The number of calls made to the NSPCC to report the serious sexual abuse of children has risen by more than 80%, prompted in part, the charity says, by coverage of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Calls to the NSPCC's 24-hour freephone number almost doubled in June and July compared with the same period last year, with nearly 600 cases being referred to police and social services.
During the same period last year there were 323 reports. The 84% rise is the biggest increase in calls about all forms of abuse.
John Cameron, head of the helpline, said there had been a sea change in terms of speaking out about abuse after BBC DJ Jimmy Savile was posthumously unmasked by police as a "prolific, predatory sex offender" who abused more than 200 people, many of them children, over a 60-year period.
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Calls to the NSPCC's 24-hour freephone number almost doubled in June and July compared with the same period last year, with nearly 600 cases being referred to police and social services.
During the same period last year there were 323 reports. The 84% rise is the biggest increase in calls about all forms of abuse.
John Cameron, head of the helpline, said there had been a sea change in terms of speaking out about abuse after BBC DJ Jimmy Savile was posthumously unmasked by police as a "prolific, predatory sex offender" who abused more than 200 people, many of them children, over a 60-year period.
The revelations sparked a huge police operation which has seen a number of high-profile arrests. Full story...
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