Accessibility Statement

About the accessibility of this website

We have completed a full WCAG 2.1 audit for this website.

We know some parts of this website aren't fully accessible:

Proprietary WordPress code (used in plugins) does not meet WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria

Many pages don't meet some "success criteria" of the international WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standard due to proprietary WordPress code (used in plugins).

While these are minor issues which we believe to have minimal or no effect on accessibility, we are keeping up to date with the WordPress accessibility community who are continuously releasing accessibility fixes.

We have a third-party Twitter plugin AccessPress Twitter Feed Pro that does not output valid code – causing several issues. We will continue to monitor and when comparable plugins provide us with an alternative, we will use them.

Alt-tags

Where images are displayed on our site we use alternative text (alt-tags) to describe the content. We recognise that in some instances these may not be very descriptive. We are currently working to provide more descriptive text where necessary.

What to do if you can't access part of this website

If you need information on this website in a different format, you can contact us: publichealth@blackpool.gov.uk

We're always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.

If you find any problems that aren't listed on this page or think we're not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, email us publichealth@blackpool.gov.uk giving details of the issue and any assistive technology you are using.

What we're doing to improve accessibility

We will monitor the accessibility of this website on an on-going basis and fix any accessibility reported to us.

This statement was prepared on 16 June 2020.

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.