Schools & Colleges
Sexual harassment workshops, resources and training
Our Streets Now works directly with schools, colleges, clubs and youth centres to tackle sexual harassment through high-quality, evidence-based education.
We deliver interactive student workshops, CPD-accredited staff training and free PSHE and RSE resources.
Every session is grounded in young people’s experiences and delivered through an inclusive, safeguarding-first approach.
Whether you're looking to deepen your school’s PSHE curriculum, build staff confidence in responding to harassment, or empower your students to challenge harmful behaviours, we are here to help.
Workshops, talks and training
For students
The Our Streets Now team has 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.
Our workshops use discussion, relatable scenarios and practical activities to create space for young people to think critically, ask questions and understand how everyone can be part of the solution.
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Suitable for Year 9 and above.
An interactive workshop opening up critical conversations about online misogyny and the role of the digital world in shaping harmful attitudes and behaviours.We focus on two key areas:
Image-based abuse
Students explore an in-depth scenario showing this issue, unpacking how this is shaped by peer pressure, gendered expectations, and victim-blaming.Online influence
Students practise applying a critical lens to online content - analysing examples from gaming, music lyrics, and social media to identify harmful messages and understand how these are amplified by algorithms.
Rather than telling young people to avoid the internet, we empower them to navigate it safely.
Students leave the session with:
A clearer understanding of how sexual violence can take place online and its impact
Insight into how gendered norms and peer dynamics can drive digital harm
Increased digital confidence, media literacy and critical thinking skills
The tools and language to talk about what they’re experiencing, and to reach out to trusted adults when needed
Rooted in a safeguarding-first approach and informed by current concerns such as image-based abuse and sextortion, this workshop helps young people stay informed, resilient, and supported online.
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For schools and colleges who want student ambassadors to lead on creating change. This workshop, or series of workshops, gives students the opportunity to explore issues relating to public sexual harassment, learn key change-making skills and, at the end, present their ideas for change in school to senior leadership staff.
Creating a safe space is important to us. Instead of engaging a whole year group, we work with a smaller segment of the school that is interested or affected by these issues.
We can deliver this workshop to:
Student council or a body of student leaders
Feminist societies
All the girls and non-binary students from one year group or class
Groups of self-selected students as an extracurricular activity
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Suitable for Years 9–11
A discussion-based, interactive session exploring what public sexual harassment looks like, why it’s harmful, and how students can safely challenge it.
Using 12 real-life stories, students explore key questions:
What is sexual harassment, and where’s the line between a compliment and harm?
How is harassment shaped by gender stereotypes?
How does experiencing sexual harassment impact people?
How can we challenge harassment - and why isn’t it always easy?
We’re clear in our workshops that a culture where harassment is normalised harms everyone. Our inclusive approach ensures boys feel engaged, included, and empowered to be part of the solution.
How it works:
The timings can flex from 50-90 minutes long to suit your timetable and can each accommodate up to 30 students, delivered by 2 facilitators. We can work with an entire year group running one workshop after another, or running up to three simultaneous workshops. The content slightly varies for different year groups.In every workshop we aim to give students the space to:
Understand and define sexual harassment
Consider the impacts of sexual harassment
Understand their role in challenging harmful language and behaviour
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Suitable for sixth form and further education.
Designed for older students, this session takes a deeper look at public sexual harassment and how it is shaped and normalised by the everyday, including gendered stereotypes and the pressures that exist around sex and relationships.
We cover the content in the year 9-11 workshop ‘Understanding Sexual Harassment’ but take a deeper look at:
Legal and cultural understandings of consent
Gender stereotypes and how they affect sex and relationships
The role of everyday homophobia, transphobia, racism and misogyny in normalising sexual harassment
Objectification and the media
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One hour large-group session.
Using examples from film, media and everyday culture, this talk explores how sexual harassment is normalised, the pressures placed on men and boys, and the effects of victim-blaming. Students are encouraged to think critically about the culture they want to shape as they enter adulthood.
For staff
Our staff sessions are designed to increase confidence from teaching staff in understanding, responding to and preventing public sexual harassment. We also provide free resources, including ready-made lesson plans, and training on how to use them.
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Our interactive, CPD-accredited training builds staff confidence in responding to and preventing public sexual harassment, both inside and outside the classroom.
We use real student experiences to explore safeguarding responses, support effective teaching strategies, and help staff create safer, more inclusive school environments. The session also introduces our free teaching resources and how to use them with confidence.
