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Here’s an insight into the background to Christina’s working partnership with North Yorkshire Police with Trapped In County Lines. This initiative goes beyond the pages, aiming to address the critical issue of exploitation among young individuals. Join us in exploring the thought-provoking narrative and the active engagement with organisations and communities. This project is an invitation to contribute to raising awareness and making a meaningful impact on the lives of young people. Explore how literature becomes a powerful tool for positive change in the realm of children’s safety education.
York Press
'County Lines' competition launched to raise awareness of exploitation
A competition has launched for young people to write a poem or song to highlight the dangers of being exploited by drug gangs in East Lancashire.
York Press
Author Christina Gabbitas at Vale of York Academy in Clifton
A North Yorkshire author and knife crime campaigner has been speaking to pupils at a York school.
BBC News
County lines: Selby author's children's books warn of drug gang dangers
A North Yorkshire author has been using storytelling in schools to warn children about the dangers of being groomed by county lines drug gangs.
Darlington & Stockton Times
Christina Gabbitas competition warns of county lines dangers
An award-winning author from North Yorkshire has launched a competition for young people highlighting the dangers of county lines drug gangs.
Scarborough News
Award winning children's author gives anti-county lines talk at George Pindar School in Scarborough
Author and honorary member of the NSPCC Council Christina Gabbitas visited George Pindar School in Scarborough to speak about the dangers of county lines
Lancashire Telegraph
Blackburn author on county lines education mission
A children’s author from Blackburn has made it her mission to educate young people about the dangers of county lines.
York Press
Christina Gabbitas visits Millthorpe School in York
An author who speaks across North Yorkshire calling for child protection has been shortlisted for a book prize decided by the public.
Lancashire Telegraph
Christina Gabbitas' County Lines book shortlisted for prize
An author who speaks across North Yorkshire calling for child protection has been shortlisted for a book prize decided by the public.
Lancashire Telegraph
Blackburn author's work with police earns her book prize final place
A Blackburn author has been selected as a finalist in the People’s Book Prize with her second children’s story tackling the subject of county lines.
Lancashire Telegraph
Blackburn author calls for cuckooing to be made criminal
A children’s author from Blackburn has called for ‘cuckooing’ to be made a specific criminal offence in a speech at a major conference.
Yahoo News
Author and police visit school to warn pupils about county lines crime dangers
An author and police officers visited a school in North Yorkshire to warn pupils about the dangers of getting involved with county lines crime.
York Press
Author Christina Gabbitas visits 10 Downing Street
NORTH Yorkshire author and knife crime campaigner Christina Gabbitas visited Downing Street alongside 350 other guests.
Greatest Hits Radio News
North Yorkshire teenagers taught about the dangers of County Lines
Selby author Christina Gabbitas is touring schools to talk to students about the crime.
York Press
Christina Gabbitas works with police to tackle county lines dealing
Darlington and Stockton Times
Author at North Yorkshire schools with 'county lines' story
The dangers of “county lines” drugs and knives are being highlighted for youngsters in schools across North Yorkshire through a story by an award-winning author.
North Yorkshire Police
County Lines Intensification Week October 2023
To help raise awareness among children, the force worked with popular children’s author of the ‘No More Knives’ and ‘Trapped by County Lines’ campaigns, Christina Gabbitas, to deliver talks alongside neighbourhood policing officers in several schools across the county.
Lancashire Telegraph
Christina Gabbitas works with police to tackle county lines
Christina Gabbitas, who has previously worked with Blackburn police with her story No More Knives County Lines was commissioned by North Yorkshire Police to write a sequel story entitled Trapped in County Lines.
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KEEP UPDATED WITH PUBLISHED NEWS STORIES ARTICLES ABOUT CHRISTINA'S WORK.
Here’s an insight into the background to Christina’s working partnership with North Yorkshire Police with Trapped In County Lines. This initiative goes beyond the pages, aiming to address the critical issue of exploitation among young individuals. Join us in exploring the thought-provoking narrative and the active engagement with organisations and communities. This project is an invitation to contribute to raising awareness and making a meaningful impact on the lives of young people. Explore how literature becomes a powerful tool for positive change in the realm of children’s safety education.