Schools Consent Project

{{Short description|UK sex-education workshop provider}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

The Schools Consent Project is a charity organisation based in the UK which delivers sexual education workshops focusing on the topic of consent.{{cite web |language=Dutch |accessdate=16 September 2017 |first=Kate |title=SEKSROBOTS De seksrobot die je zo kunt instellen dat ze tegenstribbe lt is echt niet oké |work=Vice |last=Parker |year=2017 |url=https://www.vice.com/be/article/vbb9a4/de-seksrobot-die-je-zo-kunt-instellen-dat-ze-tegenstribbelt-is-echt-niet-oke |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911122143/https://www.vice.com/be/article/vbb9a4/de-seksrobot-die-je-zo-kunt-instellen-dat-ze-tegenstribbelt-is-echt-niet-oke |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2017 |trans-title=SEX ROBOTS The sex robot that you can set up to counterbalance is really not okay}}{{cite web |first=Rebecca |last=Wright |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915225315/https://rightsinfo.org/where-does-the-new-justice-secretary-stand-on-human-rights/ |url=https://rightsinfo.org/where-does-the-new-justice-secretary-stand-on-human-rights/ |accessdate=16 September 2017 |date=15 June 2017 |title=Where does the new justice secretary stand on human-rights |archivedate=15 September 2017 |website=RightsInfo.com}}{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915224419/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/nathalie-greenfield/sex-education_b_12756038.html |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/nathalie-greenfield/sex-education_b_12756038.html |title=Why Sex Ed Really Is Power |date=2 November 2016 |last=Greenfield |archivedate=15 September 2017 |first=Nathalie |work=Huffington Post The Blog |accessdate=16 September 2017}}{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915223144/https://www.ayoungertheatre.com/author/ettie/ |url=https://www.ayoungertheatre.com/author/ettie/ |title=Ettie Bailey-King |archivedate=15 September 2017 |website=AYoungerTheatre.com |date=11 July 2016 |accessdate=16 September 2017}}{{cite web |title=Hey, Lawyers – Leave Them Kids Alone |first=Luk |work=Spike

|last=Gittos |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915225623/http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/hey-lawyers-leave-them-kids-alone/20271#.WbxarrKGPIU |url=http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/hey-lawyers-leave-them-kids-alone/20271#.WbxarrKGPIU |accessdate=16 September 2017 |archivedate=15 September 2017 |date=4 September 2017}}{{Cite episode |first=Jenni |last=Murray |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b093104b |title=Jenni Murray's 30 years of presenting Woman's Hour; Classical piano, Starting university |minutes=9 |series=Woman's Hour |station=BBC Radio 4 |author-link=Jenni Murray |date=14 September 2015 |accessdate=16 September 2015}} It was founded in 2014, delivering its first workshop in March 2015.{{cite web |title=Queen's pupils volunteer for Schools Consent Project; Representatives from SCP visit city girls' school |work=Chester Chronicle |url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A442633201/GPS?sid=wikipedia |date=7 February 2016 |accessdate=16 September 2017}}{{subscription required |via=General OneFile}}{{cite web |title=What is The Schools Consent Project? |first=Rebecca |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915223905/http://lawyerinthemaking.co.uk/what-is-the-schools-consent-project/ |last=Morgan |url=http://lawyerinthemaking.co.uk/what-is-the-schools-consent-project/ |accessdate=16 September 2017 |date=21 October 2015 |archivedate=15 September 2017 |website=LawyerInThemaking.co.uk}}

Pupils aged 11–18{{Cite magazine |last=Collier |first=Rosie |date=5 July 2016 |title=How can schools teach sexual consent if they can't even talk about it? |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2016/07/how-can-schools-teach-sexual-consent-if-they-cant-even-talk-about-it |magazine=New Statesman |language=en |access-date=21 January 2020}} are taken through topics such as harassment, revenge porn and sexting.{{cite web |first=Emma |archivedate=15 September 2017 |accessdate=16 September 2017 |last=Rehal-Wilde |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915224835/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/emma-rehalwilde/consent-cup-of-tea_b_9660316.html |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/emma-rehalwilde/consent-cup-of-tea_b_9660316.html |title=Pop the Kettle On, It's Time for Sex |date=12 April 2016}}{{cite web |title=The Schools Consent Project |accessdate=16 September 2017 |last=McFadden |first=Emily |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/emily-mcfadden/the-schools-consent-proje_b_11581276.html |work=Huffington Post The Blog |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915223628/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/emily-mcfadden/the-schools-consent-proje_b_11581276.html |date=18 August 2016 |archivedate=15 September 2017}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/may/07/many-revenge-porn-victims-consider-suicide-why-arent-schools-doing-more-to-stop-it |title=Many revenge porn victims consider suicide – why aren't schools doing more to stop it? |last=Ankel |first=Sophia |date=7 May 2018 |work=The Guardian |access-date=21 January 2020 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

The organisation makes use of pro-bono and voluntary contributions of expertise from lawyers and law students.{{cite news |date=30 July 2016 |url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A459516194/GPS?sid=wikipedia |title=Hogan Lovells Releases Annual Pro Bono Report: 'Inspiring Action, Transforming Lives' |publisher=Targeted News Service |accessdate=16 September 2017 |via=InfoTrac Newsstand}}{{subscription required |via=General OneFile}}{{cite report |url=http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4b18a368#/4b18a368/10 |publisher=Hogan Lovells

|title=Inspiring action, transforming lives 2015 highlights of our global Pro Bono Practice |accessdate=16 September 2017 |quote=Enhancing Educational Opportunities Changing viewpoints |page=10}}{{cite news |title='Harrowing rape scenes were so intense I dreamt about them': How Joanne Froggatt prepared for gritty drama Liar |last=Jefferies |page=24 |work=The Mirror |date=11 September 2017 |first=Mark |url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A504051461/GPS?sid=wikipedia |via=InfoTrac Newsstand |accessdate=16 September 2017}}