County Lines: What Young People Need to Know

​​​​​Understanding How Organised Crime Recruits — and How to Recognise It

 

County lines is not a distant problem. It operates in urban and rural areas across the country — including London and West Sussex — and the young people most at risk are often those who don't recognise the recruitment process until they are already inside it.

Our County Lines workshop gives young people an honest account of how county lines operations work, how exploitation happens, and what the warning signs look like.

 

Delivered by credible messengers — people with direct experience of the environments where this recruitment takes place — the session goes further than raising awareness. It gives young people the knowledge to recognise what is happening around them and the confidence to make a different decision.

 

The session covers how county lines networks operate and who runs them, the tactics used to recruit and control young people, the legal consequences of involvement, and how to get help if they or someone they know is at risk.

The workshop is adapted for the year group and setting — whether delivered as part of a PSHE programme, a carousel day, or a targeted intervention.

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