A 15-year-old young man is found kicking cars drunkenly one night. He is taken to A&E where health professionals realise this isn't a one-off. It turns out the young man has been drinking heavily since the age of 12. He has an alcoholic mother and an absent father. What hope is there?
At a discreet-looking Victorian house in Kentish Town, north London, professionals believe they have found the answer. The Brandon Centre is a voluntary organisation that began more than 40 years ago offering contraceptive services to young women. Now it offers a range of services to young people, from sexual health advice to counselling and specialist mental health therapies.
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