Equate is a tailor made secondary school provision. Equate is designed to educate young people about domestic abuse, gender equality and the importance of healthy relationships in ensuring mental wellbeing.

Designed for secondary school pupils in all year groups, the comprehensive selection of lessons fits well into the existing RSE and PSHE curriculum. Recognising that all schools have a unique community, Equate offers bespoke lessons to meet the needs of individual schools. Equate delivers to approximately 8,000 pupils in Nottingham City and County each year and we’re proud of the relationships we’ve built with the schools we work with.

The project is reviewed yearly to ensure we are up to date with responding to feedback and the wider needs of children and young people.

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Topics covered

Y7 – Healthy/Unhealthy Relationships
Y7 – Gender Equality
Y8 – Respect Not Fear (Abuse in Teen Relationships)
Y8 – Personal Space
Y9 – Toxic Behaviours
Y9 – Consent

Download the brochure to see the aims and objectives of each sessions, together with 2021-22 overview and school/pupils feedback.

Benefits of Equate

Skills young people in recognising their own behaviours and those of people around them
Equate facilitators are experienced in delivering age appropriate topics to meet the needs of the school community, whilst being skilled in taking appropriate and consistent action when responding to reports of safety concerns from pupils
Gives young people the confidence to access support if problems arise
Helps foster a community spirit between young people and their fellow pupils
Reduce the devastating impact that domestic violence so very often has on the lives of children, including poor attainment in education.
To enable secondary school children to gain knowledge about healthy relationships to explore what domestic abuse is and to know where to go for help and support.
The project has been designed to complement Key Stage 3 and 4 PSHE and SEAL objectives.
To enable children to recognise their right to live free from fear and encourage healthy attitudes towards relationships.

Project delivery

1-hour sessions delivered to a tutor group, usually delivered in a drop-down day
2 trained facilitators deliver each session
In a fun, interactive and age-appropriate way.
Each session every young person receives a support card/resource to find further information and advice.