Ending Violence in Relationships - New Work by Create

It recently announced that school pupils in England aged five to 15 are to get compulsory lessons in the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. Create have recently developed a number of lesson plans around the themes of domestic violence, teenage abusive relationships as part of our SHRE development work.

According to the new government strategy, lessons will by adapted for different age groups and teachers will be required to undertake further training to ensure the can effectively assist girls they identify as being affected.

The introduction of the lessons follows research showing that only about half of young women and girls receive such lessons as part of their personal, social, health and economic education. The classes will also focus on how to develop mutually respectful personal relationships and to make violence against women and girls unacceptable amongst young people.

The Government strategy will also be backed by an advertising campaign early next year aimed at tackling the pervasive attitude amongst some teenagers that violence in relationships is justified. A Teen Abuse Survey by Sugar magazine and the NSPCC in 2005 found that a third of teenage girls believed that cheating justified violence.

For more information on how Create could help you in this area please contact Susie Heywood.