Child exploitation is a form of abuse that involves the manipulation and/or coercion of young people under the age of 18.
The awareness day is on Saturday, March 18 and aims to highlight the issues surrounding child exploitation and the focus this year is on child sexual exploitation (CSE).
It encourages everyone to think, spot and speak out against abuse and adopt a zero tolerance to adults developing inappropriate relationships with children or children exploiting and abusing their peers.
The awareness day is coordinated by the NWG Network, a charitable organisation formed as a UK network of more than 14,500 practitioners who disseminate information through their services, to professionals working on the issue of child exploitation (CE) and trafficking within the UK.