Streetwise wishes to thank BBC Children in Need for allocating us £71,000 over the next 3 years to continue our work with young people who self-harm. The Taboo group offers 8 week group work programmes at NACRO and The Foyer, and specialist 1-1 sessions with a mental health worker. Tracey Brooks, Counselling Manager stated 'this is a fantastic opportunity to build upon the work we have been doing and to really make a difference to young peoples lives'

Streetwise wins GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards 2009!

Streetwise was thrilled to be announced Overall Winner at the GSK IMPACT Awards 2009. The IMPACT Awards are open annually to small to medium sized health charities and as winners we received £35,000 to put towards our services for young people this year. Streetwise was named winner in part due to the humour we invest in our health services, namely the 'Do you wanna be a Jedi?' campaign which gave out free glow in the dark condoms  for Chlamydia testing. See:
http://www.gsk.com/community/impact-awards-uk-2009.htm

'Not Until I'm Ready!' Resources and Report

Ellen Smith has spent the last 2 year researching young peoples sexual decision making, and has designed resources to be used with young people. A conference was held on the 23rd September at the Centre for Life in Newcastle to deseminate the findings. 

To order a copy of the research or the resources please email ellen@streetwisenorth.org.uk. The research costs £10, and the resources £25. All costs include postage and packaging.