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Adopting the THRIVE framework

Dougie Boyd, Director of Education and Wellbeing at Brook, talks about how Brook works within the THRIVE framework for systems change in its support of young people with their mental…

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Innovating Brook’s Wellbeing Offer

Dougie Boyd, Director of Education and Wellbeing at Brook, talks about how Brook is expanding and regenerating its current wellbeing offer to better support young people and their mental health. …

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New Year, New Priorities: Mental Health and Neurodivergence

Dougie Boyd, Director of Education and Wellbeing, explains two clear areas of unmet need among young people; mental health provision and neurodivergence support and how Brook proposes to help fill…

Digital vs Real Life – which is better for engagement?

Ethan talks about his experience as a Participation Forum Member at Brook and the pros and cons of using digital tools over the last few years. When you compare today…

Digital vs Real Life: How do we strike the balance when building a movement?

Kelly Harris, Brook Cymru’s Business Development and Participation Lead, talks about the development of Brook’s Participation Forums and the challenge of meeting different people’s needs around digital and real life…

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Brook’s commitment to improving digital accessibility  

Lara Steele, Digital Officer, talks about Brook’s commitment to making sure our website, tools and content can be accessed by everyone.   Over 1/5 of the UK population has a disability,…

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Breaking barriers in Southend

This Sexual Health Week, we want to shine a light on the innovative work that our teams are doing to break barriers in local communities. Here, Rutendo Chitiga, our Health…

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Digital Front Door Stage 2 is go thanks to The Peter Sowerby Foundation 

India Brain, Trust and Foundations Fundraising Manager at Brook, highlights the important work this grant from The Peter Sowerby Foundation will make possible. We are delighted to receive grant funding…

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Insights from Brook’s National Consultation

Matt Rigby, Head of Digital, explains how our National Consultation has helped shape digital innovation by clarifying the role of online services in improving access to sexual health care for…

Brook’s Digital Front Door Safeguarding Journey

Helen Anderson, Digital Manager at Brook, shares her insight on Brook’s Digital Front Door Journey and overcoming the challenges of safeguarding through digital tools  Over the last 12 months we have…

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How to support young people to look after their mental health on social media

This month we’ve been focusing on mental health across our social channels. But at Brook we know that the relationship between mental health and social media doesn’t always seem positive. In this blog, Brook’s…

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Online testing: a new way to look after your sexual health

Our first digitally-led service in partnership with SH:24 launches in Cornwall in December. In anticipation of this we hear from Alicia Thornton, Public Health Registrar, about how online testing works…