One YMCA - Dignify

We envision a world where children thrive in healthy relationships, free from the harms of pornography.

Dignify's mission is to engage, equip and empower local communities to build and share a new narrative for healthy relationships where porn is not normalised. Dignify is saying let's talk about porn. Together as a community, we can help children and young people thrive, free from the sexual objectification that porn can normalise. Born from a local collaboration with a passion to keep our children safe, we work to equip and empower young people to make the best, safest and healthiest choices in relationships and online.

What is the problem?

• 32% of children have seen pornography
• The average age children first see porn is 12 years old
• 29% of children who have seen porn repeatedly, have acted out something they have seen (as many as 9 in 10 porn videos are violent)
• Only 26% of children learn about relationships and sex from their parent or carer
• 48% of children think more should be done to prevent children from seeing porn

What we do

Research: we survey thousands of children each year to hear firsthand what they are experiencing, struggling with, or need from their school and wider support networks. Our tailored reports then give schools an in-depth insight to their students' experiences, and becomes a foundation for improvement. We are increasingly observing progress with schools who have done repeat surveys, as sexual harassment levels improve and porn use declines.

Education: we provide assemblies and workshops for both secondary and primary schools, youth groups and parents to facilitate essential conversations about healthy relationships and digital safety. We also have expert-driven school resources and teacher training.

Advocacy: we work with organisations, politicians and the media to continue to champion legal change to protect children from the harms of pornography.

Build Communities: like the Dignify network to share stories, support and strategies. Fostering relationships with local churches too.

Thank you for supporting Dignify. Whether through partnering, praying, volunteering, giving or championing this cause, we want you to know that your contribution will make a difference.

Together, let's write a new narrative. Our children...free from the harms of porn.