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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 of young people.
Brook exists to ensure that young people’s lives are free from inequality, rich with opportunity and enriched by happy, healthy relationships.
From our very inception in 1964, our primary focus has been sexual health but we have long observed the intersection between sexual and mental health. In fact, young people very often ask us for support with both. It is this which inspired the development of our My Life programme which combines motivational approaches, positive psychology and goal-focused coaching to help young people overcome life’s challenges. And we are ambitious to do more like this.
In recent years, we have seen first-hand the sharp and devastating rise in self-harm and suicidal ideation through our safeguarding work. Indeed, it is the commonest reason for Brook staff making a safeguarding referral.
On World Mental Health Day 2022 and on the first day of Sexual health Week 2022, we would like to share our commitments to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people and to break down the barriers that stop young people from living lives that have meaning for them.
Today, Brook commits to: ·
More details will be shared as we progress to delivering upon our commitments.
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