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From Zimbabwe to Southend: How my work in HIV prevention healed me

Rutendo Chitiga is a Health Promotion Coordinator at Brook, currently working on a HIV Prevention contract in Southend-on-Sea. In this blog, Ru explains why this work is so important to…

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The results are in: Our Digital Front Door is a runaway success 

Matt Rigby, Head of Digital at Brook, shares some highlights from the first phase of our Digital Front Door project. The Digital Front Door is the online sexual health platform…

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BBC Panorama on Crisis Pregnancy Centres shows how little has changed

Lisa Hallgarten, Brook’s Head of Policy and Public Affairs reflects on the recent Panorama programme uncovering coercive practice at “crisis pregnancy centres” and how little has changed over the last…

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Developing Brook’s Risk of Pregnancy Calculator

Helen Anderson, Senior Digital Innovation Manager at Brook, talks about the process of how Brook went about designing and developing the Risk of Pregnancy Calculator. A core aim of Brook’s…

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Is social media influencing young people’s contraception choices?

Eliza Bell, Brook’s Media and Communications Coordinator, discusses the potentially harmful effects of misinformation being shared on social media around hormonal contraception and how it can be combatted.    From…

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Recognising and responding to the link between mental health and sexual health 

Dougie Boyd, Brook’s Director of Education and Wellbeing, talks about the increased demand for young people’s mental health and wellbeing support and the role Brook plays in filling the gap…

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Language and cultural barriers to accessing sexual health services

This Sexual Health Week we want to amplify the voices of those who face barriers as well as those who are working tirelessly to break barriers. Paula Wawrzynczyk, Education and…

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Ensuring sexual health services are safe and welcoming for the trans community   

This Sexual Health Week we want to amplify the voices of those who face barriers as well as those who are working tirelessly to break barriers. In this blog, Aben…

Breaking Barriers with Dr Naomi Sutton

Doctor Naomi Sutton, a Sexual Health Consultant and the Doctor on E4’s The Sex Clinic, is on a mission to improve sex education so that we can all enjoy healthy,…

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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…

Breaking Barriers: Tackling the UK’s unmet sexual health need 

This Sexual Health Week we want to amplify the voices of those who face barriers as well as those who are working tirelessly to break barriers. In this blog, Laura…

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How Brook Cornwall is breaking barriers to sexual health

This Sexual Health Week we want to amplify the voices of those who face barriers as well as those who are working tirelessly to break barriers. Rachel Balshaw, Chlamydia Screening…