How she left past terror behind her

She was groomed when aged only 14, and her prolific perpetrator was jailed.

But when he was freed she was terrified, and after a relationship breakdown, she found herself homeless.

Her Jobcentre Plus adviser encouraged her to join the Team project. “They

LEANNE BLAKEY

gave me the strength to talk about my past. I applied for a job as a carer for children with learning difficulties.”

Leanne, 21, of Mexborough, South Yorks, also became a Young Ambassador. “I love the new life I have,” she says.