Online resources & Blackpool Services

DfE information regarding the changes to personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) and relationships and sex education (RSE)

Statutory guidance from the DfE on RHE and RSHE for primary and secondary schools

RSHE resources and trusted organisations

PSHE Association: Selecting and working with visitors and speakers

PHE School Zone

Check out the PHE School Zone and subscribe for updates to be the first to know about free resources and get ideas for cross curricular links.

Online Resources

There are so many useful websites for schools, young people and parents to refer to. Here are a few which come highly recommended (and some can also be followed on social media for updates):

Blackpool Services

There are a number of services and organisations in Blackpool that offer support to Education providers. Please see below for more information from each service/organisation.

Blackpool Adolescent Service - ADASH - ADAPT Programme

For information on the Blackpool Adolescent Service including the offer from the ADASH team, CLICK HERE.

Blackpool Football Club Community Trust (BFCCT)

Primary

Universal FREE
Y6 Unstoppable (Safer Streets)
Y4 Fit2Go

Secondary School

Paid
1:1 Mentoring
Y7 Transition to High School
Y8 Breaverbrook Enterprise Programme
Y9 Premier League Inspires (Accreditation)

Universal FREE
Y7&8 StayOnSide (Safer Streets)

Drug Awareness - Lancashire Police

A free 2hour drugs talk to all year 6 classes. This is to give children the ability to make the right choices when attending high school.

The talk covers Alcohol, Smoking (including vaping), medicines, nitroxide gas, energy drinks and the dangers of carrying a knife.

It is a visual demonstration with games and props to encourage interaction.

WHAY

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.