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Happy 30th birthday!
The ACET family was founded in 1988 by Dr Patrick Dixon, as a compassionate response to the HIV pandemic.
The RSE consultation summarised
The Children and Social Work Act 2017 required the Secretary of State for Education to make the subjects of Relationships Education at primary and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) at secondary compulsory through regulations.
The Esteem network is growing!
During the past academic year, we welcomed 54 new members to the Esteem network of relationships and sex educators, after they attended one of our 4 day Esteem RSE training courses. This means more and more young people are being reached with good quality RSE.
The end of another academic year
So another academic year draws to an end, and we look back on all the relationships and sex educations sessions we have run this year with the young people of Southwark. It's been another amazing year spent with amazing young people!
Toppling the taboo – supporting parents/carers
This month we have delivered two parents’ workshops in Kent, supporting parents and carers in how to have conversations with their children about bodies, relationships and sex.
Salt and Light March 2018
The latest edition of the Salt and Light newsletter shares stories about education projects which your donations make possible. Whether in the UK or overseas, culturally sensitive relationships and sex education has such a positive impact on people’s lives.
Challenging language
In our ‘relationships and consent’ sessions with year 10 or 11, we start off by asking students to write down any words they can think of, that are used today as words for sex.
Our new resources
Your support enables us to develop new resources to strengthen our own education delivery and also to support parents, teachers and youth workers.
Healthy babies
Nireekshana ACET, in India, provided holistic care to 40 more expectant and new mothers in this last year, to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV.
Speaking about sex with respect
With a complex history of civil war and political corruption, it’s unsurprising that gifts we take for granted such as health, education, and safety, are struggles for people living in DR Congo.
Love changes everything
In Zimbabwe, the Shining Star Project’s ministry to sex workers isn’t just about improving sexual health knowledge, it’s also about helping girls and women discover their value and worth.
Shining light on online 'death groups'
VK (formerly VKontakte) is the most used social media networking site among Russian speakers and is particularly popular with young people under the age of 30.