What exactly do you do? Ruby (Are You Being Yourself?) is a sexualhealth project for girls and young women aged 13 to 20 in MerthyrTydfil, Wales. It's an eight-week course on subjects like contraceptionand what influences sexual behaviour. I arrange and facilitatecourses.
Describe a typical day. One day I could be working in a college, theother in a drop-in centre, or in a mobile youth van. I want to startorganising more Ruby courses in September, so a large part of my time istaken up networking as well.
What other agencies, and who else within your organisation do you workwith? I work closely with fpa's director of practice development and fpaproject workers. Voluntary Action in Merthyr Tydfil and Merthyr TydfilCouncil fund Ruby so I also liaise with them. Other agencies includeMerthyr Tydfil College, Dowlais Forum, Youth Inclusion Project andMerthyr Tydfil Housing Association.
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