Andrew Tate may have been banned and deplatformed from social media, but his message and his values live on. At Bold Voices we deliver talks, workshops and peer mentor training to staff and secondary school students aged 11-18 to equip them with the skills to talk about and challenge gender inequality, gender-based violence and misogyny. Back in July we heard Tate’s name mentioned in every session we delivered; now we’re back in schools after Tate blew up in the public eye over the summer, and we’ve found that nothing has changed. Young people still have questions about Tate’s messages, his values, and his deplatforming, and if we sit back and hope he’ll be forgotten, we not only risk allowing his views to fester and develop in the minds of young people, but we miss a valuable opportunity to open up the wider conversation of the culture of gender-based violence and how we can tackle it. We understand that these conversations can feel polarising, awkward and scary—that’s why we’ve put together this toolkit to equip you with the practical skills you need to open up conversations around Tate and everything he represents with the young people in your life.
