RESPECT
Aim: To provide a sex education programme that gets the message across
Funding: Includes £154,000 over three years from the Big Lottery Fund plus money from the Jack Petchey Foundation, Rank Foundation and other funders
The Respect programme currently operates in the London boroughs of Havering, Redbridge, and Barking and Dagenham. It got under way nearly three years ago after young parents highlighted a need for better sex and relationships education.
The reason the programme works is down to its peer educators, says Michelle Njie, director of New Potential, the community interest company that runs Respect.
Mentors are aged 16 to 25 and include those not in education and young parents. They go into classrooms and share personal experiences. "It is extremely powerful," says Njie.
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