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sex education
We Are Failing the Nation’s Young
DATE : 24 July 2026 AUTHOR : VFJUK Webmaster
According to a recently released report by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), a government backed charity set up to investigate ways to prevent children becoming involved in violence, the number of children arrested for sexual offences in 2024-2025 hit an all-time high, rising from 3,225 in 2023, to 3,809, marking an 18% rise over the course […]
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How to have sex: advice for children
DATE : 14 May 2025 AUTHOR : VFJUK Webmaster
Bridgend council in Wales has been heavily criticised for last year commissioning a PowerPoint presentation for use in schools endorsing, among other things, strangulation during sex. Seemingly tackling the problem of consent, one of the slides stated baldly, ‘It is never OK to start choking someone without asking them first.’. Thankfully, the draft guidance was dropped after […]
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This is a public health issue
DATE : 26 January 2024 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
The latest figures released by local councils show a massive explosion in STI rates across the country, with 97% of areas reporting an unprecedented rise in infections since 2017. Ten areas in particular report that syphilis and gonorrhoea infection rates have tripled, but there are similar rises for all infections. The highest rates of diagnoses were in the London […]
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Relationships, sex…and unhealthy education
DATE : 16 March 2023 AUTHOR : VFJUK Webmaster
Lynda Rose Christian Today 16 March 2023 With the news that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a review of sex education in schools, Lynda Rose shines a light on some of the age-inappropriate messages given to young children that features in relationships and sex education. https://www.christiantoday.com/article/relationships.sex.and.unhealthy.education/139959.htm
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