About Us
We are a team of highly skilled and experienced trainers who are dedicated to providing excellent Sexual and Gender Based Violence Prevention and Relationships and Sex Education training
What we do
Our work with HE Providers
We design and deliver specialist programmes of live, interactive and discursive workshops for staff and students in higher education settings. We are committed to preventing sexual harassment, violence and misconduct in Higher Education and equipping staff and students with the skills and resources they need to respond to disclosures with compassion. You'll find more information about our HE training and workshops here.
Our work with schools
We provide comprehensive and engaging Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) prevention training to teachers and other professionals who work with young people. Whether you want to upskill staff who are already delivering RSE or introduce members of your team to the topic for the very first time, our training is accessible, non-judgmental and interactive. There more information on training programmes for schools page.
Our training is informed by our collective experience working and delivering training in a range of settings including gender-based violence services (Rape Crisis, Refuge, Women and Girls Network, Victim Support), Crown Courts, education, academia and research, local authority, third sector and private sector organisations. Across the team we have delivered a wide range of sexual violence training at LSE, UCL, KCL, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Guildhall, BIMM, mandatory staff training at Goldsmiths and mandatory student workshops at UAL and Cambridge University.
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Our wealth of knowledge and experience of working directly with young people means we know the issues that they face and our training equips staff to tackle those topics sensitively and effectively.
Who we are
We are a team of specialist facilitators who bring over a decade of experience from the SGBV and RSE fields. Collectively we have worked for multiple leading organisations within RSE and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Prevention sectors including Brook, Rape Crisis, Refuge, Spectra, and Women and Girls’ Network.​​​​
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Our experience working in hundreds of schools, colleges, universities, and youth organisations across the UK facilitating RSE workshops gives us true insight into the issues that young people face. With our extensive experience providing student-facing sessions as well as teacher training, parent engagement and consultancy on holistic approaches, we are in an excellent position to provide staff training that is relevant, accessible and meets young peoples' needs.​
Leading our team of expert facilitators, are our co-founders:
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ANNIE
Annie is a skilled facilitator and trainer, with a background in the sexual and gender-based violence sector, specialising in early intervention and prevention, safeguarding and supporting young survivors. They have extensive experience working with vulnerable and marginalised individuals and groups, including children and young people, abuse survivors, refugees and migrants, LGBTQ+, differently abled and neurodiverse people.
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Annie is currently completing MSc in Psychology with a focus on relationship and sex education in schools.
BECKY
Becky is a versatile facilitator with five years of experience delivering student-facing RSE workshops throughout the UK. She has a strong understanding of what it takes to build rapport and trust with students in order to foster the best possible learning environment for RSE provision. Becky has experience working with a wide range of stakeholders including schools, parents, sexual health charities, local authorities and academics.
She is a co-author of ‘Sex Ed: An Inclusive Teenage Guides to Sex and Relationships’ (Walker, 2021).
RUTH
Ruth has over 10 years’ experience working with multiple sector-leading organisations, facilitating RSE, SGBV and LGBTQ+ workshops and CPD training to young people and professionals across the UK & South Africa. She is committed to empowering professionals with the skills and confidence required to discuss sex and relationships with the young people in their lives in a genuinely transformative way.
Ruth is studying psychosexual therapy at the Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology and is a co-author of ‘Sex Ed: An Inclusive Teenage Guides to Sex and Relationships’ (Walker, 2021).
Our approach
Safeguarding-centred
Our primary aim is to promote young people’s safety and wellbeing and we know comprehensive, age-appropriate RSE is essential to support that aim. We also know that it’s impossible to create a safe learning environment if there is a culture of harassment, bullying or violence. Underlying all our work is a commitment to supporting schools to provide the best possible environment for teaching RSE, so young peole feel safe and supported enough to flourish.
Evidence-based
We ensure all our sessions provide attendees with accurate and evidence-based understanding and insight into the topics covered. We will bust common myths and misconceptions about relationships and sex, ensuring participants leave feeling confident to engage with young people about the topics most relevant to their relationships and sexual lives.