More women are turning to sex work for the first time, while others who have managed to leave it behind are having to return in order to pay their bills, outreach workers have told Sky News.
"She started doing a couple of evenings a week on the streets - just enough to pay each bill," Ms Adams said.
"And because of a past history of domestic abuse and coercion, she's now selling sex so she can have enough money for when she has the children." She is supporting a woman in her 40s from Bristol who worked as an independent sex worker in people's homes and hotels for almost a decade in her 20s - but eventually found a sales job.
"She set up an OnlyFans and had been working for a few months, beginning to build up a profile for herself, when she got targeted by a guy who started harassing her,Read more from Sky News:After tracking down her family and telling a younger sibling about the nature of her work, the woman was forced to move.
"The women we work with sell sex in a variety of contexts. Not all of them have access to wi-fi, but those who do and are selling online still share experiences of violence.
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