This isn’t about charity. It’s about solidarity with young people facing trauma, inequality, and exclusion. It’s about moving beyond funding youth services to reshaping the systems that continue to fail them.

The campaign marks a deliberate shift from strategy to action. It targets three deep-rooted challenges facing young people today:-

The Business Guardians is designed to help dismantle what’s holding young people back – and to create the solutions for real, lasting change.
We cannot keep applauding resilience in young people without asking why it’s needed.

This isn’t about charity. It’s about justice. It’s about responsibility. It’s about leadership.

None of these things make you less of a man.

We need to fight this stigma, allow men to talk, and actively work on making men feel comfortable enough to express themselves… 

Here at Oxfordshire Youth, we want to address these growing issues because men deserve to be in a world where they can talk, be heard, be seen, and get help for the things that they are struggling with.

But how many actually seek support? 

Would the number increase if more men sought help?

We need to work together to lower the number of suicidal, substance-dependent, and silenced men.

We need to work together to increase the number of men seeking help.

Collectively as a society, we need to change these statistics, and here at Oxfordshire Youth, we want to do just that.

Please watch the video below, featuring some inspirational men from Oxfordshire Youth, as they discuss mental health, share their personal struggles, and explain why it is crucial to combat the stigma, stand in solidarity with men, and encourage them to seek support when needed.

Real men cry too….

After working in a secondary school in Oxfordshire, Debs (The Founder of Know Your Worth) began to notice the impact of low self-esteem on our teenage girls, and how many girls were struggling and struggling with low motivation, self-consciousness and a lack of confidence. 

Some girls were slow to raise their hand in a lesson or volunteer answers for fear of being wrong or looking around them to check they were fitting in. Panic attacks, anxiety and low mood were among other symptoms of low self-esteem. For some it impacted their education, but more importantly, their sense of self-worth and true belonging.

This became the catalyst for Debs starting Know Your Worth. They wanted to help teenage girls build self-esteem and make good decisions. Earlier this year, we conducted some interviews with them about their work and this is what they had to say:

We are so proud to have Know Your Worth as one of our brilliant Changemakers. They have been running their incredible 8-week courses in schools and youth groups across Oxfordshire and Berkshire since 2022. 

All participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the course.

Today is the 12th day of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. Even though Know Your Worth doesn’t directly support the space against gender-based violence, we know that girls are at particular risk of violence. The empowerment of young women to understand consent and how to be treated properly, set clear boundaries and boost their self-esteem away from the male gaze is such an important part of the Know Your Worth programme. Emilie, the course facilitator, explained to us how men and boys can support women and girls to be empowered.

We all have a part to play in building a world for women, girls, and all marginalised identities to feel safe, empowered, uplifted, and protected. As Emilie said, it isn’t just about blaming men (they also exist under patriarchal systems), but working together to unlearn harmful practices, learning ways of uniting together and finding solutions that bring about gender equity.

If you are searching for a way to uplift the young women around you, you need to speak to Debs and her amazing team. Enquire today about getting Know Your Worth into your School or Youth Club.