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Throughout the week we shone a light on the inextricable links between sexual and mental health. We amplified the voices of those whose mental and physical wellbeing have been impacted by stigma, and explored the vital role RSE plays in helping young people develop healthy minds as well as healthy bodies. We also celebrated our own experts and brought together professionals from across the mental health and sexual health sectors to share their experiences, address the challenges they face, and provide tangible solutions to improve health outcomes.
This broadcast empowers young people to take care of their mental health and, in turn, support healthy decision-making when it comes to their sexual health and wellbeing.
We held a panel discussion exploring the links between sexual health and mental health.
Read our Sexual Health Week blogs to explore more around the link between sexual health and mental health
Over 700 individuals have signed our pledge to support high-quality RSHE that is currently threatened.
Brook’s literature review on the intersections of mental health and sexual health. Looking at existing evidence, Brook’s expertise, and young people’s experiences of accessing support at Brook.
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Our SHW24 campaign shone a light on the inextricable links between sexual and mental health.
We amplified the voices of those whose mental and physical wellbeing have been impacted by stigma, and explored the vital role RSE plays in helping young people develop healthy minds as well as healthy bodies.
We celebrated our own experts and brought together professionals in a panel discussion exploring the links between sexual health and mental health.
Our Big RSE lesson supported young people to look after their mental health.
We also published a literature review exploring the intersections of mental health and sexual health.
Our SHW23 campaign evidenced the positive impact of RSE, promoted consent and pleasure as key components of safer sex and celebrated experts across the sector working tirelessly to keep people safe from harm.
We ran a Safeguarding Conference covering topics such as AI, RSHE and mental health and involved experts from Brook and other organisations. Watch the conference on demand.
More than 60,000 people joined our Big RSE lesson on Understanding and Challenging Gender Stereotypes. Watch the live lesson on demand.
We launched our new course How to Deliver RSE and our online tool, Spotting the Signs which both help make sure we keep young people safe.
We also launched our TikTok, our parents and carers section of our website and our pledge for high quality RSE.
Thank you to everyone who supported SHW22 Breaking Barriers. During the week, we amplified the voices of those who face access barriers and shone a light on the important work that Brook, partners and sector experts are doing to address health inequalities.
We kicked off the week with our webinar and Q&A, discussing what we mean by breaking barriers and what Brook is doing every day to overcome them.
More than 15,660 people tuned in to our third Big RSE Lesson. Watch on demand
Our live panel event hosted by our ambassador Ruby Rare with experts from Brook, GALOP, Beyond Equality and Decolonising Contraception, explored the barriers faced by different communities and the ways that sex and sexual health intersect with all the other aspects of our identities.
We partnered with The Survivors Trust to launch new resources to support young people who are survivors of sexual abuse, assault and trauma to overcome challenges they may face when accessing sexual health services.
We produced a series of short videos featuring Brook experts discussing a range of topics from access to sexual health services to teaching consent.
With the issue of sexual harassment and assault in schools dominating the media throughout 2021, we chose consent as the theme for SHW21. Throughout the week, we focussed on normalising conversations about consent and empowering people to talk about it positively and proactively.
As part of the activity, we launched our #StopCyberflashing campaign calling for the criminalisation of sending unsolicited nudes. The campaign was championed by Fay Jones MP during a parliamentary debate, and we are delighted that cyberflashing is to become a criminal offence as part of the Online Safety Bill.
More than 200 people attended our webinar on Consent, Young Men, and RSE with Susie McDonald, Chief Executive of Tender, and Ben Hurst, Head of Facilitation at Beyond Equality, as well as Brook staff and champions.
To support schools, we created a new downloadable consent handout for young people and a guide for teachers on how to handle disclosures of sexual assault and harassment in their schools.
For Sexual Health Week 2020, Brook celebrated the introduction of mandatory RSE in schools.
From awards, to videos to virtual lessons, the week was jam packed with activity aimed at equipping teachers to deliver excellent relationships and sex education for all young people.
Almost 7,000 students tuned in to Brook’s virtual RSE lesson.
Brook and SH:24’s Sexual Health Awards celebrated those leading ground breaking work destigmatising sexual health.
Five free introductory trainings on some of the core topics needed to deliver excellent RSE.
Brook’s BIG Illustration Competition showcased amazing artwork from young designers and illustrators, celebrating the beauty and diversity of bodies and sexuality.
Thank you so much to all our 2019 Sexual Health Week supporters. We learned so much from our campaign on the topic of relationships, sex and disability.
Following the campaign, we identified a gap in our own RSE resources for SEND young people and as part of our commitment to challenging inequality, we have developed a new accredited training package for professionals.