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How should we approach connection on social media?

In this blog for Sexual Health Week, Choolwe from Brook’s 16-19 Participation Advisory Group explores the positive and negative ways social media can impact connection. Meeting people on the internet…

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Why connection matters for young people’s sexual and mental wellbeing 

Sexual health and mental health are undeniably linked, but how does that show up in Brook’s services? Designated Wellbeing and Mental Health Lead, Helen Corteen and Designated Neurodivergence and Counselling…

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Connection matters: helping boys find healthier ways to belong 

For #SHW26 we’re exploring how we can champion connection in an increasingly individualised world. In this blog, Holly Green, Head of Impact, Quality and Learning at Beyond Equality, discusses the…

Connection is the Foundation of Safeguarding

For #SHW26 we’re exploring how we can champion connection in an increasingly individualised world. In this blog, Brook’s Designated Safeguarding Lead, Simone Last, explores the role of connection in safeguarding…

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87,000 hours – can we find connection at work?  

For #SHW26, we’re exploring how we can champion connection in an increasingly individualised world. In this blog, Brook’s Head of Commercial Development, Cam Bewley, explores the role of work in finding connection…

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It takes a village: Why connection matters in sexual and reproductive healthcare 

For Sexual Health Week 2026: Let’s Connect, Dr Zara Haider, President of the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, reflects on what connection looks like in the clinic, and why…

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Building Connection: Relationships that Young People Can Come Back to  

In this blog for Sexual Health Week, Fatima from Brook’s 20-24 Participation Advisory Group explores how parents and carers can build meaningful connections with their young people based on their own experiences. …

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Social media and the rise of hyper-individualism: do we really not owe anyone anything? 

For #SHW26  we’re exploring how we can champion connection in an increasingly individualised world. In this blog, Brook’s Communications and Policy Manager, Eliza Bell, explores the rise of hyper-individualism and argues that it really does take…

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AI and connection: do we still need analogue intimacy? 

For #SHW26, we’re exploring how we can champion connection in an increasingly individualised world. In this blog, Dr Luke Brunning, Lecturer in Applied Ethics at the University of Leeds and…

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What Sextortion Offenders Hope Young People Never Hear 

The rapid rise in sextortion presents a growing safeguarding challenge for everyone who works with young people. Glen Pounder, the Chief Safeguarding Officer for Scouting America talks about the one message we need…

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70,000 condoms later: how moving from c-card to open access removed barriers

In April 2025, we launched the Yuno Condom Distribution Scheme across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) as part of the Yuno service. Emma Thomson and Kelvin Leighton-Julian, Brook’s…

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Parents and Carers supporting Parents and Carers: An RSE resource to empower and build confidence 

In 2024, Brook’s first ever Parent and Carer Participation Advisory Group formed and they instantly found their mission: to help other parents and carers feel confident in talking to their own children about changing bodies, feelings and puberty. Here they…

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2025/26 in review: from Brook’s CEO and Chair

Brook’s Chief Executive Helen Marshall and Chair Dame Sally Dicketts reflects on the challenges and achievements at Brook across the last year. Over the past three years, Brook has faced…