Blind Side

About Blind Side

Blind Side is a monologue and workshop programme designed to support early prevention of VAWG in primary and secondary schools.

At the heart of Blind Side is Summer, the only girl on her school football team. With a crucial cup game on the horizon and her coach having made her Captain, everything should feel perfect. But her phone won’t stop pinging. Nasty texts and hurtful comments from those she thought were her friends.

As the clock ticks down to full time and her social media erupts, Summer tells us her story. What has happened to lead her to this point? What decisions will she make and what actions should she take to play on the team of her dreams?

Blind Side uses the power of live performance to open up conversations that matter. The 20-minute monologue is followed by a facilitated discussion, giving young people a safe, structured space to explore themes of healthy relationships, consent, peer pressure, controlling behaviour, and misogyny.

The Blind Side Programme

The full programme includes:

A pre-session film to introduce key themes
A 20-minute live monologue
A facilitated discussion
Classroom resources and follow-up activities to embed learning beyond the session

This layered approach ensures that conversations started by Blind Side continue in the classroom, supporting schools to meet their wider safeguarding and PSHE commitments.

Creative Team

Director: Parvez Qadir
Writer: Nicola Schofield
Dramaturg and Writer: Mary Cooper
Producer: Jodie Ratcliffe
Actor: Mia Gibson
Facilitator: Nathan Lea
Sound Designer: Tariq Emam

With thanks to Tameside Police and all of the schools and organisations who guided the creation of Blind Side through workshops, focus groups, and discussions on the topic of VAWG.

Impact

Why Blind Side matters.

In Tameside, 96% of domestic abuse victims are women. Nationally, the picture is no different. Violence against women and girls does not begin in adulthood and neither does prevention.

Blind Side is designed to reach young people at a formative stage, before harmful attitudes have a chance to take root. By addressing VAWG through storytelling, the programme gives pupils the language, confidence, and understanding to recognise harmful behaviour and know where to turn for help.

Unhealthy relationship

of students understood what makes an unhealthy relationship after one performance

0 %

Identify

could identify what VAWG is and its signs

0 %

Consent

understood what consent is and how to give and ask for it

0 %

Peer Pressure

understood what peer pressure is

0 %

Emlyn Wright

Assistant Director of Education & Inclusion, Tameside Council

Early prevention is vital in tackling violence against women and girls and work like the Blind Side production plays a crucial role in that effort. By engaging children in an age‑appropriate way, we help them understand what healthy relationships look like before harmful attitudes have a chance to take root. The impact we’ve seen across Tameside schools shows how powerful this kind of education can be. It starts meaningful conversations and equips young people with the confidence to challenge behaviour that doesn’t feel right.

Kim Farrall

Headteacher at St Luke's

Both Crossing the Line and Blind Side provide thought provoking questions and situations for learners to consider. The monologues cover relevant safeguarding issues that could impact Year 6 pupils during transition to high school. By covering these topics at primary school, it allows the opportunity for learners to think about issues such as county lines and violence against women. It raises awareness and potentially stops pupils becoming victims of these crimes in the future. The monologues are highly engaging and the workshops that follow allow the opportunity for learners to discuss these topics in detail. Raising awareness at an early age is key to prevention.

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Booking Blind Side.

Blind Side is available to book for primary and secondary schools nationally. If you are a school, local authority, violence reduction unit, or safeguarding lead interested in bringing Blind Side to your area, we would love to hear from you.

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