"She was really embarrassed, she kind of grabbed me to the side andwhispered it in my ear. And I was like, no don't worry, you won't."
Rhiannon has spent the last four years helping dozens of 14- to24-year-olds to overcome embarrassment and talk openly about sexualhealth, contraception and pregnancy as a volunteer for Bristol's SexualHealth Peer Education Project.
So when a youth worker mentioned that a young adviser on teenagepregnancy was being sought by the Government she jumped at the chance,despite only having an evening to get her application form in. "I see aneed for more to be done and I really want to be involved in it," shesays simply.
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