Tell Somebody CIC is a community interest company — a type of UK organisation that’s legally required to put community benefit ahead of profit, with any surplus reinvested back into our work rather than paid out.
We exist for one reason: so that children and young people have the words, the confidence and the trusted adults they need to speak up when something isn’t right — and so the adults around them know how to listen.
What we do
We create trauma-informed education resources — storybooks, colouring and activity books, teacher and facilitator guides, and classroom workshops — for schools, colleges and universities. Every resource is built around situations children actually face: online safety, unsafe secrets, friendship pressure, consent and speaking up. We also work directly with safeguarding leads, teachers and parents, so the adults around a child can respond with confidence, not just awareness.
Why it matters
Most adults who experienced abuse as children didn’t tell anyone until they were much older, if at all. Early, age-appropriate education changes that — it gives children a vocabulary for what’s happening to them, gives teachers and parents a clear way to respond, and gives schools a practical, ready-to-use programme rather than a policy that sits in a drawer.
Where it started
Tell Somebody was founded by Nokhaya Dlamini, a mental health professional with over thirty years’ experience in community and clinical settings, after her own disclosure of childhood abuse was dismissed as a child, and after watching her own daughter navigate trauma years later.
Read Nokhaya’s full story
How we’re funded
Tell Somebody is not-for-profit. Income from book and resource sales, together with donations, funds printing, teacher training and school workshops. As a community interest company, we’re required to use that income for the benefit of the community we serve, not for private profit.
Want to know more?
Whether you’re a school, a funder, or simply curious, we’re happy to talk.