Stonewall’s Education for All programme addresses the nearly-endemic problem of homophobic bullying in Britain’s schools by working closely with local authorities, schools, and young people themselves. Homophobic bullying doesn’t only affect young lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people, but creates an intolerant, unsafe environment where anyone, including pupils with same-sex parents, gay friends and family members or those simply assumed to be gay, are vulnerable to bullying and worse; 28% of homophobic bullying victims report that they have suffered violent homophobic attacks. Young LGB people are two to three times more likely to self-harm and suffer from mental disorders than young heterosexual people. Research links this directly to bullying and discrimination. Making all young people feel valued and included, regardless of their sexuality, is a major opportunity for the education system to transform the lives of a significant number of pupils and students. Young people are central to Stonewall’s work and in 2008 we launched our Youth Volunteer Programme. The programme offers young people the opportunity to lead change by planning individual campaigns against homophobic bullying in their school, college, university or local community whilst fully supported by Stonewall. This AQA-accredited programme is attracting a growing network of young volunteers both gay and straight. Stonewall now has 44 young volunteers signed up to the programme all aged between 16 and 25. New volunteers join individually or as a group from their school and all volunteers are eligible to enter the Stonewall Youth Awards, ensuring that they receive full recognition for both personal and group achievements whilst planning and managing their campaigns. Significantly the volunteer programme provides them with essential tools for their future as working directly with other young people improves their communication and interpersonal skills and enables them to feel more confident about speaking in public to different audiences. This in turn helps them significantly with future employability, increasing their self-confidence and self-esteem. In 2009 Stonewall introduced its Youth Leaders’ scheme – now an integral part of the Youth Volunteering Programme. The Youth Leaders’ role is to support Youth Volunteers whilst they carry out their anti-homophobic bullying campaigns. In addition to their training, Youth Leaders are required to travel to the Stonewall London office at least once a fortnight to meet with the Youth Volunteer Coordinator who can talk through and solve any problems, monitor progress, and ensure Volunteer campaigns are progressing smoothly. By supporting our Youth Volunteer campaign, you will be helping more volunteers to join the programme and take our message further afield.