Young people and children are particularly vulnerable to intimate partner abuse, peer-on-peer abuse and intra-familial abuse. This can include physical, sexual, emotional, psychological abuse and, also, cyber stalking, coercive control and sexual pressure and abusive control online.
Safer Futures offers early intervention, education, support and safety planning for young people and children who are experiencing and/or witnessing Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence.
If you think you or someone you know is experiencing or witnessing Domestic Abuse and/or Sexual Violence, call 0300 777 4777 or visit Safer Futures – Domestic Abuse Support, Cornwall
If you need advice about contraception, STI testing, condoms or any other sexual health topic, please visit:
Additional support is also available at:
Call the Multi Agency Referral Unit (MARU) on 0300 1231 116 or visit Our Safeguarding Children Partnership (OSCP)
Call the NSPCC helpline on 0808 800 5000
Call Childline on 0800 1111 or visit Friends, relationships and sex | Childline
Relationships are important in all our lives and play a huge part in a young person’s wellbeing. Healthy relationships can help with feelings of security, whereas unhealthy relationships can have long-lasting impacts.
In Cornwall, a range of professionals from community safety, health and education services have come together to form a Healthy Relationships Alliance. Our aim is to ensure that young people:
The alliance also provides support for parents and those working with young people. For more information about how our services support RSE in schools and community settings, read our 2-minute guide:
Healthy Relationships – 2-minute guide
Healthy relationships and sexual health
Resources for professionals – Education and Outreach – Sexual Health Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Healthy relationships & child abuse
Advice for parents – Healthy relationships | NSPCC
Resources for Professionals – Safeguarding in schools | NSPCC Learning
Social, emotional and mental health
Parent and Carer series – Parent Carer Series 2 – Education : Headstart Kernow
Brook‘s free 60-minute live broadcast is aimed at students in year 9 and above. By the end of the session, students will be able to:
*Know where to get help and support with gender pressures and stereotypes
*Describe how gender stereotypes can negatively affect wellbeing
*Identify sources of gender stereotypes that put pressure on young people
*Understand the real-world impacts of misogyny on young people
*Identify types of online gender-based abuse and ways to tackle it
These are part of Brook Cornwall‘s Healthy Relationship video series. See more below.
These are part of Plymouth’s Together for Childhood Community Produced Films library. Find the full set of available resources here.
NSPCC‘s Secondary School Talk Relationships Programme – *NEW for Autumn 2025* Preventing Gender Based Violence: A new lesson plan for 12-14 year olds about the impact of gender based violence, and how everyone can play their part in preventing it, in collaboration with the PSHE Association.
All lesson plans can be accessed here.
In this blog, Nick Dunne, Brook’s Head of Business Development, draws on this experience to give practical advice to educators dealing with the rise of hateful and misogynistic rhetoric stemming from the popularity of influencers like Andrew Tate.
Is This Love? has been designed to help you recognise and learn the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships and where to go for more help and support. For more information, visit Is this love?
The Enough campaign has been created in collaboration with victims and survivors, the violence against women and girls sector, academics, and victims’ services.
Visit Campaign resources | ENOUGH for campaign resources and guidance.
