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Outreach
Work The aim of The What? Centre's Outreach work is to respond to the needs of young people, and embrace the need to make What? Centre services more available to marginalised groups and young people across the Dudley Borough who may otherwise never step across the centre’s threshold. This has been made possible through our committed team and the excellent relationships we foster with other grass roots agencies, committed to partnership working. An important part of our Outreach work has involved visiting young people in their own settings, usually schools or colleges to showcase What? Centre services and offer information and advice in group workshops. The main demand in this arena has been for drugs awareness and sexual health/relationships sessions, both in mainstream and special needs venues. The sessions are designed to be fun and informative, encouraging young people to look again at the urban myths and peer pressure that influence the choices they make. They are also an essential way to advertise
the What? Centre. In many ways, young people themselves are also
involved in marketing our service. Word of mouth is the most often
cited source of knowledge about the What? Centre. The young people
who have had a positive experience of the service recommend us and
we find that many of our clients are first brought along by their
friends as it helps to break to ice. Through our involvement with the SHAPE (Sexual Health a Priority for Everyone) group, chaired by Dudley PCT, What? Centre workers have attended health fairs, colleges and young people’s groups, offering information, advice and chlamydia screening. These events also offer a valuable opportunity to signpost young people to our service where they can access ongoing support to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Chlamydia Testing The What? Centre recently worked in Partnership with Brook to carry out Chlamydia testing on young people in the Dudley Borough. We reached a large number of young people and the initiative was a great success.
For further information please contact us. T: 01384 379992 |
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