Warwickshire Children and Young People's Workforce

Sexual health youth work resources from Children and Young People Now

A round-up of sexual health resources to use with young people during youth work sessions. Topics include STIs, contraception, teenage pregnancy and sex education.
 
Youth work activities: Relationships Games and exercises that aim to create opportunities for young people to reflect on positive relationships and discuss ways of communicating what they want, as well as offering accurate information on contraception. Includes "relationship cards" and "acceptable/ unacceptable" sheet. Vanessa Rogers shares ideas on raising the subject with youth groups (YWN relationship.pdf - attachment)

Log on to: sex education A round-up of sites offering quizzes, games, advice and other resources for use with young people. Includes the Sperm Catcher game and a text-speak debate on masturbation for young Muslims.
www.brook.org.uk Comprehensive information about sexual health
www.ruthinking.co.uk Independent sex and relationship website
www.likeitis.org.uk Quizzes, a glossary and a section on peer pressure
www.gyuk.co.uk Moderated forums for gay young people
www.scarleteen.com US site that appeals to mature young people
www.oasistrust.org/training/sex A Christian perspective on sex education
www.muslimyouth.net Varied content for young Muslims
http://jat-uk.org Jewish responses to sexual health matters
www.ncb.org.uk/sef Features factsheets, briefings and resource listings.

Six of the best: sex education resources A round-up of paid-for resources to use with young people such as fake bumps, electronic babies and board games.

1. RealCare Baby II-plus
The RealCare Baby claims to be just as demanding as the real thing. The child needs feeding, burping, rocking, its nappy changing and its head supported. Thanks to some clever software, the baby monitors the quality of care it receives, recording how many times its demands go ignored as well as the occasions it is held in the wrong position, handled roughly or violently shaken. It can be programmed to respond to one or two parents.
Price Depends on package
Available from www.lifechoice.co.uk

2. Contraceptive Display Kit
This briefcase-style holder contains a condom demonstrator, selected fpa factsheets and leaflets on sexual health, as well as various examples of male and female contraception. The kit is intended to be used in group situations where young people have little or no understanding of contraceptives and their proper use.
Price £60
Available from www.fpa.org.uk

3. Sex FM
An interactive video pack designed to examine young people's ideas on sex and relationships, teenage pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infections. It can be used either in schools as part of a sex and relationships education programme, or for sexual health sessions within other settings.
Price £15.99
Available from www.fpa.org.uk

4. Contraception: the Board Game
A twist on traditional board games, players advance around the board where they come into contact with various sexual health services, such as family planning, doctors' surgeries and pharmacies. At certain stages players are given the option to show the group how to put on a condom using the demonstrator or answer a question on a sex-related theme. A series of true or false statements are also included.
Price £39.95
Available from www.contraceptioneducation.co.uk

5. Safer Sex
This interactive DVD from Contraception Education provides open and honest advice on a range of sex-related themes. The video section features interviews with a community gynaecologist, outreach workers, young men and women and a mum who had her first baby at 15. The package is intended to help young people make healthy choices before entering into sexual relationships.
Price £39.95
Available from www.contraceptioneducation.co.uk

6. The Bump
The Bump simulator is designed to replicate the weight gain and changing body shape that occurs during pregnancy. It encourages people of all ages to empathise with the challenges of pregnancy. It fits young people and adults of both sexes.
Price £250.00
Available from www.thebump.co.uk.

Essential sexual health resources A round-up of paid-for resources such as safer sex kits, DVDs and a model pair of testicles with embedded tumour.

