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Today's world comes with new harms that demand new life skills.
We teach them.

The SLLProject empowers children and young people to recognise online & offline harms, navigate online safety and build healthy, consensual relationships. 

We raise awareness of online influences, including algorithms, exposure to explicit or harmful content, exploitation, and digital trends that shape attitudes towards relationships, sex, consent and boundaries. We specialise in addressing modern risks such as online exploitation, non-consensual image sharing, sexual violence, and the impact of exposure to pornography and harmful content.

Safety in sport starts with education

We work across academies and the wider sporting community to support athletes, staff and families in creating safer environments, on and off the pitch, where wellbeing and long-term futures are taken seriously.
Through age-appropriate workshops, life skills programmes and professional training, we explore how media and online culture influence real-life interactions, safety and wellbeing.
Our sessions build awareness and confidence, giving participants the knowledge to recognise harm and understand the pressures young people may face.

The SLL Project Guarantee: Expertly Tailored

Every sporting environment is unique. While our core workshops give you a vital foundation, we specialise in creating bespoke presentations tailored to your club's specific culture, current challenges, or age-group requirements.

From addressing a particular trend to aligning with your internal education & safeguarding priorities, we can adapt our content to meet your specific needs.
For YOunger audiences

Younger Groups & The "Peace Sign" Logo

Our content is carefully created by our founder Libby Flenley for each age group, so conversations feel relevant, easy to understand and linked to the real, day-to-day experiences young people are having.

For our younger groups, we use our ‘Peace Sign’ branding, representing The Safety, Lies & Love Project, with a core focus on online safety:

Safety first

We build early awareness of online safety and privacy.

Healthy interactions

We empower young people to understand what's healthy and respectful and how to apply it to their online and real lives.

Future Focus

We show young people how their digital footprint today impacts the opportunities of tomorrow.

Explore our workshops

Tailored programmes for every level of your sporting community
For Youth & Academy
For Professionals & Staff
 For Parents & Carers
Tailored content for Academy Players and Students. We can also create bespoke presentations to address specific challenges you may be facing.

Exploring Consent, Sexual Violence & the Influence of the Digital World

Navigating adulthood and professional responsibility.
Suitable for ages 16–21
This session provides an overview of the pressures young athletes may face as they transition into adulthood. We explore how exposure to pornography, explicit content and algorithms can distort perceptions of intimacy, consent and sexual violence. This workshop is a crucial session for those mid-teen years in empowering players to critically think about boundaries, relationships, coercive control and legal ages around image-sharing and digital communications. It bridges the gap between early awareness, adult responsibilities and the safety of senior players.
Key Learning Objectives
How pornography and algorithm-driven material shape views on consent, sex and relationships.
Identifying forms of sexual violence and online & offline abuse.
Identifying image-based sexual abuse and exploitation (sometimes known as ‘sextortion’).
Legal Realities (18+): Understanding adult legal responsibilities regarding digital communication and image sharing.
Navigating new pressures, boundaries, and environments as a professional athlete transitioning to adulthood.
Digital footprint, protecting long-term digital reputation.
Clear signposting for safeguarding, emotional safety and mutual respect.
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Screens, Sexts and Respect

Navigating Consent, Relationships and Online Influences.
Suitable for ages 14–16 (U15 & U16 Academy cohorts)
This session explores how online content, social media and algorithms can shape understanding of relationships, consent and forms of sexual violence. It introduces key concepts including boundaries, respect and online safety, while exploring risks such as image sharing, exploitation, AI and deepfakes. The session builds awareness and critical thinking around both online and offline interactions.
Key Learning Objectives
Understand how explicit and harmful content, including pornography and online algorithms influence interactions and perceptions of consent.
Recognising the different forms of online and offline abuse, including elements of sexual violence (age-appropriately).
Navigating image-sharing laws and the growing risk of image-based abuse, CSAM, and exploitation (sometimes known as ‘sextortion’).
Reflecting on how digital footprints can have a long-term impact on professional and personal lives.
Practical signposting for support.
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Exposed: 'Banter', Consent & The Digital World

The Reality of online for young people
Suitable for ages 11–13
This interactive session explores the reality of what young people may be experiencing online. We define the line where ‘just banter’ becomes harmful and empower players to critically think about online risks, personal safety and their responsibilities as part of their development as an athlete.
Key Learning Objectives
Exploring the risks of group chats, online gaming and social media.
Understanding what counts as 'harmful content' and image sharing laws.
Applying 'everyday consent' to online interactions, friendships and early relationships.
Grooming and exploitation risks.
The "Banter" Threshold: identifying harassment, discrimination and assault in behaviours often dismissed as jokes.
Digital footprint.
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The Influence of Algorithms & Online Echo Chambers

Taking back control of your digital life
Options suitable for: U14-U21 (content will be adapted specific to age groups)
This session focuses on how the internet and social media feeds can influence views, beliefs and interactions, providing critical thinking tools to navigate online spaces, recognise harm and implement digital boundaries.
Key Learning Objectives
The influence of algorithms and online echo chambers.
The impact of explicit content and online personalities on ideas about gender roles, relationships and expectations.
Recognising harmful narratives, stereotypes and attitudes, including misogynistic messaging.
Recognising technology facilitated abuse and coercive control through online & offline spaces.
Recognising & implementing digital boundaries.
Identifying sexual harassment in everyday situations online & offline.
Healthy interactions and positive influence.
Providing critical thinking tools, taking control of their digital lives and personal safety.
Identifying online abuse they may receive, protective measures to reduce risk and signposting for support
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Online & Onside: Banter, Respect & Safety

