sextortion-campaign

03/06/2026

Young people in Scotland are being blackmailed online.

A n**e or semi-n**e image, or even a fake image or video created by the criminal through AI, can be used to threaten, scare or pressure a young person into sending money, sharing more images or doing what the criminal demands.

This is sextortion.

Fearless has advice for parents, carers and adults who work with young people:

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01/06/2026

Huge congratulations to the young people and staff at Kibble Group's Goudie Academy, who have been named Youth Volunteers of the Year at the annual Crimestoppers UK Volunteering Awards today.

Our winning group of exceptional young people chose Fearless for their Youth Philanthropy Initiative, securing £3,000 for our charity, then worked with us to make real change, redesigning the Fearless reporting form so that it was clearer, simpler and more accessible for young people right across the UK.

Kibble were also 'Highly Commended' in the CEO Corporate category for their tremendous support of Fearless Scotland campaigns.

We're massively proud of every single young person that we've had the privilege of working with at Kibble over the past 18 months, and so grateful to them and the wonderful staff for their hard work, brilliant ideas and friendship.

Siobhian Brown SNP Kirsten Oswald Police Scotland Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

29/05/2026

We know that having a safe, trusted adult in your life who believes in you can make all the difference when it comes to building a happy, healthy life.

Could you offer just one hour a week to support a young person?

Learn more about becoming a mentor with MCR Pathways:
https://mcrpathways.org/become-a-mentor/

26/05/2026

Who showed up for you when you needed them?

So often, conversations about violence focus only on young people.

But our latest campaign looks wider because it takes a village to raise a child.

Safer young people grow in safer villages and those villages are ours to build.

Kev from the VOW Project in Edinburgh shares why that village matters to him.

Learn more about the campaign:
https://crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless/professionals/fearless-scotland/it-takes-a-village

22/05/2026

We're launching our annual summer campaign today, supported by our brilliant partners Network Rail Scotland.

This year, the campaign is live earlier than ever before because we want young people to have the information, support and safety advice they need before the school holidays begin, not when summer is already at its peak.

Throughout the summer, we'll be out across communities, festivals, train stations and events speaking with young people about violence, online harm, staying safe and where to get help if something doesn't feel right.

We'll also be sharing content across our social media platforms created with and by young people themselves.

We want young people across Scotland to enjoy their summer, make good memories and get home safely 💛

Learn more: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless/news/2026/summer-2026

19/05/2026

Yesterday, we were joined by young people from across Scotland to begin developing an upcoming campaign launching this autumn.

It’s really important to us that young people are at the centre of designing our campaigns, particularly those with a lived understanding of the topic. Their insight helps us create something that is authentic, honest and far more likely to genuinely connect with other young people.

We always make sure that the young people also get something meaningful from being involved too, enjoy the experience and leave wanting to do it again - I was asked what we were doing next week so I think we managed that!

A huge thank you to our mighty young people and their fantastic workers who flew round the track too.

And thank you to the team at TeamSport Karting in Cambuslang. You couldn't have been more welcoming or helpful and looked after us brilliantly.

02/05/2026

For some young people, speaking up can still feel like a bad thing or something loaded with stigma. But keeping people safe is not a bad thing. It matters.

Fearless gives young people a way to share information about crime 100% anonymously and that can make a real difference.

Will you tell a young person you know about us this weekend?

If we want our communities to be safer, we need to give young people the tools to be able to help us with that. Fearless is one of those tools.

Learn more: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless/professionals/fearless-scotland/it-takes-a-village

01/05/2026

This is something I, as the Fearless Scotland Manager and as a mum, feel really strongly about.

We need to care about all young people in the way we’d want people to care about our own.

Not just when they’re doing well. Not just when they’re easy to love. But when they’re struggling, when they’ve got things wrong and when the consequences are serious.

If we really mean that young people matter, then that has to include the ones who are hurting and the ones who have caused hurt too. It can be the only way that we prevent harm from happening again.

Watch the full video and learn more: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless/professionals/fearless-scotland/it-takes-a-village

29/04/2026

Iain Corbett from the Children and Young People's Centre for Justice speaks so powerfully here.

If we accept that many of the young people ending up in custody are carrying pain, trauma and harm of their own, then we have to stop pretending punishment on its own is the answer.

Young people need boundaries, yes. But they also need care, hope and adults who believe they can move forward from the worst thing they’ve done.

Watch the full video and learn more: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless/professionals/fearless-scotland/it-takes-a-village