Green Dot Bystander Launch

WOW! What a launch event we had at Walkabout, Queen Street on Thursday 9th March 2023. We were blown away by how many people attended, and given the unusual weather on the day, we can't thank you enough.

Click here to have a look at us in the media

https://planetradio.co.uk/rock-fm/local/news/the-green-dot-programme-has-seen-success-in-the-usa/

The Green Dot programme is a violence prevention strategy that depends on the power of bystanders to prevent violence and shift social and cultural norms. It equips people with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to identify, intervene and report power-based personal violence.

The programme uses the analogy of a green dot to illustrate certain positive behaviours. A green dot is any choice, behaviour, attitude, or statement that expresses intolerance of bullying, sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating/partner violence and stalking on-line or in person.

In light of the media coverage and disclosures, it is clear that now more than ever that as a community we are in need of support and guidance to not only handle, but also effectively intervene and prevent incidents like this from happening in the future.

The highly interactive Green Dot uses a community responsibility approach.

To make real change, this needs to be far reaching and a shared ambition to make Blackpool a safe place for everyone.

PSHE

Personal, social, health and economic education is a school curriculum subject in England that focuses on strengthening the knowledge, skills, and connections to keep children and young people healthy and safe and prepare them for life and work.

Schools should refer to the DfE statutory guidance to inform their delivery.

In addition, below are resources designed to support you in your work within schools around implementation of relationships education, relationships and sex education and health education. It includes the latest links to RSHE resources and trusted national organisations.

1. Consulting with parents and pupils, and developing policy
2. What to teach and how to teach it
3. Sustaining success

Key areas of RSHE

The introduction of statutory RSHE in September 2020 focuses on mandatory education in the following areas:

Mental wellbeing

Internet safety and harms

Physical health and fitness

Healthy eating

Drugs, alcohol and tobacco

Health and prevention

Basic first aid

Changing adolescent body

STI Symptom Checker

Unusual discharge
Pain, burning or increase in weeing
Rashes, lumps or blisters
Stinging, itching or tingling
Pain and/or bleeding during sex
Bleeding after sex

Pain in the testicles (balls)
Pain or tenderness in the lower tummy
Irregular bleeding
Strong, unpleasant smell from the vagina after sex
Painful swelling of penis, testicles or foreskin
Brown eggs on pubic or other body hair
No Symptoms

Get tested if you have any of these symptoms, a sexual partner has symptoms or you’re worried after having sex without a condom. Many STIs have no symptoms at all, like HIV. The only way to know for sure is to get tested.