Active Bystander Workshop

Our bystander training programmes were developed by/ in partnership with sector leading academics Professor Rachel Fenton and Dr Nathan Eisenstadt, co-founder/Directors of Kindling Transformative Interventions Ltd. Their programmes are rigorously evaluated, read more about the evidence base here. We have a long running proud partnership with Kindling and are proud to deliver their bystander intervention training programmes under license.

The programme is designed for community members to learn more about sexual harassment, and how they can help combat it by learning skills to intervene as a positive bystander.

When someone intervenes well:

• The wrongdoer receives the message that their behaviour is not okay. This stops the harm in progress and can prevent them from doing it again.
• It tells others that the behaviour is not tolerated and that it’s safe to intervene, changing the group norm.

Active Bystander training works with participants in a positive and empowering way to think about scenarios and helpful behaviours which could help to make a difference and make the community safer for everyone.

We cover the definition of a bystander and the types of bystanders, outlining how a bystander can intervene to stop events before they happen or while they are happening. We look at the 4 stages of intervention and the reasons why individual’s do not intervene including social psychological theory and social norms theory.

The programme is delivered in two 3-hour sessions or three 2-hour sessions with a period in between each session for reflection. Active Bystander training can be delivered to anyone. An activity-based course designed for members of the community and businesses to learn more about sexual harassment, and how they can help combat it by learning skills to intervene as a positive bystander.

The course will last 6 hours and is delivered by two experienced trainers. It can be run over two or three sessions. The course will include information and a demonstration of our personal safety App, Hollie Guard along with FLARE, an anonymous reporting App. The ideal group size is around 16 – 20 individuals to ensure optimum benefit for all participants, as it is interactive and involves working through scenarios and role-plays.