Every Voicebox session is led by one of our expert facilitators, recruited specifically because we feel young people can trust them. Not because they're trying to be cool or act like a friend, but because they show up as real, grounded adults who genuinely care. This month, we sat down with facilitator Will Hudson to chat about his experience and how he works with young people. Can you tell us about yourself and what brought you to facilitation? I have a mixed background of participatory...

With an explicit commitment from the Prime Minister to halve cases of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) over the next decade, the government’s newly published strategy addressing VAWG places schools firmly at the heart of prevention, early intervention and long-term change. For school leaders, safeguarding teams and anyone working in education, the strategy's message is clear: this is not an “add-on” agenda, nor something that can be dealt with only once harm has already occurred. ...

This year was a BIG one. Like many of our readers who work in education, we will be welcoming the Christmas break with open arms (and maybe a mince pie or two). So as 2025 draws to a close, we’ve been reflecting on what has been our busiest, most ambitious and wide-reaching year yet. We started Voicebox in 2019 with a simple mission: to help boys and young men build healthy identities and contribute to safer, more compassionate communities. This year, that mission took us into new spaces,...