We offer training on key areas, all through the lens of public sexual harassment:
Understanding young people’s lived experiences
Exploring root causes and cultural norms
Responding safely and appropriately to disclosures
Teaching about harassment in the classroom
Engaging men and boys in the conversation
Building a whole-school approach to prevention
Using pupil voice meaningfully to drive change
This session supports schools to meet safeguarding responsibilities, while creating space for open, values-led staff reflection and learning.
Want more information?
Download our programme guide
Find out more about our student workshops and staff training, and explore delivery options, learning outcomes and indicative pricing. This guide is ideal for sharing with colleagues and peers.
How booking works
Tell us what you need
Share your setting, audience, preferred dates and priorities using the short enquiry form below.
Shape your learning
We recommend the most suitable session or programme and discuss delivery options.
Create lasting change
Your students or staff take part in an engaging session with clear, practical learning outcomes.
Get more details in the FAQ section.
School workshop and training enquiry
What schools say
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Our students really enjoyed the workshop, and our teachers were incredibly impressed with how well they engaged with the activities. We are looking forward to welcoming the team back to facilitate more workshops.
Health and social care lecturer
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The misogyny workshop was powerful, engaging and deeply impactful - exactly what we hoped for and more. So many staff have come up to me since to say how valuable they found it and how much it made them reflect.
SLT Teacher
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This workshop was a hugely valuable learning experience. I would highly recommend it to any school seeking to strengthen pupils understanding of harmful online content and its wider social consequences.
Staff member
Free resources for schools and colleges
Download our free sexual harassment school and teaching resources for staff, students and parents.
The education resource pack includes:
KS3, KS4 and KS5 lesson plans and workshop materials
Anti-Street Harassment Week lesson plan
International Women’s Day assembly
Introduction to public sexual harassment
Assembly presentation pack
Safeguarding training resource for school staff
In collaboration with Safeguarding Network, we have released a free resource for DSLs to train your staff on public sexual harassment.
Our Work In Wales
Ein Strydoedd Nawr yng Nghymru
Our Streets Now in Wales
Yn ogystal â gweithio mewn ysgolion ar draws Cymru, rydym wedi bod yn cynnal rhaglenni peilot mewn partneriaeth â Llywodraeth Cymru
As well as working in schools across Wales, we have been running pilot programmes in partnership with the Welsh Government.
92% of girls, and 74% of boys, said sexist name-calling happens a lot or sometimes to them or their peers.
Frequently asked questions
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We offer interactive workshops that help students recognise sexual harassment, understand its impact and explore how to challenge harmful attitudes and behaviour. Our programmes include Understanding Sexual Harassment for Years 9-11, sessions for sixth form and further education students, a Digital Harms and the Online World workshop, and Changemaker workshops for students who want to lead change in their school or college.
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After you have completed our booking enquiry form, we’ll get in touch by email or arrange a call to discuss which session is the best fit for your school or college. You can ask questions, share any concerns and tell us about specific needs or issues you’re seeing in school.
We’ll then work with you to agree a suitable date and match you with our experienced facilitators. If you already have a date in mind, such as a drop-down day, please let us know as early as possible.
Once the details are agreed, we’ll ask you to sign our booking agreement, which includes practical information to help the day run smoothly and safely. You’ll also receive a pre-session email two weeks before your booking to help you prepare.
On the day, our facilitators will deliver an engaging session, creating space for thoughtful discussion and learning.
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Our workshops make clear that a culture where harassment is normalised harms everyone. We use an inclusive approach that engages boys as part of the solution, exploring gender stereotypes, social pressures and the role students can play in challenging harmful language and behaviour.
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Yes. We provide free teaching resources, including KS3, KS4 and KS5 lesson plans, assembly materials and resources to support staff learning about public sexual harassment. These can help you continue conversations beyond a workshop or introduce the topic within your existing teaching.
Visit our school resources page and complete the form to access the downloads
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Yes. Our interactive, CPD-accredited sexual harassment training helps teachers and school staff build confidence in understanding, responding to and preventing public sexual harassment. Using real student experiences, we explore safeguarding responses, handling disclosures, teaching about harassment and engaging men and boys. We also help staff develop a whole-school approach to prevention and use our free teaching resources.
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Our sexual harassment workshops support discussions about consent, gender stereotypes, respectful behaviour and the impact of harassment. Through interactive activities and real-life experiences, students explore harmful attitudes and their role in challenging them. We also offer staff training and free KS3, KS4 and KS5 lesson plans to support further classroom learning.