Supporter love:
"Having witnessed first hand the discrepancies in language, acceptance and understanding of these issues through conversations with students around the UK, it's essential that we do more. This is a very important initiative. " – Adam Cunis, Crowdfunder supporter
"It is so vital for young people to have the knowledge and support they may not receive at home." – Tracey Ruck, Crowdfunder supporter
OUR IMPACT
OUR IMPACT IN 2024
Sex Ed Matters turns five years old this year! We are celebrating by creating our biggest impact statement ever.
We’ve made so much progress this academic year, which could not have happened without your support. We hope this impact report makes you feel proud and positive about the future of Relationships and Sex Education (RSE).
Check out our impact statement by clicking on the button below.
Throughout the academic year, we:
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Trained 100 teachers in consent and tackling sexism through our Continued Professional Development courses.
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Facilitated workshops with 1,325 students across the UK on consent, periods, friendships and sexuality.
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Organised a sex education debate competition with Debate Hub at South Hampstead High School, during which 360 speeches were made on stigmatised RSE topics by 120 students comprising 40 teams from 10 schools.
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Hosted a series of events at Soho House on tackling period poverty and homophobia.
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Launched our free anti-sexism course, based on decades of academic research from Dr Hannah Yelin and Dr Michele Paule at Oxford Brookes University. This was named one of the University’s most impactful knowledge-exchange programmes of the year.
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Raised £50,000 in funding from UKRI, as winners of its ‘Unlocking Potential Award’ 2024, which is twice as much as we raised last year. With this money, we have been developing a cutting-edge technology platform to strengthen safeguarding measures in schools.
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Secured coverage in major news outlets, including The Independent, The Evening Standard, Sky News, ITV News, BBC News, and the Guardian.
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Partnered with Ambitious About Autism to create an inclusive guide to consent and relationships. Special thank you to the Ambitious Youth Network who are the centre of this resource! We are launching this in September 2024 so keep an eye on our mailing list for more information.
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Completely rebranded to emphasise the empowering and positive impact of sex education. We hope you love our new logo and branding as much as we do!
Thank you to everyone who has supported us in 2023/24!
HIGHLIGHTS
We strive to make the most positive impact possible by making sex education more accessible and empowering than ever before. 2022/23 was the biggest year in Sex Ed Matters' history! We reached more schools than ever before, and gained funding to expand into the world of Artificial Intelligence to measure the impact of targeted safeguarding strategies.
Find out more by clicking on the button below to download our 2023 impact statement.
OUR IMPACT IN 2023
Throughout the year, we:
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Reached 3,587 people (including students, teachers and adults) throughour workshops on consent, periods, friendships and sexuality
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Expanded our team to include our first advisory board, as well as four keymentors from Innovate UK and Citibank
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Gained over 150,000 signatures for our new tampon tax petition, lobbying retailers to reduce the price of period products in line with tampon tax ending and attended government rountables to make these essential products more accessible
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Raised £23,269 in funding from Innovate UK and UKRI to expand our mission, which is 10 times our fundraising in 2022
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Secured coverage in major news outlets including the Guardian, the Independent and ITV News, to further legitimise sex education and amplify student voices
2024 is set to be even bigger than 2023 for Sex Ed Matters, as we have secured more funding to create an AI tool empowering schools and businesses to identify and mitigate very specific safeguarding issues they’re responsible for.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us in 2023! We can’t wait to continue focusing on impact and innovation in 2024.