Increasing access to education and training

At Brook, we pride ourselves on responding to the changing landscape in which young people operate both online and offline.

Exploring sessions

Exploring Pornography Perspectives is a new Key Stage 5 lesson developed to equip young people to think critically about the online content they consume. Co-designed by our Participation Advisory Group, the innovative lesson addresses the unhealthy expectations that pornography can perpetuate and encourages reflection on its impact on wellbeing, relationships and wider society. 

Online professional development

Brook Learn, our online training platform for educators and those working with young people, now has over 47,000 registered users. Its 16 courses cover topics such as STIs, consent, gender identity and healthy relationships, and are designed to equip professionals to deliver high quality RSE and keep young people safe. In 2025/26, we redeveloped our How to Deliver RSE course in line with the new RSE guidance ahead of implementation in September 2026. We also updated our Contraception course to better equip teachers in addressing misinformation young people encounter on social media.

Support in South Wales

In South Wales, we are continuing to provide young people aged 11+ with comprehensive, age-appropriate education on pornography, misogyny and gender stereotypes as well as offering free training for teachers and professionals who work with young people. We are also supporting young people through My Life, our one-to-one early intervention wellbeing programme, empowering young people to make healthy choices about relationships and consent.

Alternative education

As part of our commitment to ensuring all young people have access to inclusive, high quality RSE, Brook delivers numerous programmes in alternative education settings. In the past year, we have reached over 8,600 young people outside of mainstream education, through a combination of RSE lessons, targeted mental health literacy programmes and one-to-one early intervention support.