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4 key changes to the RSHE guidance

In this blog, Rebecca Cant, Brook’s Product Development Manager, talks about her key takeaways from the new RSHE guidance and what that means if you deliver Relationships and Sex Education….

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Standing Firm in Power and Pride: Brook Southend’s Commitment to Inclusive Public Health

This Black History Month, we’re exploring how community, culture and connection drive better health outcomes. The theme for this Black History month, Standing Firm in Power and Pride, reminds us…

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what does it mean to be asexual or aromantic?

For Asexual Awareness Week (Ace Week) 2025, Kristin Käuper, PhD student at the Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships (CLSR) at the University of Leeds and organiser of the Aromanticism…

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The Online Safety Act: what do the amendments mean for young people’s online usage?

For Sexual Health Week we are exploring how being chronically online is influencing our attitudes and behaviours around sex and relationships. In this blog, Sian Hopkins, Education and Wellbeing Specialist…

Growing Up Online: How Technology is Shaping Young People’s Sex Lives and Relationships
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How technology is facilitating abuse among young people

For Sexual Health Week, we’re exploring how being Chronically Online is influencing our attitudes and behaviours around sex and relationships. In this blog, Meg Warren-Lister, Media and Communications Assistant at…

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Brook’s initial statement on the updated RSHE guidance

Brook welcomes the emphasis in the updated Relationships, Sex and Health Education guidance on pupil voice and a participatory approach. We know from decades of experience working with young people…

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Fighting maternal health inequality: A helpline for black women

Amina Hatia, Midwifery Manager at the baby and pregnancy charity Tommy’s, explains why they collaborated with Five X More to develop a specialist helpline to support Black and Black Mixed-Heritage…

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How Brook is Supporting Period Dignity in Wales

May 28th marks Menstrual Hygiene Day, a global movement aiming to break the silence and stigma surrounding periods. Brook is proud to be playing our part in this, especially through…

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60 years on: how Helen Brook shaped sexual health services for young people in the UK 

In this blog, Alison Hadley* talks about the influence Brook’s founder, Helen Brook, had on shaping government policy around young people’s sexual health services over the past six decades. When…

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World Menopause Day: How Brook has been breaking stigma in 2024

World Menopause Day is a day to raise awareness, break stigma and highlight the support available for people going through menopause. In this blog, Abby, a Women’s Health Specialist at…

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Brook’s Wellbeing Hubs: Meeting young people at the intersection of sexual and mental health 

Sexual Health Week sees Brook officially open the doors of its new Wellbeing Hubs in Blackburn and Cornwall. To mark this occasion, Helen Corteen, Designated Wellbeing and Mental Health Lead,…

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Meet Helen Brook: Our Founder

It was 60 years ago this month that Helen Brook opened the first ever Brook (Advisory Centre) in Central London, blazing a trail by offering contraception to unmarried women and…