Last week, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said 'No' to making PSHE and sex and relationships education a compulsory part of the curriculum. She said she wanted to focus on quality By ignoring the groundswell of support for SRE, and the recommendations of parliamentarians, the government is depriving children of education…

Survey of over 2,000 young people finds their safety may be at risk due to inconsistent sex and relationships education Half (50%) of young people did not learn how to get help if they were abused Over half (53%) did not learn how to recognise grooming for sexual exploitation More…

The Sex Education Forum is holding a SRE briefing event in Parliament next week (20th January), kindly hosted by Caroline Nokes MP. The audience for the briefing event is MPs and We would really value your support in encouraging MPs to attend. All MPs have received an invitation from Caroline…

A third of young people know someone with dementia. With over two million people developing dementia in the next ten years, it's likely the majority of today's young people will know someone affected by the condition in their lifetime. By educating young people about dementia we can create a dementia…

All children and young people should be given the opportunity to make their own informed decisions about their health and sexuality through excellent PSHE education to enable them to celebrate their differences, prepare them for adulthood and to give them the tools to protect themselves through their childhood and the…

Study finds sexually transmitted infection affecting up to 1 percent of the population aged 16-44 in the UK A new study strengthens growing evidence that Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The findings are recently published in the International Journal of Epidemiology. Analyses of over 4500 of…

The Gambia has announced it will ban female genital mutilation (FGM) after the Guardian launched a global campaign to end the practice. The president, Yahya Jammeh, said last night that the controversial surgical intervention would be outlawed. He said the ban would come into effect immediately, though it was not…

I was privileged to be able to attend training in London 0n 5th November by Tender http://tender.org.uk/  Working with Young People: Exploring the Impact of Pornography on Identity and Relationships. I have now developed some resources to deliver lessons in both primary and secondary schools on this subject: Promoting perceptions of…