The Telegraph quotes Safe Schools Alliance in its report on a Welsh government-backed survey into children's experiences with sex. This is an excellent article exposing the Welsh Government's misuse of £1,137,584 of public money on a poorly designed survey. When dealing with children a safeguarding-first approach must be used. This did not happen here. There … Continue reading Survey asks children as young as 13 when they first had sex | The Telegraph
Gender Identity Conversion Therapy
We are pleased the government has decided to abandon its plans to include 'gender identity' in its proposed conversion therapy bill. At Safe Schools Alliance we hear daily from parents, teachers and other professionals involved in the education and wellbeing of children who are concerned about this: they feel that the concept of “gender identity” … Continue reading Gender Identity Conversion Therapy
The Cass Review into Gender Identity Services
The Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People, led by Dr Hilary Cass OBE, published its Interim Report on 11 March 2022. The main focus of the report is the medical care and treatment of children at the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS). The full report, due in a few months, … Continue reading The Cass Review into Gender Identity Services
Child Q, Safeguarding and Sex Education
This is the edited text of a speech that our spokeswoman Tanya Carter gave on a webinar on the 19th March 2022 organised by the Welsh women's group Merched Cymru, in which she discusses the recently published Child Safeguarding Practice Review on Child Q. "Thank you for having me here today, I’ve been asked to … Continue reading Child Q, Safeguarding and Sex Education
‘Wonderland’ by Juno Dawson: a review
One of our parents discovered that Juno Dawson’s book Wonderland is stocked in their child’s secondary school library. The rationale offered by the school for stocking such books was that the authors come from marginalised groups. Yet according to Wikipedia, Dawson is the author of 22 books; not the hallmark of marginalisation. The school librarian … Continue reading ‘Wonderland’ by Juno Dawson: a review
Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding
This is the text of a speech that Tanya Carter gave last week to a group of concerned parents about safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and our campaigning work. "Hello and thank you for inviting me here to speak on behalf of Safe Schools Alliance. I’m Tanya, some of you may already know me, for those of … Continue reading Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding
‘Educate and Celebrate’ and the NEU
We are pleased to see that the National Education Union (NEU) have agreed to carry out a review after it was revealed they organised training from the charity Educate and Celebrate which misrepresented the law, sought to deny reality and erase students' sex-based rights. Educate and Celebrate offer resources and training to nurseries, schools and … Continue reading ‘Educate and Celebrate’ and the NEU
FOI requests to schools
Parents can use the FOI (Freedom of Information) process to request to see PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) or RSE (Relationships and Sex Education / Relationships and Sexuality Education in Wales) materials that will be used in staff and pupil training. They can also ask how much money the school spent on the programme … Continue reading FOI requests to schools
Drag Queen Story Hour
Drag Queen Story Hour, where men dressed as glamourous, sexualised women are invited into schools and public libraries to read stories to children, is a new and concerning phenomenon. Dreamed up by San Franciscan Michelle Tea in 2015, it is a nationwide program in the United States, and in recent years has appeared in public … Continue reading Drag Queen Story Hour
Conversion therapy: write to your MP
The UK government is running a consultation on their proposed ban on conversion therapy. This is open to the public and closes at 11.45 on the 4th February 2022. We are very concerned about the inclusion of 'gender identity' in the proposed legislation. In response to the consultation we have written the below letter which … Continue reading Conversion therapy: write to your MP