Spring Impact Report - Preventing Child Sexual Abuse at Scale - What it Takes

Too often, child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention is seen as too complex to scale – too sensitive, siloed, or difficult to measure. But across Europe, organizations are proving otherwise: that lasting, system-wide change is not only necessary, but possible. In the first study of its kind, with support from Oak Foundation, we reveal how 17 organizations are making scale work in the real-world: reaching more children, embedding prevention into public systems, and sustaining impact over time. This study explores how practitioners across Europe are working to scale preventative solutions to reach more children, integrate them into public systems, and sustain impact over time. It presents practical insights to enhance sector-wide understanding of effective scaling strategies, and to equip organizations with the tools needed to expand their solutions sustainably. The study focuses on organizations that have moved beyond small-scale delivery and are on the journey to scaling their impact, whether through system integration, partnerships, or direct delivery. While the sample was weighted toward CSA prevention, a few response-focused solutions were also included, both to reflect the relative maturity of the response sector compared to prevention and to capture transferable lessons for scaling preventative solutions.