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Links and Support

The Joy of Teen Sex

Live Well

www.nhs.uk
A guide to safe sex on holiday/abroad.

So Feminine

www.sofeminine.co.uk
Precautions you can take before heading abroad.

Travel Abroad

www.gapyear.com
A useful article about sexual health when aboard.

Suzy Lamplugh Trust

www.suzylamplugh.org
A guide to safe sex on holiday.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

www.fco.gov.uk
Advice about help available to anyone sexually assaulted or raped whilst aboard.

Drinkaware

www.drinkaware.co.uk
Drinkaware information about drinking safely on holiday.

Worth Talking About

www.nhs.uk/worthtalkingabout
Offering information and advice to 12 - 18 year olds, making it easier to discuss sex.
Helpline: 0800 28 29 30 (lines open every day 2pm–10pm)

Sexual Health Line

www.nhs.uk/sexualhealth
Providing information and advice on sexual health, including STIs and where to find local services and clinics in the UK.
Helpline: 0800 567 123 (lines open 24 hours a day)

Get Connected

www.getconnected.org.uk
Free helpline and email service helping young people find the best support whatever their problem. Join the web chat on-line.
Helpline: 0808 808 4994 (lines open 1pm - 11pm every day)
Email help@getconnected.org.uk

The Site

www.thesite.org
A site for young adults needing support and guidance through life. You can ask The Site’s online advisers questions on relationships, problems with your partner, arguments with your family and much more.

Worth Talking About

www.nhs.uk/worthtalkingabout
Contains information and advice for 12 to 18s to make it easier to discuss everything to do with sex.
Helpline: 0800 28 29 30 (lines open 2pm - 10pm to midnight)

Brook

www.askbrook.org.uk
Ask Brook offers a confidential helpline, online enquiry service and text information service. Ask Brook is available free and in confidence to all young people under 25.
Helpline: 0808 802 1234 (lines open Monday to Friday 9am – 7pm)
Text: 07717989023 (Monday – Friday 9am – 7pm)

Sexual Health Line

www.nhs.uk/sexualhealth
Provides information and advice on sexual health, including STIs and where to find local services / clinics.
Helpline: 0800 567 123 (lines open 24 hours a day, every day)

The London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard (LLGS)

www.llgs.org.uk
For information, support and referrals LLGS provides a phone service across the UK to young people who may be confused about their sexuality, and to lesbians, bisexuals, gay men, transsexuals and straight people wanting information on gay issues.
Helpline: 0300 330 0630 (lines open 10am to 11pm)

Get Safe Online

www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1459
Get Safe Online provides advice on protecting your privacy on social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, MySpace, Bebo). When staying in touch with your friends and meeting new people, it is important to remember what goes on-line stays on-line, so don’t ruin your reputation with unwise words or images.

Bullying UK

www.bullying.co.uk
Offers information and advice if you’re having problems with bullying including taunting by text message.

ChildLine

www.childline.org.uk
Offers free and confidential counselling for anyone up to the age of 18. Helpline: 0800 11 11 (lines open 24 hours a day)

Straight Talking

www.straighttalking.org
Provides information to support and empower teenage parents, so that young people achieve economic well-being and quality of life. There are courses in the London Boroughs of Kingston, Richmond, Hounslow and Barking & Dagenham as well as in Birmingham and Somerset.

Sexual Identity

London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard (LLGS)

http://www.llgs.org.uk
Information, support and referrals via a UK-wide phone service for young people who may be confused about their sexuality, and to lesbians, bisexuals, gay men, transsexuals and straight people wanting information on gay issues.
Helpline: 0300 330 0630 (lines open 10am-11pm)

Terence Higgins Trust

Offering help and services regardless of your sexuality, HIV status, gender, cultural background or ethnic origin.
Helpline: 0808 802 1221 (lines open Mon- Fri 10am-10pm, Sat-Sun 12-6pm)

The Gay Youth Corner

www.thegyc.com

Gay Youth UK

gayyouthuk.net

The Lesbian and Gay Foundation

www.lgf.org.uk

Stonewall

www.stonewall.org.uk
Information for anyone from the gay community
Telephone: 08000 50 20 20 (lines open Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm)

Sex Education

The Young Lovers Guide

www.youngloversguide.com
What they don’t teach you in sex education lessons at school.

Marie Stopes - Like It Is

www.likeitis.org/indexuk.html

Sex Etc

www.sexetc.org
Sex Education For Teens, By Teens!

