Your Choice Your Voice Brochure

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Improving the health and wellbeing of young
people through best-in-class, evidence-based
Relationship and Sex Education

delivered by

Our vision for all young people

We believe young people everywhere should be empowered to make informed
choices about their bodies, sex and relationships. Our goal is for all young people to
have equal access to effective evidence-based Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
that is up-to-date and relevant to their lives.

What is Your Choice Your Voice® and why is it unique?

® Your Choice Your Voice (YCYV) is a unique

programme that has been developed
through robust evidence-based research and
planning by Public Health and School Nursing
professionals. It has been designed for year
8 and year 9 secondary school pupils. The
programme is reviewed and endorsed on an
annual basis by school head teachers and the
Youth Council to ensure the content is relevant
and appropriate.

The aim of the YCYV programme is to increase year 8 and year 9 pupils’ (12-14 year
olds) knowledge and awareness of sex and relationship issues to help them develop
the skills necessary to assess risks and understand potential consequences. This
helps young people make informed choices.

Why is Relationships and Sex Education so crucial?

From September 2020, relationships and sex education will become statutory in all
secondary schools in England. Parents will not have the right to withdraw pupils from
relationships education.

Ofsted reported in May 2013 that learning in Personal, Social and Health Education
(PSHE) required improvement or was inadequate in 40% of schools surveyed, and that
RSE required improvement in almost half of the secondary schools.

“Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social and school well-
being on average have higher levels of academic achievement and are more
engaged in school, both concurrently and in later years”

High quality RSE helps create safe school communities where pupils can thrive and
develop positive, healthy behaviour for life. A comprehensive RSE programme is
critical for safeguarding pupils’ health and wellbeing and their ability to achieve.

Ofsted found that in eight out of ten schools, outside speakers had made a valuable
contribution to teaching by bringing a wide range of expertise and life experiences to
the PSHE programme.

The Your Choice Your Voice® programme

Overview

Bromley Healthcare co-ordinate the day, provide all resources and deliver the
programme, which comprises of three education plans developed to provide
comprehensive, engaging and evidence-based RSE.
The sessions are interactive and include multi-media content, examples and
case studies that are regularly updated to ensure they are relevant to young
people. The Relationships session is designed to be delivered in year 8, with the
sexual heath and bodies and sexuality sessions delivered in year 9.

Interactive Sessions

Relationships

• Awareness of behaviours in a healthy vs. an unhealthy relationship
• Understanding of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
• Awareness of how and where sexual harassment happens
• Understanding the possible consequences of unplanned teenage

pregnancy

Sexual health

• Risks of having unprotected sex
• Methods of available contraception
• Places to go for treatment or advice about sexual health

Bodies and sexuality
• What sex means, the laws around it and the way pornography shapes

our understanding of it
• Risk and the importance of age appropriate behaviour on the internet
• Normal bodies and online bullying/shaming
• The diverse nature of sexual orientation and gender identity

Monitoring and evaluation KPI Increase
% increase in knowledge of STIs 45%
Ofsted findings in the report ‘Not yet % increase in knowledge around local
good enough’ state that in over half of treatment options 63%
the schools they assessed, there was % increase in knowledge around becoming 11%
no formal evaluation of the impact on a teenage parent 62%
pupils’ learning or follow-up of activities, % increase in knowledge of different 12%
so teachers did not know how effective contraception methods 63%
external contributors had been. % increase in confidence to say no to 18%
unwanted sex or to delay 85%
A set of Key Performance Indicators % increase in knowledge of where to
(KPIs) are used to monitor the access contraception
effectiveness of the YCYV programme, % increase in intention to use contraception
through pre and post intervention % of pupils who would recommend the
questionnaires completed by pupils. intervention to their friends

The most recent data from the
implementation of the programme in
the London Borough of Bromley has
shown an increase in awareness and
a change in behaviour intention. The
table shows highlights from this data.

“ Very engaging, “Great session, “High energ y
connecting effortlessly I’ve learned a lot.” delivery, open and honest
with the class. Excellent, pacy answers, not shying away
questioning but also extre mely (Pupil)
clear, reinforcing points.” from difficult topics.”

(Teacher) (Teacher)

Package details

The YCYV programme includes:
• 6 members of highly trained Bromley Healthcare staff delivering 3 separate sessions

to year 8 and year 9 pupils
• Pre and post evaluations being completed by all pupils: input and analysed by

Bromley Healthcare
• Bromley Healthcare providing your organisation with a full report detailing

percentage increases in your pupils knowledge and confidence
• Bromley Healthcare providing all resources

If you have more or less pupils , a bespoke package can be created. To discuss the
facilitation of the Your Choice Your Voice® programme in your school, call us on
01689 866526 or email: [email protected]

Bromley Healthcare Community Interest Company Ltd
Company no: 06815987 Registered in England