The response to our A is for Amy stage play and workshop was overwhelmingly positive, with educators and youth support professionals clammering for us to make it available to young people on an ongoing basis. This inspired us to create a filmed version of the play.

Since the content led to disclosures of relationship abuse, we wanted to ensure that any learning programme built around the film would also encompass resources to aid important pastoral conversations, enabling young people to “wait well” for specialist support.

We are currently piloting the new A is for Amy film and workshop series with our partner secondary schools and youth groups. Alongside this, we have developed the activities devised around our Sometimes it Hurts stories during our Rabbits in Headlights project into schemes of work for upper and lower Key Stage 2, which are being trialed in our partner Primary schools.

All of our education partners have been familiarised with the original Sometimes it Hurts pastoral support resources, so that if A is for Amy (with secondary-aged young people) or the Sometimes it Hurts stories (with primary-aged children) results in disclosures, educators feel confident to navigate tricky conversations.