The Daily Mail quoted Safe Schools Alliance in its recent report on the Family Sex Show, which was due to be held at the Theatre Royal in Bath. After considerable public protest, including a petition signed by 38,000 people, the show was cancelled. It did however go ahead as a private performance. We do not … Continue reading The Family Sex Show
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Take action on Scottish sex self-id for English and Welsh school children
We are supporting Fair Play for Women’s action to say no to letting sex self-ID in through the back door. We do not believe decisions made by the Scottish government should affect English and Welsh school children. Fair Play for Women says: “Although last year Liz Truss rejected introducing Sex self-ID for England and Wales, … Continue reading Take action on Scottish sex self-id for English and Welsh school children
Survey asks children as young as 13 when they first had sex | The Telegraph
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