Advice: Sexual Health
If you have concerns or worries about your sexual health, see below to find out who can offer you support and guidance…
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We are here to help with anything you do not understand, and we can also point you in the right direction!
By clicking on the subjects below, you can find lots of help, support and information for yourself and others:
- Teenage Pregnancy
- Child Sexual Exploitation
- Online Grooming
- Sex
- Sexual abuse
- Sex & sexual content online
- Contraception and Safe Sex
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Relationships
- Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships
- Sexting and Sending Nudes
- Sexual Violence and Harassment
- Nudes
- Reporting nude images online
Services that are here to help you:
- Healthy Sandwell – Helping you to find the support you need
- Health for Teens – The school nursing website in Sandwell
- SWBH Sexual Health Services
- Freetest.me – The freetest.me service offers free chlamydia testing and HIV testing in participating regions. Simply visit freetest.me to see if you’re eligible to order a free STI test kit
- Brook – See below
- CEOP – Information about the internet, relationships and you
Brook
Brook offer relationship and sex education support to children and young people aged 11 – 18 years (up to 25years for vulnerable young people and those with special educational needs and disability) in Sandwell. If you have questions or concerns about anything to do with sex or relationships Brook might be the right service for you. You can discuss a variety of things including contraception, gender, staying safe online, sexuality, sex, consent, STIs and much more.
Brook’s website is also packed full of useful information about relationships and sex education – take a look here.
Visit here to find out how to get in touch with the service.
You can also speak to a trusted adult who could refer you to the service on your behalf, this might include; a parent, carer or other family member, school health nurse, teacher or other school staff, community worker/youth worker or a health professional.
Brook also offers support and training for professionals who work in Sandwell and support and advice for parents and carers. If you are a professional or a parent/carer seeking further information about relationships and sex education, please get in touch with Brook here.
