Meet the Parents:
Over the past 18 months Immediate
Theatre has been running a creative sex and relationship education
project in partnership with City and Hackney Young People Services
(CHYPS). The project aims to use theatre techniques to reduce
teenage pregnancy rates and improve sexual health and relationships
amongst young people.
Young parents are trained as drama
facilitators, giving them specific knowledge about sexual health
and relationship issues. They are then paid to deliver these workshops
to other young people across the borough. Workshops use drama
techniques and scripted material to focus on the realities of
young parenthood and general sex and relationship education.
This 'peer-led' format has proved
to be an extremely successful way of working with young people.
We have also developed similar projects using drama to communicate
issues around drug use and raise mental health awareness.
"I like the games. You can learn
from the games, that's why I enjoyed it."
workshop participant
"Immediate Theatre touches and
empowers users to speak with their own voice and engage with the
issues."
Alistair Wallace (North London Mobile Repair Service)
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