Teaching people about consent equips them to have safe, ethical and enjoyable sexual experiences. This online training session is designed for anyone working directly with Southend people in any setting, who may have the opportunity to promote the positive sexual health and support positive sexual health choices.
This training course aims to support professionals working with people to help them understand the law, gender norms, stereotypes and cultural factors which may affect their ability to consent, and support them to communicate and negotiate consent in their real-life experiences. Participants will be able to:
- Identify what consent means
- Describe some of the factors that may make it difficult to negotiate sexual consent
- Summarise the laws around sex and sexual consent
- Identify common myths about sex, sexual violence, rape and consent
- Recognise the difference between consent and non-consenting
*Please note* This training is free for professionals in Southend on Sea to access. If you are not from this area and will still like to attend, please contact rutendo.chitiga@brook.org.uk
Failure to attend without prior notice will incurr a cancellation fee. Please refer to our cancellation policy for more information: https://www.brook.org.uk/about-education-and-training/training-cancellation-policy/
This training session will be an online event via Zoom. Attendees will receive a Zoom link 48hours before the training session. If your organisation does not enable the use of Zoom, personal devices can also be used. Due to the topics we will be discussing participants may want to use headphones.
