EdShift’s previous prevention programmes helped young people question harmful attitudes, recognise abuse earlier, and explore relationships built on equality, respect, and safety.
These programmes are not currently live, but they remain an important part of our story.
Domestic abuse and violence are shaped by attitudes, stereotypes, silence, and behaviours that can go unchallenged. Our previous prevention work used drama, creativity, and education to help young people explore relationships, consent, gender equality, respect, and positive bystander action.
The aim was to help young people recognise harm earlier, challenge abusive patterns, and build healthier relationships.
ACT OUT / SPEAK UP was EdShift’s drama-based domestic abuse and sexual violence prevention programme for children and young people aged 7–21. The programme used creative, arts-based Relationship and Sex Education to explore healthy and unhealthy relationships, consent, sexual violence, grooming, domestic abuse, and the law in age-appropriate ways.
Through drama, discussion, and guided workshops, ACT OUT / SPEAK UP encouraged young people to challenge stereotypes, ask questions, and develop the skills needed for respectful, nurturing relationships.
Project Zero was EdShift’s whole-school programme to help prevent violence against women and girls. It worked with schools to raise awareness, recruit allies, and support gender-equitable school cultures where sexism, harmful stereotypes, and violence-supportive attitudes could be challenged.
Project Zero placed student voice and school-wide change at the centre, helping young people understand the roots of violence against women and girls and how everyone can play a role in creating safer communities.
Kindness is King was an interactive creative workshop for secondary school-aged children, exploring kindness, communication, gender stereotypes, and respect between genders. The programme helped young people think about what kindness means, how to create inclusive spaces, and how stereotypes can shape self-perception, friendships, relationships, and life choices.
Through group discussion and creative activities, Kindness is King encouraged young people to build relationships rooted in fairness, inclusion, and respect.
Across these programmes, participants explored:
Although these programmes are no longer live, their influence remains part of EdShift’s work. They strengthened our commitment to youth voice, creativity, early intervention, and redefining relationships for the next generation.
EdShift now provides a three-tier pathway of creative, specialist support for young people affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence.
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