Online safety for young athletes
suitable ages u9-u11
This session focuses on safe and healthy online habits for younger academy players. Through simple, age-appropriate discussions, players learn the difference between banter and bullying, how to protect themselves and others, and where to go for help if something feels wrong.
Key Learning Objectives
Who we connect with and talk to online.
Risks in online gaming and apps.
Things children shouldn’t see online, and who to tell if it happens.
How to protect ourselves, our teammates and our club online.
Banter vs bullying: knowing the difference.
Knowing where to go for help and support.
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Workshops for professional sports people & coaches, safeguarding teams and staff

Sexual Violence, Consent & The Power of Online Media

A modern session exploring how online media and digital interactions influence sexual violence and abuse. This training examines risks linked to pornography, image sharing, AI-generated content and social media interactions, supporting participants to identify harm, understand legal responsibilities and protect themselves and others.
Key Learning Objectives
Sexual Violence & Consent: Understanding rape, sexual assault, coercion, harmful sexual behaviour and online influences.
Online Abuse: Digital content, exploitation, harassment and image-based abuse.
Professionalism and Conduct: Digital footprints, online communications, safeguarding and associated risks.
Recognising and Responding: Identifying risks and where to access support.
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Safeguarding in a Digital World: Emerging digital trends and exploitation risks for athletes

An interactive safeguarding session supporting staff to understand and respond to online and offline risks affecting young athletes.
Key Learning Objectives
Online/Offline Risks & Player Welfare: understand how social media, online content and AI impact young athletes' safety and wellbeing.
Safeguarding & Digital Harm: covers image-based abuse, exploitation (‘sextortion’), grooming, sexual harms and online abuse.
Practical Tools for Staff: clear guidance on responding to concerns, legal responsibilities and age-appropriate conversations.
Interactive, Real-World Learning: scenario-based training that builds confidence and supports best practice.
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Support for the support network. An opportunity for clubs to bring the families of young-athletes on this journey too for total, holistic care of a young team.

Keeping our children and young people safe online

Empowering families and carers to navigate the online world with young athletes.
These sessions enable families to understand what young people are experiencing online. We discuss the specific pressures and risks young sports people may face, providing practical advice for parents and carers, to assist with a child's personal journey.
Key Learning Objectives
Understand digital footprints
Understand online risks and exposure to harmful content
Discuss 'managed by parent' social media accounts
Guidance on privacy settings, online laws and practical support strategies.
Q&A
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Additional support services

Looking for something more tailored? The SLL Project provides high-level consultancy and specialist services

Focus Groups & Individual Mentoring

Bespoke sessions designed to address specific concerns within your club. Whether through small-group workshops or one-to-one mentoring over several weeks, we provide a safe, non-judgmental space to navigate complex issues.

We work in the strictest confidence to understand your need and recommend a tailored strategy of support.

Specialist Consulting

We partner with national sporting bodies, including the Cricket Regulator for the England & Wales Cricket Board, and bodies overseeing football clubs with Category One, Category Two, and other academy status, including direct work with clubs, to ensure their internal structures reflect modern safeguarding needs.

We develop age-appropriate learning modules for existing training programmes, provide expert advice on internal documents and wellbeing policies to ensure they effectively address online harms and exploitation, as well as any safeguarding, education and training needs in relation to our knowledge.

Guest Speaking

We are available as a keynote or guest speaker for conferences, club seminars, and training events. Our sessions bridge the gap between media influence and real-life consequences, providing a powerful catalyst for cultural change within the professional sporting community.

Let's work together to make a difference.

Protecting the next generation of sports professionals requires a proactive, community-wide approach. Combine the practical life skills we deliver alongside your safeguarding strategy to empower your players and staff with everything they need to build a safer, healthier future.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Hopefully you'll find what you're looking for below. If not, don't hesitate to contact us and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

Yes, if you need something specific please contact us and we can give you some options that are specifically tailored to your organisation/needs.

We never water down the facts; however, we frame information depending on who we are talking to. Our approach is always young person-led, prioritising their voices. We use critical thinking scenarios and discussion-based learning to empower athletes and support positive change in their development.

Libby, founder of the Sex, Lies and Love project, is a Social Work England-registered professional with extensive frontline experience supporting survivors of sexual violence, exploitation, and trafficking across the UK and internationally. Find out more about Libby. 

Please contact us for a tailored quote and pricing information

Yes. We work with grassroots clubs, academies, and elite environments. Content can be adapted to each setting.

Yes. Sessions can be delivered during training days, CPD days, inset days, evenings or scheduled blocks that work for your teams and staff. We can deliver the workshops online but have found through experience that in-person sessions are more effective. 



Yes. We deliver sessions for mixed groups or single-gender groups, depending on what works best for your athletes and setting.



Yes. We can align content with your safeguarding policies, codes of conduct, and internal reporting processes.

All workshops are delivered by experienced safeguarding professionals with frontline experience in sexual violence, exploitation, and online harm. Meet our team
The team are all enhanced DBS checked with extensive experience working in safeguarding settings.



Yes. All sessions are delivered using trauma-informed approaches. We are careful, calm, and respectful in how we handle sensitive topics.


No one is ever asked or expected to share personal experiences. Participation is always voluntary and guided safely.


Yes. We can adapt sessions to reflect your environment, policies, age groups and any current concerns you may have.

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