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Justin Humphreys CEO of Thirtyone:eight a Christian Safeguarding Charity
Justin Humphreys has over 30 years’ experience in social impact settings as a practitioner and leader in a variety of sectors. He is currently the CEO and Head of Safeguarding Development at Thirtyone:eight, the leading independent, Christian safeguarding charity operating across the United Kingdom and internationally. Established in 1977, the charity is a membership organisation and now supports in excess of 10,000 churches, charities/NGOs and others to create safer places for all through a variety od services and supports, including Criminal Records Checks, Safeguarding Helpline, Training, Consultancy, Research and Advocacy.
He has authored of a variety of books and peer reviewed journal articles, including: Understanding Child Abuse in Contemporary Times (2025), Just Leadership: putting integrity and justice at the heart of how you lead (2021), Escaping the maze of spiritual abuse (2019), Safeguarding Children who are Exposed to Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief (2019), and Spiritual abuse in Christian faith settings: definition, policy and practice guidance (2018).
Justin is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership (FIoL), Visiting Fellow at the University of Kent (Department of Religious Studies), Honorary Lecturer at the University of Chester (School of Society) and Guest Lecturer at St. Mellitus Theological College.
He has been Chair of the Christian Forum for Safeguarding since 2017 and in co-founded the All Party Parliamentary Group on Safeguarding in Faith Communities with Sarah Champion MP in 2018. He has been its Principal Advisor since that time with Thirtyone:eight acting as Secretariat.
Justin holds an MSc. in Child Protection and Strategic Management, a BSc. (Hons) in Social Work Studies, a Diploma in Counselling Psychology & Psychotherapy, and is a certified Compassionate Leader with the Centre for Compassionate Leadership.
We talk widely about the awareness of safeguarding throughout faith communities as well as research and best practice.
Further links:
Thirtyone:eight
Safeguarding Standards Award
All Party Parliamentary Group on Safeguarding in Faith Communities
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John Pizzuro, CEO RAVEN. Online Child Exploitation Expert
John Pizzuro, CEO RAVEN. Online Child Exploitation expert, RAVEN is a 501(c)4 non-profit lobbying firm comprised of subject matter experts and retired law enforcement focused on legislative and policy solutions for child trafficking and child exploitation. John works with lawmakers, advocates, agencies, and organizations who are willing to challenge the status quo and fight to protect our most vulnerable citizens while advocating for more resources and support for those who fight for children. John has been called on as a subject matter expert to testify in both the US Senate and US Congress. John is routinely consulted on cyber related issues on child exploitation, Trafficking and Artificial Intelligence. Raven is currently involved in separate pieces of legislation and policy and fighting to get more protective Bills passed in Congress.
Online child sexual exploitation refers to the use of the Internet as a method to facilitate the sexual abuse of children. It includes a wide range of behaviors and situations that can take place directly online or through a combination of offline and online interactions.
Most commonly this includes grooming, live streaming, producing and trading child sexual exploitation material, and coercing and blackmailing children for sexual purposes.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ravenassociation/
Prior to Raven that John spent 25 years in the New Jersey State Police conducting, managing and leading investigations in Terrorism, Organized Crime, Narcotics, Trafficking, Child Exploitation, and Corruption. John spent his last six years as The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Commander where he led a team of 200 including 71 Law Enforcement Agencies. John has created a framework for other countries to investigate Child Exploitation through the International Center of Missing & Exploited Children and consulted with governments and organizations on child exploitation and how to protect children.
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Disaster Social Work, Digital Support & Global Collaboration with Professor Johnston Wong (China)
Professor Johnston Wong is a social work and psychology expert at Beijing Normal Hong Kong Baptist University and co-founder of Social Workers Across Borders. With two decades of international experience, he shares insights into disaster response, digital innovation in psychosocial support, and the growing need for global collaboration in social work.
Episode Highlights: Audio at bottom of this page
- How digital platforms like WeChat and WhatsApp transformed disaster response during COVID-19 and beyond
- Training social workers for frontline disaster interventions in regions like Nepal, Syria, and Vietnam
- Tackling social injustice in humanitarian aid distribution
- The importance of multi-agency and global collaboration in tackling human trafficking, poverty, and post-disaster trauma
He is the Chair of the International Committee of Social Workers across Borders (SWAB).
