The ‘Sitting Right With You’ campaign was first launched in October 2016 and features imagery of a yellow sofa accompanied by challenging messages to get people thinking differently about what domestic abuse is and encouraging victims to take that first step and ask for help.

Now, the campaign – and the yellow sofa - is being taken into schools to get young people talking about the issue and what makes a healthy relationship.

Through assemblies and workshops, led by Essential Safeguarding, young people will learn that domestic abuse isn’t only physical violence – it can also be controlling what someone wears, their money, where they go and who they talk to.

Challenging messages, including ‘he doesn’t like me using social media’, ‘she doesn’t like me spending time with my friends anymore’, and ‘I get caught in the middle at home, I wish I could talk to someone’ will also be displayed on posters, digital screens and social media.

Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester Bev Hughes said: “When people think of domestic abuse, they imagine a kick or a punch, but often it’s more complicated than that. The Sitting Right With You campaign has challenged these perceptions, empowering people to take a a hard look at their own or a loved one’s relationship and take that first step to getting help and support.