SHOC runs a variety of campaigns, particularly aimed at encouraging young people to access sexual health services in the area.
Our current campaigns include:
Our past campaigns include:
- SHOC-in'
- Not another statistic
- NW10 Project
- Cover it
Read more about our past campaigns.
The Safe campaign is supported by the local NHS in Brent. It aims to reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections amongst young people in Brent. With a Safe Card you can get free condoms in selected pharmacies and hairdressers across NW10.
Find out more about SAFE online at: www.safeinfo.co.uk
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This campaign is a real reflection of the commitment of 65 practices to improve the general health of young people in Brent.
It came from the concern in general practices in Brent about the increasing rates of new STI and HIV infections and unplanned pregnancies affecting young people aged 14-24 in the area.
It aims:
- To provide support to general practices in developing services to promote sexual health that would be appropriate and acceptable to young people.
- To identify general practices as appropriate sites for sexual health promotion and as more comprehensive sexual health providers.
To date, over 30,000 interventions with young people aged 14-24 have been recorded as a result of this campaign.
Find your nearest general practice.
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R Project is an award winning peer education project; developing and delivering peer led sexual health education in schools and informal youth settings in Brent and London Boroughs. The project develops resources and health promotion materials on sexual health.
The production of our Children and Young Peoples "Stay Healthy" and "Stay Safe" award winning "The Adventures of a Blueberry Condom" education resource and teaching package and the new DVD - "The Sperm Busters", which is the sequel to "The Blue Movie...Adventures of a Blueberry Condom". Follow the adventures of a young woman as she travels through her own reproductive system, learning about sex, contraception, realationshiops and self-esteem.
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The aim of the Emergency Contraception Scheme in Community Pharmacy (i.e. supplying Levonelle-1500 under a Brent tPCT PGD) is to contribute to a reduction in the number of unwanted pregnancies, especially in women who cannot or will not purchase EHC.
Women seen under the scheme can be offered information on contraception services and sexually transmitted infections and a small supply of condoms as well as EHC.
Find your nearest pharmacist.
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SHOC has run a campaign to raise awareness of FGM and its physical and psychological effects on women accessing general practice. 89 general practitioners and practice nurses attended 2 days of awareness training.
Our work on FGM also includes:
- Working with the Local Safe Guarding Children Board to identify child protection issues and procedures, and develop clear care pathways for patients. Joint working relationships with Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development (FORWARD), specialist reversal clinics and the lead clinician, Comfort Momoh.
- Raising awareness of the Metropolitan Police DVD - Working together for a safer London, of STOP FGM NOW and The Day I Will Never Forget.
- Raising awareness in schools on request by school heads.
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