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,...

A guide for schools on reducing defensiveness in boys, improving RSHE delivery and building trust, respect and healthy masculinity in the classroom.

From September 2026, the government’s updated Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) Guidance will become legally binding for all schools in England. Among the most significant updates is a new expectation that schools will teach pupils to recognise and act against misogyny and to learn from positive male role models. This update follows growing concern over online misogyny, with one in five UK males aged 16 to 29 reportedly holding positive views of Andrew Tate ’s content  - a trend...