Resources

Leicestershire's Family Information Service provides many useful links to support groups and agencies for young people.

The Parents Under 20 website provides information about learning opportunities for young parents.

Young people aged 14+ can access an online directory of useful contacts known as the Blast Directory.

There is also an A4 version of Blast available as a reference copy for practitioners. To request a copy, please contact us

Leicestershire offers advice, support and signposting to young people via a text service.

Call / text: 07814 877859

This website has been developed jointly by the Leicester City Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood Partnership.

The partnership is a collaboration between NHS Leicester City and Leicester City Council, focused on reducing the under 18 conception rate in Leicester City.

Discussing relationships and sex can be a challenge for parents and carers. This leaflet aims to make those discussions a bit easier by offering tips on how to start conversations.

Time to Talk Leaflet
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Teenage parents writing letters to themselves

A project, which is called “Letters to My Pregnant Self” was run by Leicestershire and Leicester City Teenage Pregnancy Partnerships, and invited anyone who was a young parent to get involved.

The end result was an exciting and informative book made up entirely of letters that will provide inspiration to young parents across Leicestershire.

To order your copy, please contact us

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Young parent groups in Leicestershire

Leicestershire Youth Service provides a number of Young Parents Support Groups  across the County based in a variety of community settings, offering support from the beginning of pregnancy to birth.

The group focus is on the needs of the young person/Young father/mother primarily;  providing informal Education and personal development opportunities.

Leicestershire County and Leicester City Teenage Pregnancy Partnerships have refreshed their Professional Pathway to offer additional help and support to practitioners who work with young people.

The pathway helps professionals to direct young people to the services they may wish to access if a young person believes they or their partner may be pregnant.

The pathway is a simple, easy-to-use visual flow-chart that enables practitioners to support young people to access support services at various stages.

For young people confidentiality is critical – local research has confirmed that assurances of confidentiality encourage young people to access services which promote their safety and well being and which encourage them to develop safe and responsible relationships.

We have developed a local confidentiality poster to ensure a consistent message is promoted across a range of services. To request a copy, please contact us

A campaign to reduce the amount of unplanned pregnancies among teenagers, over the festive period.

We have developed posters, business cards and t-shirts to promote this campaign. To order a supply, please contact us

Take The Risc facebook page

Video - RISC Flash Mob

Contraceptive Implant

LARC (Long acting reversible contraceptive) methods are widely acknowledged as being extremely effective in reducing unplanned pregnancies, and have a much lower fail rate than other methods of contraception such as the pill and the condom.

Research published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2006 found that 86% of the decline in US teenage pregnancy rates between 1995 and 2002 could be attributed to improved contraceptive use.

LARC methods provide better effective contraceptive protection for young persons. The LARC implant lasts three years and has a failure rate of less than one in 1,000 over three years.

Poster - Did I take my pill today?
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Video - Did I take my pill today?

A viral video encouraging young people in Leicestershire to always use a condom, if sexually active, has proved a huge success.

In December 2010, Leicestershire’s first viral video campaign was launched. ‘Game on’ aimed to promote safe sex messages and a text number for advice/information over the xmas period.

This viral video has received almost half a million hits and received very positive feedback from young people.

A safe sex campaign from Leicester City and Leicestershire County Teenage Pregnancy Partnerships has challenged stereotypes and changed attitudes about condom use.

The results showed that the campaign led a to a 47% increase in students who think it’s positive for girls to carry condoms. ‘Smart Girls Carry Condoms’ was developed in response to research that showed many young women were worried about being judged and seen as promiscuous if they were seen to be carrying condoms.

The campaign challenged this by showing that sexually active young women who carry condoms are confident, mature and responsible, and they should encourage their friends to do the same.