The event was formed via a link between the Sheffield Black Drugs Service and the Centre for HIV & Sexual Health.
Goals: To encourage take-up of services by ethnic minority teenagers, and highlight the links between drugs, alcohol and sex. A second aim is to provide a space for teenagers where they can get advice informally from team workers.
Funding: Via the Community Against Drugs project, part of Sheffield City Council's Sheffield First for Safety Initiative.
Research findings from the Centre for HIV & Sexual Health revealed that more than 40 per cent of teenagers' first sexual experience occurred under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and one-fifth stated that they regretted it. The centre and the Black Drugs Service in Sheffield took joint action by launching a hang-out space to attract teenagers who would be able to mix with trained workers.
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