REcover Spaces for traumatized Children in CommUnity sEttings post COVID-19

As SARS-2-CoV continued to spread worldwide infecting more than 174 million people and becoming the cause of death of more than 4 million people many countries worldwide established different measures to limit the social contact and, therefore, the spread of the COVID-19. Among these measures, children and adolescents became one of the collectives that suffered a major impact as schools were closed and classes became online. Moreover, many spaces traditionally used by this collective to "scape" and socially integrate were also closed so these environments were not accessible for them. The combination of financial stress, uncertainty over the future, and families being confined at home during the lockdown inevitably led to more anxiety cases and other mental health problems. This, along with the overuse of internet by many adolescents and children increased different types of violence which also worsened mental health, creating a vicious circle difficult to stop. The risk of children and adolescents becoming victims of violence has increased in up to 30% due to COVID-19. Moreover, during the pandemic and related with the overuse of internet it has been reported a 30% increase in the abusive messages compared to 2019, 106% growth in post related to physical violence. Thus, new tools and spaces need to be developed and recovered to ensure that vulnerable population, especially children and adolescents, can socially reconnect. REcover Spaces for traumatized Children in CommUnity sEttings post COVID-19 (RESCCUE) project aims at recovering and rescuing safe spaces to support, detect and prevent domestic and online violence against children and adolescents in different scenarios: education and healthcare (primary and mental healthcare centres). In this sense, RESCCUE will provide a collaborative model to properly support victims of violence and witnesses throughout their journey.