Challenging inequality in 2025/26

Tackling the inequalities that contribute to poor health outcomes remains at the core of Brook’s mission. While the recent increases to public health funding are welcome, they only go some way to addressing the real term reductions of the past decade, which have disproportionally impacted marginalised communities. Throughout 2025/26, Brook has continued to work hard to ensure that those who need our support the most can benefit from our sexual health, mental health and wellbeing provision.

Education is an essential part of the fight against inequality, and we have been successful in defending young people’s access to high quality, inclusive RSE in schools. In 2025/26, Brook focused on ensuring those outside mainstream secondary education could continue to access RSE, and developed innovative new programmes to tackle abuse and misogyny.