Swipe Article - Surrounding Wolverhampton In Peer Education

Hi, we're Fusion 16, we are young people from across Wolverhampton involved in commissioning money for sexual health education.

Our latest project is swipe.uk.com which is a website for young people, giving factual local information and advice, both online and local drop-ins.

We interviewed a number organisations and finally decided to form a partnership with Terrence Higgins Trust, and have been working hard to launch the project. Part of the project is training young people from three local high schools and youth clubs as peer educators. Once trained the Peer Educators will be able to give support and sign post other young people to organisations to help with any issues they may have.

The second part of the project is the launch of our website swipe.uk.com which supports the work of the Peer Educators. The website is a 24 hours 7 days a week service, that can be accessed by everyone, as our key areas are:

• Drugs- inc. tobacco and alcohol
• Anti-Bullying
• Emotional Well-Being- inc. self-harm, eating disorders, healthy eating
• Relationships inc. domestic violence
• Sexual Health
• Teen Pregnancy inc. teen parents

This project would not have been possible without the help of our partners, Wolverhampton City Council -Youth Service, YWCA, Connexions, Learning Partnership, Our Lady and St Chad's School, Pendeford High School, Moseley Park School, Deansfield High School, Teenage Pregnancy Unit and Terrence Higgins Trust.