At Social Media Resilience®, our workshops are built for the gap that opens up when generic training stops being enough. That gap is widening fast. Online misogyny and the manosphere. AI-generated deepfakes used as a coercive tool. Group chat dynamics that escalate within hours. Algorithmic radicalisation that no parental control setting catches. Sextortion. Coercive control playing out across Snapchat, WhatsApp and Discord. These are the daily realities for the students, employees and athletes our clients are responsible for, and most providers haven’t caught up.

Our workshops are designed specifically for these emerging harms — built by curriculum specialists, delivered by experienced facilitators, and grounded in current research on what young people, employees and athletes are actually encountering online.

What makes a workshop specialist, not generic

Three things separate a specialist online safety workshop from the standard offer.

Depth on the harms that matter most. Every Social Media Resilience® workshop is built around the topics most providers won’t touch — online misogyny and incel culture, AI-generated abuse, parasocial relationships with influencers, the new digital harms named in the Online Safety Act. We don’t reword 2018’s curriculum. We build for the platforms and behaviours your audience is dealing with this term.

Pedagogical rigour. Our sessions are designed by curriculum specialists, not templated by content producers. Every workshop has sequenced learning objectives, scaffolded activities, evidence-informed framing, and differentiation built in. A workshop with Year 9 students at a state secondary looks different from a workshop with new graduate hires at a corporate headquarters — but both rest on the same pedagogical foundation.

Critical thinking as the throughline. Platforms change. Trends change. The Andrew Tate session that lands in 2026 will look different by 2028. What lasts is the ability to think critically about what you’re seeing online — and that’s the skill we build, regardless of which audience we’re working with. A workshop on deepfakes isn’t really about deepfakes. It’s about teaching people how to evaluate digital content under pressure. That skill carries.

How workshops adapt per audience

The framework is consistent. The delivery shifts.

Schools and PSHE leads

Workshops in schools are facilitator-led sessions delivered to students, with separate INSET options for staff. Every session is mapped to RSHE 2026, KCSiE 2025, the UKCIS framework and the VAWG Strategy — so when Ofsted or ISI ask where this sits in your curriculum, the evidence is ready. Topics include online misogyny, AI deepfakes, group chat dynamics, sextortion, coercive control online, and the platforms and behaviours your students are dealing with right now.

For school leaders weighing this against in-house provision: most PSHE departments don’t have a specialist on the manosphere, the algorithmic dynamics of TikTok, or what an AI-generated deepfake response protocol should look like. We do.

Online safety training for schools →

Employers and HR teams

Workshops for employers are built around two converging realities. Employees are dealing with online harms in their personal lives that bleed into work performance, and employers have growing duty-of-care responsibilities under the Online Safety Act, EDI frameworks and emerging ESG standards. Our corporate sessions cover digital wellbeing for the workforce, online safety for working parents, and the EDI dimensions of online misogyny and harassment that shape how teams function. We work with FTSE 250 employers, professional services firms, and HR leadership teams who need this to be measurable, not performative.

Corporate digital wellbeing programme →

Teachers and PSHE specialists

For individual teachers and PSHE leads who can’t bring a workshop in-house but want specialist development for their own practice, we offer focused training designed around classroom delivery — what to say, what pushbacks to expect, what not to say, and how to handle the moments that don’t fit a lesson plan. This is the same content that powers SMR Steady™, our forthcoming digital wellbeing platform for KS3, KS4 and KS5 teachers.

Resources and CPD for teachers →

Sport organisations

Athletes, coaches and the wider sport workforce face online harms that are sharper and faster than most workplaces. Targeted abuse following bad performances. Deepfakes used in betting markets and fan harassment. Mental health pressure from algorithmic comparison. Misogyny aimed at women’s sport and female officials. We deliver workshops for clubs, governing bodies and athlete welfare teams that take these realities seriously — specialist-led sessions on what’s actually happening to people in sport, rather than generic “be careful online” briefings.

Get in touch about sport workshops →

Format and delivery

Workshops are typically delivered in person at your site, with online and hybrid options available. Sessions range from focused 60-minute briefings to half-day and full-day intensives, and many clients book recurring engagements so the relationship deepens over time.

Workshops are led by Abi, our lead facilitator, working alongside a wider team of specialists drawn from educational psychology, safeguarding, the VAWG sector and digital safety research. Holly Smith, our founder, oversees content and curriculum design.

We work UK-wide, and we’re happy to discuss bespoke programmes for clients whose needs sit outside our standard formats.

Get in touch

The right next step depends on who you are.

If you’re a school or PSHE lead, the Schools page covers our school workshop programme in detail, including frameworks mapped, costs, and how to book a free 30-minute consultation.

If you’re an employer or in HR, the Corporate Digital Wellbeing Programme page sets out the measurable approach we use for FTSE 250 and SME workplaces.

If you’re a teacher looking for resources you can use yourself, the teachers page introduces SMR Steady™ — our forthcoming platform — and the Early Access programme that’s open until 1 August 2026.

If you’re with a sport organisation, book a discovery call and we’ll talk through what your team needs.

Every engagement starts with a free consultation. Get in touch and we’ll arrange a conversation.

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