• a home-like setting (where all services are delivered under one roof, including the forensic interview, medical examination and child/family therapy);
• helping victims to disclose abuse;
• a minimal number of interviews conducted by child expert staff;
• improved evidence through the reduced need for children to testify in court; and
• guaranteed and rapid access to therapy.

• how social workers will check on the child’s welfare;
• what changes are needed to reduce the risk to the child; and
• what support will be offered to the family.

A child who has been in the care of their local authority for more than 24 hours is known as a child in care, also referred to as a looked after child.

In general, children in care/looked after children are:

• living with foster parents;
• living in a residential children’s home; or
• living in residential settings like schools or secure units.

A statutory office, independent from the government, responsible for the promotion and protection of children, and for giving children the opportunity to have their voices heard.

The Children’s Commissioner for Wales has the power to deal with complaints made by individual children.

Both Commissioners can investigate and report on general concerns relating to children.

Those who are ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church. Ordination means to be set apart from lay people, i.e. to be consecrated, by way of religious ceremony, which then enables them to perform some religious rites not open to be performed (in some Christian denominations) by lay people.

The term is also applied to non-Christian religious leaders who are ordained in England and Wales as ‘shorthand’ for a religious leader.

• a physical attack;
• any other act or omission of a violent nature which causes physical injury to a person;
• a threat against a person, causing fear of immediate violence in circumstances which would cause a person of reasonable firmness to be put in such fear;
• a sexual assault to which a person did not in fact consent; or
• arson or fire-raising.

A child who has been in the care of their local authority for more than 24 hours is known as a looked after child, also referred to as a child in care.

In general, children in care/looked after children are:

• living with foster parents;
• living in a residential children’s home; or
• living in residential settings like schools or secure units.

Activity from which a person may be barred, as set out in schedule 4 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

A person who applies to do work which is regulated activity with children is eligible for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate with a check of the relevant barred list. It is an offence for an employer to knowingly engage a barred person to undertake regulated activity.

Published by the Rehabilitation Working Party, which consists of representatives from the International Underwriting Association of London, the Association of British Insurers, Lloyd’s primary insurers, legal groups, care providers and the NHS.

The code requires solicitors to consider the best options for their client, including referring them for medical treatment and facilitating compensation claims in addition to financial settlements.

• protecting children from maltreatment;
• preventing impairment of children’s health or development;
• ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and
• taking action to enable all children to have the best life chances.

Law introduced in 1964 which prevented victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence from claiming compensation if they were living with the perpetrator at the time of the offence.

Amended in 1979 but not retrospectively, so potential compensation claimants from offences which took place prior to that date were still unable to claim. It was abolished entirely in 2019, allowing for compensation claims which failed under the ‘same roof’ rule to be reconsidered by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board within their usual time limits.

The Inquiry’s Truth Project gave more than 6,000 victims and survivors of child sexual abuse an opportunity to share their experiences with the Inquiry and put forward suggestions for change.

This listening exercise was set up because the Inquiry recognised that victims and survivors could provide a uniquely-informed contribution to understanding and learning from past mistakes and improving child protection in the future.

Most importantly, victims and survivors were entitled to give their accounts and opinions, be listened to respectfully, and have their feelings of hurt, frustration and anger acknowledged.

Each experience shared with the Truth Project made an important contribution to the work of the Inquiry, enabling it to build an understanding of child sexual abuse and its impact on victims and survivors. Their experiences and views have helped to inform the Inquiry’s final recommendations.

Code of Practice for Victims of Crime. Established by the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, it came into effect in 2006.

It sets out what all UK criminal justice agencies (the police, Crown Prosecution Service, Courts Service and Probation Service) must do for victims and survivors, and the timeframe in which they must do it.

Rights under the Code include being kept informed on the progress of cases; the current legal status of suspects and offenders; information regarding compensation and restorative justice schemes; help in giving evidence and making victim personal statements; and referrals to victims’ support services.