In this episode of The Fair Ways People Podcast, Fair Ways is joined by Sabrina Hewitt, founder of Trapline Legacy and advocate for young people affected by exploitation.

Drawing on her lived experience of grooming, child criminal exploitation, county lines, and prison, Sabrina shares an honest insight into how vulnerable young people can be drawn into organised exploitation and why the warning signs are so often missed.

She explores how grooming can appear as friendship, attention, gifts, or favours, and what it takes to recognise exploitation and help someone break free.

Sabrina also discusses her journey from surviving exploitation to supporting young people, parents, and professionals through mentoring, training, workshops, and consultancy.

It’s a powerful conversation about understanding exploitation, challenging assumptions, and using lived experience to create meaningful change and hope.