Top Ten Facts about Brook

• Since 1964 the number of young people visiting Brook has increased year on year from 564 to 100,000

• The first birth control cinema advert was launched by Brook in 1973

• In 1972, only 80 young men visited Brook Centres, 0.5% of all clients

• In 2003, 22% of new Brook clients were male

• In the last ten years, the proportion of Brook clients aged under 16 has more than doubled, from 9% to 21% of all clients

• Over the last 20 years the number of Brook clients choosing to go on the pill has dropped from 85% to 30%

• The number of Brook clients using condoms in the last ten years has increased by over 40%

• 18,000 under 25s contact the Brook Young People’s Information Service each year

• A confidential online enquiry service, Ask Brook, was introduced in 2000, which now receives 6,000 online messages each year

• The Brook website receives 35,000 visitors each month