Our education and outreach work empowers young people to speak out, challenge injustice and create safer communities. At its core are youth-led workshops delivered in schools and community spaces across the UK. Trained peer educators use creative tools, such as short films, interactive activities, and real-life storytelling, to explore complex issues like FGM, extremism, toxic masculinity, gender-based violence and sexual harassment.
Our young activists also deliver training for front-line professionals, including teachers, medical practitioners, police and others.
We develop digital resources, produce public education campaigns and deliver events that bring young people, professionals and decision-makers together to address root causes and drive change. Every session is youth-informed, inclusive and designed to equip people with the knowledge and confidence to challenge harmful behaviours and build stronger, safer communities.
Case study
If we give them opportunities and learn to listen, anything is possible.
Lisa Zimmermann, CEO
About the project: Switched
Switched is a youth-created film and workshop project focused on ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by involving all young people, not just those typically seen as directly affected. Recognising that prevention is everyone’s responsibility, Integrate’s young people led the creation of a short drama that challenges assumptions and calls for shared understanding and action.
Young people were involved in every part of the process, from writing and acting to directing and editing. The film became the centrepiece of a UK-wide workshop series delivered by trained peer educators. These sessions combined storytelling with open discussion and reflection, breaking the silence, challenging stigma and giving young people the knowledge and confidence to recognise risk and seek help.
Switched not only changed attitudes in classrooms, it influenced how schools and professionals think about safeguarding and how prevention works best when all students are informed, included and empowered.
Impact results
| Stat | Impact |
|---|---|
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5147 |
Young people reached through peer education workshops |
|
40 |
Peer educators trained to deliver sessions |
|
500% |
Increase in participants who said they would report FGM concerns to a teacher (Source: Internal evaluation, 2024) |
