Brook: The Sexual Health Charity
Brook is the leading young people’s charity specialising in sexual health and well-being. They provide education and advice services for young people up to 25.
Brook runs services across the UK, delivering innovative services, designed with the help of young people. They provide services across three key areas:
- Clinical and support services
- Education and training
- Advocacy, campaigning, lobbying and influencing
Brook runs the Ask Brook information service which acts as a signposting service to inform young people about sexual health services in their area. It provides basic information and support on sexual health topics such as contraception, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, abortion and sexually transmitted infections. Ask Brook offers a confidential telephone, online webchat and interactive text message service.
Brook also produces a range of publications for use by teachers, parents, youth workers and young people themselves on a broad range of sexual health issues.
Simon Blake, CEO of Brook, along with Georgia Johnson, Juliet Agyemang and Elaine Barker from Brook’s Education Team have authored several Fink publications, including, Relationship Conversations – Sexual Violence and Exploitation, Sex and Relationships Matter