Laura Coryton

Aug 10, 2024 | charitytimes.com | Laura Coryton

Laura Coryton MBE, Director of Sex Ed Matters, discusses how her organisation harnessed the power of research and academia to boost impact. She also explores how others can do the same. ______________________________________________________________________#I first met Dr Michele Paule and Dr Hannah Yelin in 2016 after they invited me to speak at an event they organised to boost the confidence of girls.

Aug 16, 2023 | msn.com | Laura Coryton

In 2014, I started a petition to end the unfair and sexist “luxury” tax on period products. After years of campaigning, lobbying politicians, speaking with journalists, travelling the country to raise awareness, and amassing more than 300,000 signatures, there were two big breakthroughs. First, our campaign lobbied the government into establishing the tampon tax fund, through which almost £100m has been donated to female-focused charities.

Aug 16, 2023 | theguardian.com | Laura Coryton

In 2014, I started a petition to end the unfair and sexist “luxury” tax on period products. After years of campaigning, lobbying politicians, speaking with journalists, travelling the country to raise awareness, and amassing more than 300,000 signatures, there were two big breakthroughs. First, our campaign lobbied the government into establishing the tampon tax fund, through which almost £100m has been donated to female-focused charities.

Jun 12, 2023 | teachwire.net | Hannah Huston Day |Laura Coryton |Luke Ramsden

SecondaryHealth & Wellbeing We owe it to our students to openly discuss the complexities and sensitivities surrounding matters of consent, says Luke Ramsden Helping our young people understand the issues surrounding consent and sexual relationships has never been more important. The response we saw to the 2020 launch of the Everyone’s Invited website brought out into the open the prevalence of sexual harassment and violence in schools.

Mar 28, 2023 | cypnow.co.uk | Laura Coryton

For the first time in UK history, it ensured important topics were mandatory in all schools, including consent, body autonomy and how to recognise and combat coercive behaviours. However, a media-fuelled row has unnecessarily jeopardised this curriculum and risked the safety of children and young people. Some mainstream media have unfairly painted a few RSE lessons which have upset students or parents as indicative of deep-rooted flaws in the RSE curriculum and sector as a whole.