Fumble is a new, exciting sex education charity in the UK. We create happy, healthy digital content with young people, for young people.
Fumble is a free digital sex ed platform, covering topics that have been traditionally left out of mainstream provision of sex ed. This includes the needs and experiences of: LGBTQ+ young people, those living with disability, those struggling with their mental health, and those from minority ethnic groups.
Sex education has never been more needed. We're bringing sex education into the digital age, and we need your help. Join the sex ed revolution and support us today!
We believe that all young people deserve quality, accurate education about sex, relationships, our bodies, our identities and our mental health. Fumble responds to the reality that young people face growing up today, with its unprecedented challenges - particularly posed by growing up alongside the internet and smartphones. It's a safe, non-judgemental, trustworthy place to ask questions and find quality answers.
We put young people's voices at the heart of everything we do, and in all the content we produce, through our dynamic co-creation process. Everything we do is almost entirely volunteer-led.
Right now, young people are really struggling. We live a huge part of our lives online, and the challenges that we face as a result when it comes to sex, relationships, our identities and our mental health are massive.
From issues like sexting, to porn, including revenge porn, to online bullying and grooming, to self-harm and suicide ideation, to alt-right ideologies getting us hooked on harmful ideas of gender, particularly masculinity, and more.
This is as well as old-school, offline issues we still face: too afraid to ask what's happening when our periods start; unable to identify basic parts of human genitalia, understand what they do, and to know when something's wrong; young LGBTQ+ people needing support as they work out how they fit into the world; young people struggling with mental health issues (particularly in this pandemic).
We turn to the internet, but the content is currently rubbish: uninspiring, unhealthy, or even unsafe.
We create exciting, relatable content on intimacy, relationships, identity, health and wellbeing. Quizzes, blogs, top tips, advice, illustrations, animations, podcasts and more.
We're active on social channels providing quality, free sex education content every day, and our website is our main hub. Engaging, relevant, inclusive and diverse: we're the new, go-to online resource on sex and relationships for young people.
Through our Youth Advisory Board, our team of 25+ young volunteers, and our work with schools and universities across the UK, our co-creation programme puts young peoples voices at the heart of everything we do. It means Fumble is always relevant to both the issues that young people are facing, and the types of content they're excited about and sharing online.
We recently gained charity status in the UK (registered charity no. 1188089). We now need your help to make it happen.
Fumble's peer-to-peer approach to creating digital content makes us totally unique on the sex education landscape today. We're inundated with young people who are excited by Fumble and want to get involved, and we need your help to respond.
Here are three ways you can support us right now ...
£15 will pay for our content to reach an additional 100,000 young people online
£50 will allow us to train one young person to join our digital content volunteer team
£250 will pay for one of our sex education and content co-creation workshops in a UK state school
Any amount more or less than those is wonderful, even £2 really helps! If you're interested in becoming a major donor to Fumble, please see more info here, and get in touch with Lucy to discuss: lucy@fumble.org.uk
A monthly donation is the best way to donate to Fumble. It allows us to plan ahead, and keeps us sustainable. Give a monthly donation and become a Friend of Fumble here.
As a thank you gift, if you give a monthly donation to Fumble of £5 or more, we will send you a limited edition Fumble goody bag!
We would love you to run your own fundraiser for us. Running a 10k, hosting a book club, or doing a livestream fundraiser while you game - anything you want to do, it really, really helps!
Get started by setting up your Fumble JustGiving fundraiser page here.
Thank you for your support.
Why do we need Fumble?
>>> The NSPCC has found that 40% of teen girls say they feel pressured to have sex, and a 2021 YouGov survey has found 97% of young women have been sexually harassed in the UK.
>>> Primary school-age children are regularly sharing sexual content in the classroom, teachers warn.
>>> Period education campaign Betty for Schools say nearly half of girls dont know whats happening when they first start their period.
>>> Sex crimes in schools up by 255% in four years, says TES. Police recorded over 10,000 online child sex crimes in a year for the first time in 2020.
>>> Vagina surgery for appearance reasons is now sought by girls as young as nine, says BBC.
We could go on. Fumble answers questions on sex and relationships that young people are simply not getting elsewhere.
How do we run Fumble?
Quality control: Our top quality digital resources meet our rigorous internal review process as well as the statutory Department of Education guidance for relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education.
Who we reach: All young people up to the age of 25 in the UK. We especially work to meet the needs of minority groups who are usually overlooked in the provision of relationships and sex education, such as LGBTQ+ young people, those living with disabilities, and those from minority ethnic groups.
Our mission statement: We make sure young people have the skills and knowledge to successfully manage their sexual health, mental health and relationships today. We do this through our top quality, trusted, co-created digital content.
Our vision: Fumble is a safe, healthy, positive place to find information and advice online for sex and relationships: the go-to online resource for young people.
Relevant & non-judgemental
Inclusive & diverse
Engaging & accurate
Collaborative
Discover Fumble here. Please help us make it happen. Thank you for your support. .
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