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Introducing Brook’s Interim Designated Neurodivergence Lead 

This Neurodiversity Celebration Week, Helen Dring-Turner, Brook’s Interim Designated Neurodivergence Lead, talks about the importance of their new role and Brook’s plans to develop services and resources to support neurodivergent…

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Why are we still ‘defending’ RSE in 2023?

Lisa Hallgarten, Brook’s Head of Policy and Public Affairs, reminds us that the only people we should be listening to when it comes to RSE, are our young people.  Alongside…

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Countering online misogyny in the classroom

Nick Dunne is Brook’s Head of Business Development. He has over 20 years of experience as a sexual health educator and trauma-informed counsellor, in particular with boys and young men. In this blog,…

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The Big Period Lesson Live with Lil-Lets

There’s less than a month to go until Brook hosts the Big Period Lesson Live with our partner Lil-Lets. With 450 schools already signed up, it looks set to be…

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Adopting the THRIVE framework

Dougie Boyd, Director of Education and Wellbeing at Brook, talks about how Brook works within the THRIVE framework for systems change in its support of young people with their mental…

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Innovating Brook’s Wellbeing Offer

Dougie Boyd, Director of Education and Wellbeing at Brook, talks about how Brook is expanding and regenerating its current wellbeing offer to better support young people and their mental health. …

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New Year, New Priorities: Mental Health and Neurodivergence

Dougie Boyd, Director of Education and Wellbeing, explains two clear areas of unmet need among young people; mental health provision and neurodivergence support and how Brook proposes to help fill…

Brook’s adaptation to adult safeguarding through all-age services

This Safeguarding Adults Week we want to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding, how intrinsic it is at Brook and how well-equipped all our staff are to respond to…

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Creating Safer Organisational Cultures

This Safeguarding Adults Week we want to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding, how intrinsic it is at Brook and how well-equipped all our staff are to respond to…

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Safeguarding in Everyday Life

This Safeguarding Adults Week we want to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding, how intrinsic it is at Brook and how well-equipped all our staff are to respond to…

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Brook’s commitment to improving digital accessibility  

Lara Steele, Digital Officer, talks about Brook’s commitment to making sure our website, tools and content can be accessed by everyone.   Over 1/5 of the UK population has a disability,…

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Brook to develop suicide prevention lessons

On World Mental Health Day and the first day of Sexual Health Week, Dougie Boyd, Director of Education & Wellbeing shares Brook’s commitments to help improve the health and wellbeing…