Provider Straight Talking Peer Education
Name Employment and Empowerment Project
Young parents are educating secondary school pupils about the harsh realities of caring for a small child when still young yourself, as part of programme aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies and helping parents gain new skills.
The Employment and Empowerment Project, which is run by charity Straight Talking Peer Education, sees young parents employed as "peer educators" to secondary school pupils in London and the West Midlands.
Ruben Vemba, dad's team co-ordinator at Straight Talking Peer Education, says the peer educators are trained to deliver weekly parenting sessions in schools, over a three- or four-week period. The hour-long sessions cover a range of issues including how to deal with a crying baby.
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