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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

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

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

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, 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

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

In September the TES published an article entitled ‘Why You Need to be Teaching Sexual Citizenship’, outlining sex and relationships advisor Jonny Hunt’s idea that children should be taught about sexual pleasure. Safe Schools Alliance objects to this proposal. Before we examine the reasons that this idea is not an unmitigated positive, here are a … Continue reading Sexual citizenship

In October our spokeswomen Tanya Carter and Tracy Shaw spoke to Liberal Voice for Women, a special interest group of Liberal Democrat members and supporters, aiming to promote the interests of women and girls within the party. You can watch the event here: "Why 'Girls Only' is Important: An evening with Safe Schools Alliance UK". … Continue reading An evening with Safe Schools Alliance

This post was written by Caroline, a young feminist lesbian working in the Violence Against Women sector, and was originally published on her blog. We have reproduced it here with her permission because we think this is an important piece which reveals how young lesbians' perceptions of themselves, their sexuality, and their right to boundaries … Continue reading The definition of lesbian