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Supporting Professionals
to Prevent Sexual Abuse

NOTA Provides a support network for professionals involved in work with or related to sexual offending, through the national organisation and local branch events.

We are committed to the prevention of all forms of sexual violence, abuse and sexual exploitation.

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What does NOTA do?

NOTA Provides a support & education network for professionals involved in work related to sexual offending through educational events & conferences, as well as regular publications.

We publish NOTA News: A triannual newsletter of articles, information, and book reviews from the field.

We also publish The Journal of Sexual Aggression jointly with publishing house Taylor and Francis, which provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of original research findings, reviews, theory, and practice developments regarding sexual aggression in all its forms.

We host an annual international professional conference and promote regular high-quality national and regional training events.

Our Charitable Objectives are to advance education for the benefit of the public, amongst members of the profession or persons working with or providing services for people who have committed sexual abuse or others having a legitimate professional interest in the field.

Sexual Abuse appears on all Ethnic, Economic, and Cultural levels

95% of Sexual Abuse is preventable through education

Upcoming NOTA Events

Prevention Global: How effective is prevention in youth-serving organizations?

Synopsis Across the world, youth-serving organisations engage tens of millions of children every year. SERVING YOUTH, the recently released Prevention Global knowledge product, examines the effectiveness of child safeguarding and prevention, explores how organisational leadership can…

Sexual Harm Clinical Forum: Combining Risk Matrix 2000/S with Stable 2007

Synopsis Chair Lucy Coleman will be joined by Tracey Johnstone & Gael Cochrane, Learning, Development & Innovation Leads – Community Justice Scotland.*The forum will focus on combining Risk Matrix 2000/S with Stable 2007. We know that…

AoCPP and NOTA Joint Session on Intrafamilial Harm

Intrafamilial child abuse is one of the most common — and least understood — forms of harm.In fact, intrafamilial CSA is estimated to account for between 1/3 and 2/3rds of cases. Within families, fathers, stepfathers and…

NOTA AGM 2026

We are delighted to invite you to the NOTA UK AGM. This will be online at 2pm on the 21st January 2026 and is open to all NOTA members and non-members who have an interest in…

International Conference 2026

NOTA are delighted to invite you to our 36th International Conference, which will be held in Newcastle at the Crowne Plaza hotel in the city centre on 13th and 14th May 2026.

Cymru Conference 2025

The event will be a one-day conference focusing on ‘No Further Action’ – Understanding multi agency thresholds, decision making and the wider implications for practice.We would like to draw on recent reports and inquiries which point…

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Become a Member and gain access to the full archives of The Journal of Sexual Aggression (worth £336 from the publisher), as well as all editions of our Newsletter!