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How to keep your children safe online

For Sexual Health Week we’re exploring how being Chronically Online is influencing our attitudes and behaviours around sex and relationships. In this blog, Kate Jervis, Brook’s Head of Data and Analysis and…

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The Online Safety Act: what do the amendments mean for young people’s online usage?

For Sexual Health Week we are exploring how being chronically online is influencing our attitudes and behaviours around sex and relationships. In this blog, Sian Hopkins, Education and Wellbeing Specialist…

Growing Up Online: How Technology is Shaping Young People’s Sex Lives and Relationships
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How technology is facilitating abuse among young people

For Sexual Health Week, we’re exploring how being Chronically Online is influencing our attitudes and behaviours around sex and relationships. In this blog, Meg Warren-Lister, Media and Communications Assistant at…

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Asking AI About Sex and Relationships: What Parents and Professionals Need to Know

In this blog, Education and Wellbeing Specialists Katie Cicco and Juliette Graham explore how AI can help young people learn about sex and relationships and explain the key risks parents,…

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Dating in the Digital Sexual Sphere: How Apps Are Shaping Our Search for Intimacy 

For Sexual Health Week 2025, we’re exploring the rise of dating apps and the role they now play in our intimate lives. In this blog, Dr Luke Brunning, Lecturer in…

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A Brief History of Online Misogyny

Rachel Gambling is a Health Promotion Specialist for Brook Southend. In her free time she writes poetry and creates content for her website @girlblogzine which is dedicated to riot grrrl…

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Contraception research and TikTok: Should we be concerned?

For Sexual Health Week we’re exploring how being Chronically Online is influencing our attitudes and behaviours around sex and relationships. In this blog, Lara Steele, Brook’s Digital & Marketing Coordinator, shares findings…

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How to safeguard when the internet becomes the new youth club 

For Sexual Health Week, we’re exploring how being Chronically Online is influencing our attitudes and behaviours around sex and relationships. In this blog, Eloise Brame, Brook’s Senior Safeguarding Coordinator, talks…

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Queer films that shaped me

As part of their FeelScene campaign, Brook’s 20-24 Participation Advisory Group (PAG) are reflecting on the ways that media has shaped our perceptions of sex and relationships. In this blog,…

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Protecting young people from deepfakes

13% of children and young people have had an experience with a nude deepfake but only 6% have been taught about them in school. What’s more, 45% of parents don’t understand…

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6 tips to build critical thinking and digital literacy in the classroom

In the world of AI, deepfakes, filters, influencers and myths rampant on social media, critical thinking skills have never been more important. In this blog, Rebecca Cant, Brook’s Resource Development…

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How films can help us improve our trauma-informed practice

For #SHW24 we’re exploring the links between mental health and sexual health. Rachel Gambling is a Health Promotion Specialist for Brook Southend. Outside of her work for Brook, she writes film…