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Six Unpaid Volunteers vs The Manosphere. Help Us Keep Going.
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Help six friends continue campaigning to protect children from domestic abuse, online harms and sexual violence.
Our story
Every day, young people are entering abusive relationships without ever being taught how to recognise the warning signs.
This is what happened to our founder Faustine. She was just 16 when her abusive relationship began. Nobody had taught her the signs of coercive control, because Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) stops being mandatory at 16, but young people must remain in education until they turn 18.
16 to 19-year-olds face the highest rates of domestic abuse of any age group. Shocked by this reality, Faustine founded the Make It Mandatory campaign alongside her friends, so that no other young person would be left unaware of the signs of abuse.
Over the last 6 years, we have done all of this alongside our full-time jobs and studies, without ever taking a salary. We’ve done it with very little money, and we’ve never fundraised before.
But it’s very hard to keep a campaign going with no money. We’re up against the huge manosphere, with all its money and reach. Most of our costs come out of our own pockets, and we can’t keep going without your help.
Almost 6 years later, we have:
- Over 109,000 petition signatures
- Supported by 60+ expert organisations
- A government commitment to make RSE mandatory up to 18
- A Bill now in Parliament that could make our campaign law
- Exposed a loophole in the law, changing the national conversation on domestic abuse in teenage relationships
- Delivered workshops in schools and colleges
- Amplified survivor voices in the media, House of Commons and House of Lords and even Buckingham Palace
- And much more with 0 funding
What your donation pays for:
- Train travel for our volunteers to attend meetings with Ministers, MPs and charities
- Getting to events and panels to speak about the campaign
- Printing materials, leaflets and posters
- Adverts to reach more young people
- Day-to-day campaign costs like our website
No salaries. Ever. We’re all volunteers, and we’ll stay that way.
Whatever you can give, £5 or £50, helps us keep fighting for every young person who deserves an education on coercive control, domestic abuse and other vital topics.
Thank you,
The Make It Mandatory team
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