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UK LGBTQ+ schools programme to become free to all secondaries

Graham Robson September 16, 2024

Popular LGBTQ+ schools programme, Pride Groups, run by LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us, is being made free to all UK secondary schools, thanks to National Lottery funding. The Pride Groups programme has so far helped 410 secondary schools to set up/run a LGBTQ+ and allies club, making school environments safer for LGBTQ+ pupils who […]

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Fundraising News

Get Involved: Just Like Us launches 190 Challenge to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ young people

Graham Robson April 3, 2024

To represent the 190 days young people spend in school each year, LGBTQ+ youth charity Just Like Us is asking you to run, row, cycle, hike or swim 190km, or create your own 190-minute challenge, to fundraise for the charity and improve the lives of LGBTQ+ young people, so they can feel safer and happier […]

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Transgender News

Trans guidance for schools: Teachers will not be ‘compelled’ to use a child’s preferred pronouns

Graham Robson December 19, 2023

Trans guidance for schools in England has been published by the Department for Education today (Tuesday, December 19), after being delayed from the summer. The non-statutory guidance requires schools to inform parents if their children say they wish to change their gender identity, with some narrow exemptions such as the child being at risk of […]

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Mental Health

New study to find out about school experiences of people who identify as both neurodivergent and genderdivergent and how these experiences impacted mental health

July 12, 2023

Mental health: What can genderdivergent and neurodivergent folk tell us about their experience in schools and what schools can do to support them? The aim of the present study by University of Southampton is to find out about the school experiences of people who identify as both neurodivergent and genderdivergent and how these experiences impacted […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Over half of Scottish secondary schools adopt LGBTQ+ Youth Charter to support inclusivity for staff and pupils

Graham Robson April 24, 2023

Set up by LGBT Youth Scotland, which provides youth work to LGBTQ+ young people, the scheme provides schools and organisations with training to challenge prejudice and ensure that equality and diversity is at their core.

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