BEYOND BARBIE: A WORKERS' COMPENDIUM
This book is aimed at youth professionals who deliver sex and relationship education to girls and young women. The areas covered include looking at the rationale behind working with young women in today's sexualised society, and how young women and sexuality are generally portrayed in the media. It includes information about what young women need to know about sex and relationships, a history of working with girls and a list of useful resources.
Price: £19.99; Available from: www.fpa.org.uk or 0845 122 8600
 
WISE UP!
This series of colourful leaflets is aimed at 14- to 16-year-olds and is designed to encourage young people to seek professional advice and information on sexual health issues. The leaflets emphasise young people's right to confidentiality and raise awareness of the risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections.
Price: £17.50 for 50 leaflets; Available from: www.brook.org.uk or 020 7284 6040
 
STI LEAFLETS
Fpa has produced a range of leaflets covering different sexually transmitted infections. Each leaflet includes background information about the infection and a frequently asked questions section. The series includes chlamydia, genital herpes, genital warts, HIV and where to go for help and advice.
Price: £6 for 50 copies (free in England); Available from: www.fpa.org.uk or 0845 122 8600
 
SAFER SEX INTERACTIVE LEARNING RESOURCE DVD
Contraception Education has tried to liven up sexual health teaching by producing this DVD. The pack is designed to stimulate discussion about making healthy choices, preventing pregnancy, reliable methods of contraception and how to avoid infection. The DVD features interviews with a gynaecologist, outreach workers and young people.
Price: £39.95; Available from: www.contraceptioneducation.co.uk or 01457 850860
 
MATERNITY SIMULATION JACKET
Filled with silicone gel and bags containing lead pellets, this maternity simulation jacket is designed to give the wearer a sense of what it is like to carry a child. The jacket can be adjusted to simulate the different stages of pregnancy and is ideal for youth groups that want to show young people the uncomfortable reality of carrying around all that extra weight.
Price: £583 plus VAT; Available from: www.adam-rouilly.co.uk or 01795 471378
 
TESTICULAR AWARENESS MODEL
With nearly 2,000 new cases of testicular cancer reported each year, the need to teach young men self-examination has become a must. This training model from Adam Rouilly contains a scrotum and testicles embedded with a simulated tumour to help young men spot the warning signs.
Price: £79 plus VAT; Available from: www.adam-rouilly.co.uk or 01795 471378
 
SAFER SEX KIT
This sexual health starter kit contains a condom and demonstrator, a femidom, dental dam and finger cots and a copy of sexual health education book SEXplained ... 2. It includes information about safer sex and preventing the spread of infection, as well as literature on how to demonstrate the products.
Price: £25; Available from: www.contraceptioneducation.co.uk or 01457 850860
 
CONTRACEPTION BOARD GAME
This game is designed to raise young people's awareness of sexual health issues by asking players a series of true or false questions as they advance around the board. Players are also posed challenges such as showing the group how to put on a condom using the demonstrator provided.
Price: £39.95; Available from: www.contraceptioneducation.co.uk or 01457 850860.

Advice on...sexual health A Q&A on sexual health written by Brook, aimed at youth workers, with a round-up of useful advice and information websites. www.cypnow.co.uk/Archive/789205/Advice-on-Sexual-health/

Advice on...contraception A Q&A on contraception written by FPA, aimed at youth workers, with a round-up of other useful sites. www.cypnow.co.uk/Archive/87193/Advice-Contraception/

Talking point: What is the best way to discuss sex with young people? Suggestions, including role plays, on how to get young people discussing safe sex. www.cypnow.co.uk/Archive/887068

Other resources

Videos
TheSite.org's sex and relationship videos Includes "GUM clinic virtual tour" and "How to accept yourself as gay" as well as "How to undo her bra". www.thesite.org/audioandvideo/video/sexandrelationships

Love and sex videos on Truetube.com Videos designed to provoke debate and inspire young people to create and upload their own films. Topics include sex and the law, coming out as gay, vox pops on sex and love, and a young man on why he has chosen to abstain from sex. www.truetube.co.uk/media.php?do=issues&issueid=33

Activities
Youth work activities from Need 2 Know Includes activities around breast awareness and testicular awareness. No direct link to the activities, so click on "I'm a youth worker" and then "body awareness and sexual health". www.n2k.org.uk

Packs
The Baby Borrowers Youth Work Pack The BBC followed up its Baby Borrowers series by producing free packs for teachers and youth workers. The youth workers' pack includes four 20-minute DVDs, which present an overview of the experiment, look at the relationships between the couples and parenting, and focus on one couple, Carl and Kayleigh.

www.cypnow.co.uk/Archive/815460/Baby-Borrowers-Youth-Workers-Pack/