It was only a moment. But she remembered it.
Change starts before harm happens
We changed the law, but that’s only one part of changing the culture. Education gives us an opportunity to prevent harm before it happens.
We can teach young people what public sexual harassment looks like, how to recognise it, how to look out for each other, how to report it, and how equality, respect, consent and healthy relationships can help prevent harm in the first place.
Public sexual harassment can have a lasting impact. But young people shouldn’t have to learn about it through experience. It shouldn’t be an inevitable part of growing up.
Bring an Our Streets Now workshop to your school
We offer a range of workshops for Year 9 and above, as well as talks for sixth formers, sessions for colleges and universities. Our workshops align to statutory guidance on teaching relationships and sex education and are based on evidence for what works for preventing harmful sexual behaviour becoming normalised in school.
We give young people the knowledge and tools to understand respectful behaviour, recognise public sexual harassment and challenge the attitudes and behaviours that allow it to happen.
What will young people learn?
RECOGNISE
When behaviour crosses a line and what public sexual harassment can look like.
LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER
How to support someone when they see something isn't right.
REPORT
What they can do if they experience or witness harassment, and where they can go for support.
CHALLENGE
Sexism, misogyny and harmful stereotypes and the behaviours they can lead to.
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
For creating respectful, equal relationships and safer spaces for everyone.
Supporting schools to prevent public sexual harassment
The revised Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) guidance comes into effect from September 2026, giving schools an important opportunity to strengthen how they address relationships, consent, respect and sexual harassment.
Our workshops can support schools to turn these conversations into meaningful learning for young people, helping them understand what respectful behaviour looks like and giving them the tools to recognise and challenge harmful behaviour.
Because prevention starts before something happens.
Young people deserve to grow up knowing what respect looks like and knowing that public sexual harassment is never something they simply have to accept.
Let's start by teaching them.
How can I help if I don’t work in a school?
Book a talk for your workplace. We offer a range of webinars, talks and training sessions all about sexual harassment and changing the culture at work.
Send our film ‘Smile!’ or one of our Instagram posts to someone you know. Starting conversations is a powerful way of challenging a problem that has become so normalised.
Donate! We rely on donations to be able to offer workshops to schools and groups who otherwise could not afford it.
Why Our Streets Now?
We’re working to end public sexual harassment in the UK through education, visibility and advocacy.
We’ve spent years researching public sexual harassment, talking to young people about their experiences and understanding the complex barriers that exist for schools and colleges aiming to make change. We talk to young people using real experiences they can relate to and we give staff an insight into the issues their learners are likely facing.
Our workshops are informed by our campaigning and policy work, including our successful #CrimeNotCompliment campaign, which helped change the law on public sexual harassment.
Now, we’re focused on what comes next: changing the culture that allows harassment to happen in the first place.
And schools have a vital role to play.