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Help and Support: Teenage Sex
March 2013
For Young People
Providing straightforward information and advice to anyone aged 12 to 18, to make it easier to discuss everything to do with sex.
Helpline: 0800 28 29 30 (lines open 10am -12 midnight every day)
Online information that talks about sex exactly as it is.
Online links for a variety of sex related issues.
Providing advice and sexual health services to all young people under 25. Services can be accessed by confidential helpline, online enquiry service and text information service.
Helpline: Helpline: Ask Brook 0808 802 1234 (lines open Monday – Friday 11am – 3pm Text: send your question to 07717 989 023 (lines open Monday – Friday 9am – 3pm) Online advisor: (lines open Monday – Friday 9am – 3pm).
Offering information about a range of services including abortion advice. Further information is available online including details for centres in the UK.
Helpline: 0845 300 8090 (lines open 24 hours)
Offering confidential information about sexual health and details about UK clinics. The helpline does not require a name to be given and advice is available about what to do if you've had unprotected sex.
Helpline: 0800 567 123 (lines open 8am-8pm)
Frank online information about sex.
Free and confidential counselling for anyone up to the age of 18. Helpline: 0800 11 11 (lines open 24 hours)
A confidential helpline and email service for young people up to age 25, to help source the best support whatever the problem.
Helpline: 0808 808 4994 (lines open 1pm - 11pm)
Text: 80849 (lines open Monday - Friday 7pm-11pm)
Email: help@getconnected.org.uk
Offering information and advice to young adults on many issues such as relationships, health problems and arguments with your family.
For Parents or Concerned Adults
Offering information and advice to young people and their parents about a range of issues such as, contraception, planning a pregnancy and abortion.
Helpline: 0845 122 8690 (lines open Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm)
Northern Ireland: 0845 122 8687 (lines open Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm)
BPAS – British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Providing a telephone support service to help women and the parents of young teens to deal with the decisions around both wanted and unwanted pregnancy.
Helpline: 08457 30 40 30 (lines open 24 hours)
Offering help and support to anyone in a parenting role on all parenting problems.
Parentline: 0808 800 22 22 (lines open 7am – midnight every day)
Online social networking advice site for parents of teenagers, with a mutually supportive approach to challenges when raising teens.
Online advice for parents about how to talk to your children about sex (via the Childs Health and Safety menu).
Information on call charges to 08 numbers:
- 0800 - Free from BT land lines. Other networks may charge and mobile costs will be incurred.
- 0808 - Free from BT land lines. Other networks may charge and mobile costs will be incurred.
- 0845 – Free with BT land lines call packages, otherwise charged at 2p per minute daytime and weekend,5p per minute evenings. Other networks may charge and mobile costs will be incurred.
- 0300 - Calls cost standard national rate plus a 13.1p set up charge per call from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may be higher and from mobiles will cost considerably more.
- 0844 - Calls from BT land lines cost up to 5p per minute and 5p per call as part of many BT call packages, otherwise a 13.1p set up charge per call will be incurred. Calls from other networks may be higher and from mobiles will cost considerably more.
