Programme Fighting Homophobia in Schools to Receive £1 Million
A government programme fighting homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia in UK schools is set to receive a massive £1 million funding boost, reports the Independent.
The plan was announced on Sunday the 4thof November by Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt.
“Everyone in this country should feel safe and happy to be who they are, to love who they love, and to live their lives without judgement or fear,” Mordaunt said.
“That’s why this government is stepping up its work to tackle bullying in schools, to protect more children and to stop hatred from festering and growing in to discrimination in adulthood.”
The programme is already in place in 1,200 schools across the England, with the new funding boost Mordaunt hopes to extend it to even more.
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