Outreach and educational services for Sunderland

RSE group sessions

Brook will deliver targeted relationship and sex education (RSE) group sessions to young people in a range of settings including PRUs.

Sessions can be a vital resilience building experience for boys and young men, supporting them to develop the skills needed to establish a positive social element in their lives, and to equip them for building safe and healthy relationships with others in the future.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Consent
• Sexual Health Awareness
• Condoms and Contraception
• Sex and the Law
• Healthy Relationships
• Online and Digital Lives
• Challenging Gender Expectations

All sessions aim to support the development of the social, emotional and interpersonal skills needed for healthy relationships and challenging negative attitudes and behaviours.

1-2-1 sessions

Brook will deliver tailored one-to-one sessions for vulnerable boys and young men who are identified as most at risk of poor sexual health and relationships outcomes.

This includes:

• abusive relationships
• early indicators of abusive behaviour (pre-perpetrator behaviours)
• those with multiple, complex needs such as Looked After Children.

Our programmes have been developed to reduce risk-taking behaviour by addressing relationships, attitudes and values, consent, protective behaviours and self-esteem.

Brook accepts referrals from a wide range of sources including Together for Children, schools, colleges, training providers, youth and community projects, youth offending service, youth drug and alcohol project and sexual health services across Sunderland.