Fundraiser to Safeguard Diversity Role Models' Anti-Bullying Workshops

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The opportunity below was published by IGLYO Member Diversity Role Models. For any questions, please reach out to them directly.

Our UK Member Diversity Role Models' workshops educate young people about diversity and empower them to recognise and embrace differences in others. During the workshops, they demonstrate how students can support each other and act as upstanders rather than bystanders by challenging bullying and inappropriate language or behaviour. However, these very workshops are currently at stake.

Government funding for anti-bullying programmes in the UK has ended. Corporate support has declined dramatically due to anti-diversity sentiment, and schools can't afford Diversity Role Models' essential workshops. Yet the need has never been greater.

Data from Diversity Role Models

89% of students feel more confident to stand up against bullying following their workshops. "Ever since Diversity Role Models came, people have been a lot nicer to each other, so it's helped" - Child participant, 7 months after their workshop

Right now, 45% of secondary students say pupils who are gay or thought to be gay are bullied at their school. Only 18% think someone LGBTQ+ would feel comfortable coming out (down from 26% last year). ‍

How can you support?

Diversity Role Models has launched an important fundraiser to prevent them from cutting back their reach when young people need them most. Every pound you donate will help them continue to transform young lives.

To support them you can:

1. Make a Donation: Donate here
2. Share their Just Giving page via social media
3. Share their social media posts on LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook
4. Introduce them to any individual or corporate donors who might be able to help them

Data Sources

Diversity Role Models Impact Report 2024/25 | Crime Survey for England and Wales 2023 | Theirworld Report Jul 2025 | Diversity Role Models Impact Report 2024

*Individual differences include race, ethnicity, religion, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status and age.