
OUR SERVICES
YPEC is a Community Interest Company; Our social purpose to support as many children and young people as possible to develop or enhance their personal skills and attributes, so they feel empowered to make positive and healthy behavioural choices.
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We are affiliated with the Research and Consultancy company Insight Now, who are a member of the Market Research Society. We can support consultation, engagement and research methods with children and young people, for ex: implementation of surveys, focus groups, workshops, etc, providing reports and recommendations.
SERVICE DELIVERY
All things RSHE
Programmes incorporating the principles of PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) with the focus on Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE.) Including developing and delivering professional training workshops, RSHE sessions, RSHE consultation and lesson design plans.
Also:
Engagement and research programmes, organising and conducting research methods – focus groups / one to one interviews, etc to empower children and young people, giving them a voice.

THE MEANING OF CONSENT
Increase awareness and understanding of the meaning of consent
Learning Objectives:
To explore the meaning of consent.
Look at the importance of consent & possible consequences of not having it
Examine the law around consent.
Develop methods of communicating and obtaining consent.
Signposting to services for more information and support.

BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
To increase awareness and understanding of healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviours.
Learning Objectives:
Explore healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviours.
Increase understanding, how to spot and end abusive relationships.
Examine what makes a respectful and health relationship.
Signpost to services and information for support.

IMPORTANCE OF POSITIVE SEXUAL HEALTH
To explore the importance of positive sexual health, increase knowledge around sexually transmitted infections, contraception methods and accessing services.
To recognise the importance of positive sexual health and what that means.
Recognise different sexually transmitted infections, symptoms, and possible treatments.
Greater understanding of the different contraception methods, in particular condoms and how to use them.
Explore pregnancy and accessing services and support.
Dispel embarrassment around accessing sexual health services.

EXPLORING BOUNDARIES
To understand and identify what actually constitutes as harassment, what to do and where to get help & support.
Learning Objectives:
To examine what constitutes as harassment.
Awareness of the impact harassment can have.
Explore bystander responses to harassment in schools.
Understand where to get help and support.

ONLINE BEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONS
Greater understanding of online behaviour expectations, the impact of online abuse and how to report it.
Learning Objectives:
Examine online rights, responsibilities, and behaviour expectations.
Understanding of what online abuse is.
Explore the impact online abuse can have.
Digital bystander approach and how to apply it.
Signposting and referring to services

EQUAL STANDARDS
To review the growing trend of misogyny views and opinions and understand the impact it can have.
Learning Objectives:
Understand what misogyny is
Explore and critically review the impact it can have.
Look at positive role models and why they are.
Develop strategies to challenge these perceptions.

HOW THEY ‘DO IT’ – SEX IN THE MEDIA:
To increase awareness and understanding of how the media distorts perceptions of sex and relationships, and what impact this can have.
Learning Objectives:
Explore how the media portrays sex and relationships, through TV, films, social media etc, the role of intimacy coordinators, etc.
Examine what really happens in the sex industry
Analyse the impact of pornography on perceptions of sex and relationships.
Signposting for further information and services.

EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
Develop skills to build resilience and positive behaviours. Raise awareness of where to get support and advice.
Learning Outcomes:
Define what resilience is.
Develop some techniques to support resilience.
Impact of self-esteem and how it can impact on mental health.
Develop some techniques to support positive attitudes.
Signposting and referring to services.
