Disclaimer

We will make every effort to make sure that the information on the Blackpool Council website is correct and up to date.

Within the extent lawfully permitted, Blackpool Council disclaims liability for any loss, damage or inconvenience that occurs as a result of you using this website or reliance upon its content.

Blackpool Council provides links to other websites and these are provided for your convenience. We do not accept any responsibility for information contained in linked websites or liability arising from their use. We do not endorse or support the products or services offered by these links and we cannot guarantee that these links will work at all times.

Re-use of Blackpool Council’s Public Sector Information

Blackpool Council complies with the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 and we encourage the re-use of the information that we produce, hold and disseminate.

We are open and transparent, and treat all applications to re-use in a fair and non-discriminatory way. Here are details of how we meet our re-use responsibilities:

Re-use conditions / standard licence terms or Open Government Licence

Publication of information about charging
Asset list of main information that can be re-used
Details of any exclusive agreements
Details of how to make a complaint under the 2015 Regulations

For the most part, we use the Open Government Licence: You are free to:

Copy, publish, distribute and transmit the information on our website (except for logos and insignia)
Adapt the information
Exploit the information commercially and non-commercially and you must attribute us as the source of the information

Where we issue a licence it will be a standard licence. If you wish to re-use any of the information that we produce, hold or disseminate please submit your application in writing to us at: Information Governance Team, PO Box 4, Blackpool, FY1 1NA

In accordance with the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 made we will respond to all applications within 20 working days.

If you discover any information on our website pages that you believe to be inaccurate or inappropriate, or would like further information about these statements, please email publichealth@blackpool.gov.uk

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.