Directgov

www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/HealthAndRelationships/ConcernedAbout/index.htm

Sexual Health

NHS Sexual Health Line

www.nhs.uk/sexualhealth

Providing information and advice on sexual health, including STIs; plus finding local services/clinics.
Helpline: 0800 567 123 (lines open, 24 hours a day, every day)

NHS Live Well

www.nhs.uk/livewell/STIs/Pages/STIs-hub.aspx

Videos and articles on STIs, including chlamydia, HIV, herpes. Symptoms and where to get tested.

Your STD Help

www.yourstdhelp.com

The facts on STIs and ask a confidential question online.

Family Planning Association

www.fpa.org.uk

Avert

www.avert.org
HIV and AIDS

The Sexual Health Network

www.sexualhealth.com

healthtalkonline

www.healthtalkonline.org

GMFA – The Gay Men’s Health Charity

www.gmfa.org.uk/sex

NHS – Chlamydia Test Kits (LONDON ONLY)

www.checkurself.org.uk
Free NHS service, offering confidential chlamydia test kits to 16-24 year olds in London.

Contraception and Pregnancy

FPA- Family Planning Association

www.fpa.org.uk
FPA provide information and advice on a range of issues including contraception and planning a pregnancy.
Helpline: 0845 122 8690 (lines open Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm)
Northern Ireland: 0845 122 8687 (lines open Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm)

Brook

www.askbrook.org.uk
Providing advice and services for contraception and sexual health to young people under 25; with a confidential helpline, online enquiry service and text information service.
Helpline: Ask Brook 0808 802 1234 (lines open Monday – Friday 9am – 7pm)
Text: send your question to 07717 989 023 (lines open Monday – Friday 9am – 7pm)

Marie Stopes International

www.mariestopes.org.uk/Young_peoples_services
Offering information about pregnancy, plus centres in the UK offer a range of services relating to contraception and abortion; STI advice is available online.
Helpline: 0845 300 8090 (lines open 24 hours)

British Pregnancy Advice Service

www.bpas.org

Baby Centre

www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy

NHS Pregnancy Planner

www.nhs.uk/planners/pregnancycareplanner

Baby and Pregnancy

www.babyandpregnancy.co.uk

Mad Mums

www.madmums.com

Parents and Teens Talking About Sex

Teen Issues

www.teenissues.co.uk/talking-about-your-sexuality
Online advice for teen issues, including talking about your sexuality.

NHS Choices

www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Talkingaboutsex
Information for parents or adult carers on talking to teens about sex.

Got A Teenager

www.gotateenager.org.uk
An advice site for parents of teenagers enabling them to support each other through the challenges and successes of bringing up teens.

Body Image

Teen Issues

www.teenissues.co.uk/CultivatingARealisticBodyImage
The Teen Issues website offers information on changing a negative body image.

OCD Action

www.ocdaction.org.uk
Offers support for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, this includes issues around Body Dysmorphia.

Female Health Issues

www.femalehealthissues.co.uk
This article provides tips on maintaining a positive body image.

Resuming Your Sex Life Post-Childbirth

NCT

www.nct.org.uk

Baby Centre

www.babycentre.co.uk

Jealousy and Relationships

Relate

www.relate.org.uk
Relate offers counselling, psychosexual therapy, relationship difficulties, plus other services to anyone over 16.
Information: 0300 11 1234 (lines open Monday - Thursday 8am - 9pm, Friday 8am - 5pm, Saturday 9am - 5pm)

Staying Safe Online

Think U Know

www.thinkuknow.co.uk
Offers information about staying safe online, giving advice for adults and children of all ages. On Facebook: www.facebook.com/clickceop

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)

www.iwf.org.uk
Aiming to minimise the availability of potentially illegal internet content; facilitating reporting of illegal content on their site.

DirectGov

www.direct.gov.uk
Government website offering information to parents on how to make Social Networking safe for your children.

Further Advice

Embarrassing Problems

www.embarrassingproblems.com
Information about health problems that are difficult to talk about.

Outsiders

www.outsiders.org.uk
Sex and relationships for people with disabilities (with information about the Outsiders Club)
Email: info@outsiders.org.uk

TLC Trust

www.tlc-trust.org.uk
Provides information, advice and support for disabled men and women to help find appropriate sexual and therapeutic services.

MS Trust

www.mstrust.org.uk
A free downloadable guide called ‘Sexuality and MS: a guide for women

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