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With 3 charities working together, Step2, Hale & James deliver RSE curriculum in Secondary Schools in Bradford. Bespoke sessions catering to each individual schools needs inc: Curriculum Audits, Content Delivery, Staff Training and Peer Reviews
What have we been up to lately?
🎬 Working with the University of Bradford on our films for schools!
ℹ️ Speaking to parents in schools to build confidence around RSE
👩🏫 Continuing to deliver the RSE curriculum in schools
#RSE #youthwork #School #Filming
This week we have told Brecks story to over 1000 students in assemblies in a secondary school in Bradford. With young people spending so much time online, the message of safety continues to be an important conversation needed. #breckbednar #exploitation #rse #internetsafety #stayingsafeonline
14.03.2025 12:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
‘Taking women’s health seriously’ conference 2025 today!
We heard inspirational stories from women and joined workshops around periods, endometriosis, neurodiversity and conception delay/ fertility.
#BetterHealthWomen #RSE #Bradford
According to a study by the Youth Endownment Fund, almost HALF of all young people aged between 13 and 17 have find themselves in a controlling or violent romantic relationship. https://buff.ly/3EoEEcp
19.02.2025 17:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
THAT’S A WRAP!
We have completed our filming for the 3 clips 🥳
We will be back to announce our launch event at the university of Bradford!
Very cold day of filming today for our school videos to raise awareness on relationship abuse, sextortion and locker room banter!
LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION
#RSE #SCHOOL #SOWG
In each of our sessions we always make time for questions from the students......
17.02.2025 17:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It was Safer Internet Day on 11th Feb - What did you teach your students about? All week we have been teaching students and teachers about Sextortion.
14.02.2025 11:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today we had nearly 100 professionals all in one room talking about Empowering young people together in Bradford
Thank you to our attendees, stall holders and speakers. It was great to see networking and knowledge all shared to improve support for young people 🎉
#EYPT2025 #youthwork #teaching #RSE
12.02.2025 11:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Conference day is here!
Our ‘Empowering young people together’ conference 2025 is well underway!
We have heard from the Safety of women and girls team, Hale and KOOTH!
#youthwork #bradford #RSE
10.02.2025 17:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
07.02.2025 17:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It’s nearly time! With 1 week to go until our conference we would like to share our final two speakers! They will be focusing on supporting students with additional needs and Improving access to arts!
Common Wealth Theatre - Saoirse Teale, Mariyah Kayat
Step 2 - Liz Robinson and Linda Kennedy
For more help and advice around sexual health please visit https://buff.ly/3C8wmF3 for more information
31.01.2025 18:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
With 2 weeks to go until our conference we would like to share our next two speakers! They will be focusing on PSHE and RSE
Pol-Ed - Amy Watkins and Sgt Tom Regan
RSE delivery team - Step 2, Hale and James
NOT LONG NOW!................
When in schools, students love to ask questions showing their inquisitive minds and cementing our belief of quality RSE being so important in schools! Empowering our young people one question at a time.....
27.01.2025 18:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
HPV is a very common sexually transmitted infection that usually causes no symptoms and goes away by itself but some types can cause genital warts or cancer.
The UK national HPV vaccination programme was introduced for girls in September 2008 and was extended to eligible boys in September 2019
news.sky.com/story/age-ch...
A step in a positive direction but what are your thoughts? Do you think age verification on websites and social media platforms will really work? Let's hope so!
With 4 weeks to go until our Conference, we would like to announce our first speakers!
Assia Hussain: Safety of Women &Girls Lead, Bradford
Dan Evans: Young people's social prescribing team @ Hale
Olivia Firth: Kooth online mental health and wellbeing platform for young people
Our ‘Empowering Young People Together’ Conference 2025 is just over a month away!
We have over 100 people attending, each working with the goal to make a difference to young people!
🎉
#youthwork #RSE #Education #Bradford #Conference #EYPT2025
The snow may have delayed our start to the Spring term slightly but some amazing things coming up for the team including Conference hosting, filming and ofcourse, delivering RSE to the young people of Bradford and Keighley. Happy 2025 everyone!
07.01.2025 10:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nice relaxing evening after another busy week in schools. This week has involved discussion based learning around sexual consent & positive refusal, harassment & stalking and sexual violence. Insightful questions and deep level thinking linked to SoWG and mens mental health #empoweringyoungpeople
06.12.2024 21:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And this is why myself and my team are so proud to work closely with the Safety of Women & Girls team! An amazing initiative helping us to use an education first approach. #knowledgeispower #SoWG #healthyrelationships #rse #pshce #step2 #hale #james
05.12.2024 21:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And this is why myself and my team are so proud to work closely with the Safety of Women & Girls team! An amazing initiative helping us to use an education first approach. #knowledgeispower #SoWG #healthyrelationships #rse #pshce #step2 #hale #james
05.12.2024 21:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In the first year of our Women’s Safety Unit, 28% more offenders have been brought to justice for serious sexual offences.
By committing more funding, we’ll make sure this work continues – so that every little girl growing up in West Yorkshire can face a future free from harm.
On Monday we attended training on the Danielle game!
This game was created to reduce gender based violence and spread awareness on various issues.
We also learnt up to date statistics on current issues young people are facing which will be support us to regularly improve our teaching!
#training
HAPPY FRIDAY! A busy week this week delivering to both staff and students. Topics highlighted this week were Sexual Health, Contraception, Honour Based Abuse and the Potential Consequences of Inappropriate Image Sharing. The students were fab #staffcpd #beckfootoakbank #empoweringyoungpeopletogether
29.11.2024 13:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From teaching in schools, we have increasingly struggled to find relevant and up to date videos relating to RSE…
We are in the planning stages of a very exciting project! Follow our journey to see what we are doing in 2025…
#RSE #youthwork #filmset #Empowering
Our first “Empowering Young People Together” Conference is less than 3 months away!
- Issues young people are facing
- The power of RSE
- Where to refer for support
And much more!
If you are from Bradford or the wider West Yorkshire area, BOOK YOUR SPACE NOW! More than 100 tickets already sold!
