As Helen says: “Women do not have to come here at all so they have to know that we are trustworthy. It may only be when they’re in crisis that they ask for help. For some people there is nowhere else they can go.” Popa, 30, organised the operation while Diac, 28, acted as a ‘telephone receptionist’ for potential customers from rented houses in Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme. Any premises may be classified as a brothel if it is used by more than one man or woman for the purpose of prostitution, either on the same day or on different days. Fergal McCullough is director of charity The Men’s Room and supports male sex workers through creative engagement, outreach sessions, and advocacy support. They’ve had information from people working in dilapidated properties such as carpenters and plasterers - and some of their best successes have come from nosy neighbours.

Premises shared with someone else who works on alternate days or weeks will still count as a brothel, even though there is never more than one person working at any one time. It’s something that DC Nield agrees with: “We would love to get more intelligence that allows us to help male sex workers but we just don’t get any,” he says. Muscular male masseur offering mobile massage services to all population groups in the greater Manchester area. Very strong with great massage pressure.Customers are reminded that all specialities are at the discretion of the masseuse and are always subject to client cleanliness, time remaining and may incur an extra charge. Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, it is an offence to cause or incite prostitution or control it for personal gain. MASH, which supports sex workers across the city, helped 350 women last year. Over the last six months, the charity’s homelessness worker has managed to support 14 women in getting off the street and into housing. Though some of the women are rough sleepers many sofa surf, stay with punters or remain in abusive relationships.

We need to stress the violence and stigma faced by sex workers who are all really brave, funny, kind women. Fergal says there is a broad spectrum of male sex workers across the city but there are two common patterns. Kerb-crawling is also banned, providing it can be shown the individual was causing a persistent annoyance.The level of vulnerability is extremely high on the street. It’s a very dangerous thing to be doing,” says MASH CEO Cate Allison. It’s a hidden, yet sprawling world which is increasingly complex to understand making it tougher than ever to keep victims safe. The charity receives minimal funding to pay for it’s skeleton staff. There is currently enough to run the service for just another few months.