Professor Johnston HC Wong. Programme of Applied Psychology, Head of Master of Social Work Programme,
Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Beijing Normal Hong Kong Baptist University
Johnston, after studying Sociology in the Brock University of Canada, started his career in social work and social management in Hong Kong. He acquired extensive experience in applying case, group, and community approaches to youth work, family life education, school social work, civic education, and health education. He has taught at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels and assumed leadership roles in school administration and healthcare management. He is the Chair of the International Committee of the Social Workers across Borders (SWAB). SWAB is an NGO registered in Hong Kong focusing on disaster social work and crisis interventions. Since 2006, he resided and taught social work, social administration and psychology in Zhuhai, China. His teachings concern mainly with socio-medical, socio-legal and social psychological issues.
Social Workers Across Borders is a Hong Kong NGO founded after the December 26, 2004 Tsunami hit South East Asia. The NGO works mainly in post-disaster areas to provide emotional and mental health support.
SWAB sent several teams to the areas affected by the Wenzhou Earthquake in 2008. That was it’s first major project in the Mainland.
Since 2013, SWAB began a training for its “Heart Partner” Mainland China program, which sends people to work in disaster-affected areas. 693 people making up 42 teams have been sent to disaster-affected areas as part of this program.
Other areas that SWAB sent teams to include Taiwan, Qinghai, Gansu, Shenzhen and Chongqing, responding to typhoons, earthquakes, and landslides and floods.
https://chinadevelopmentbrief.org/ngos/social-workers-across-borders/
SWAB is currently recruiting volunteers from the region to assist in Myanmar following the devastating earthquake.
Special Training
EQ, Six Seconds, USA.
Instructor, CISM, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, USA.
CCISM, University of Maryland
Research Interests
Disaster Social Work, Social Work in Health Care, Social Legislation, Positive Psychology, and Post-traumatic Growth, Industrial Health and Occupational Social Work, Working with Youth, Student Development in Higher Education, Emotional Intelligence, Adversity and Resilience, College students mental health, Social Innovations and Enterprises, International Social Work, and Social Indicators Research.
Awards
Ten Outstanding Young Persons, Hong Kong, 1990. Presidential Citation Award, ACPA, 2014.
International Critical Incident Intervention Leadership Award, ICISF, 2015.
Published Books
Wong, H. C. J. & Yu, B. S. S. (to be in early 2026). Community Change through Social Service and Business Partnership, IGI Global Scientific Publsihing.
Wong, H. C. J. (2025). Healthy Cities in the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area, Sun Yat Sen University Press. ISBN: (in print)
Wong, H. C. J., Xie, T. X. N., Lai, N. L., Zhou, T. C. (2022). Handbook for Community Social Work, Social Workers across Borders. Social Workers Across Borders Publication.
Wong, H. C. J., Lui, C. X., F., Lai, N. L., Zhou, T. C. (2022). Handbook for Social Work Intervention in Public Emergencies, Social Workers across Borders. Social Workers Across Borders Publication.
Wong, H. C. J., (2021). Children and Youth in China since 1978, Opportunities and Challenges (Ed.). New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-68507-149-3, DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/OETH8715
Zhao, X. B., Wong, H. C. J., Lowe, C., Monaco, E., & Corbett, J. (2021), Covid-19 Pandemic, Crisis Responses and the Changing World, Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences (ed.). Singapore: Springer. ISBN: 978-981-16-2429-2
Wong, H. C. J., (2019). Internationalization and Localization of Student Affairs in Higher Education – the Unique Experience and Exploration of the BNU-HKBU United International College. Beijing University of Technology Press. ISBN：978-7-5639-6652-3
Wong, H. C. J., (2018). Modern City Emergency Management and Social Work Interventions – Roles and Cases. Beijing: China Social Press.
Wong, H. C. J., (2018). Disaster Social Work from Crisis Response to Building Resilience, New York: NOVA Science Publishers. ISBN: 9781536144352
Wong, H. C. J., (2017). Integrated and Seamless Services for Older People, a model of elderly care from Zhuhai to China. Guangzhou: Sun Yat Sen University Press. ISBN：9787306060921
Wong H. C. J., (2016). Disaster Social Work Handbook. Guangzhou: Sun Yat Sen University Press, ISBN：9787306056016.
Wong H. C. J., (2013）. Social Work and Related Laws and Regulations — Case Analysis and Applications. Guangzhou: Sun Yat Sen University Press, ISBN：9787306046802.
Wong H. C. J., (2011）. Disasters Across Borders – Social work Interventions Case Studies, published by Social Workers across Borders, Hong Kong. ISBN：9789881841858
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