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Inside story: Indigo Brave - Kids Eh project

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What it is: Theatre and training project for parents on sexual development issues for young people

Goal: To help parents communicate with their children about sexualdevelopment

Funding: Nottingham City Teenage Pregnancy Partnership and theNottingham Drug and Alcohol Action Team

Contact: Suzanne Jones, email suzanne@indigobrave.com or phone0115 911 9773

Indigo Brave's Kids Eh project uses drama and training to illustrate toparents the different issues related to young people's sexualdevelopment and sex and relationships education needs.

To start the project, Indigo Brave conducted research with parents aboutissues and communication problems in sexual development andeducation.

They then created a play about a daughter and her dad. Despite the dad'sgood intentions at communication, his daughter became pregnant andstarted using cannabis. Vanya Green, director of Indigo Brave, saysparents in the group always relate to the fighting and miscommunicationbetween the two characters in the play.

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