Minutes for H&R Teenage Pregnancy Risky Behaviours LIT

29 April 2014

Fernhill School and Language College, Farnborough

-Welcome and apologies

In attendance:

Sally Woods – Chair, Youth Support Service, HCC

Gina Birkett – Teenage Pregnancy Lead, HCC

Diane Marlow – Fernhill School

Sarah Franklin – Youth Development Officer Yateley

Marilla Tolfree – Fruition Youth, Yateley

Angeline Shepherd – Catch 22

Yvonne Hannington – The Source

Jane Ryan – The Wavell School

Tracy Clement – The Gaming Zone

Kate Bricknell – School Nurse

Robyn Heffy – Health Visitor

Apologies:

Hayley Hewitt-Dutton – Childrens Centres

Liv Stokkan – Community Manager Yateley School & Hart LCP Coordinator

Andrew Smith –SolentNHS Trust, Sexual Health Promotion

Stacey Jardine – Step by Step

June Bing – Community Development Facilitator, HCC

-Update from Gina Birkett, Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy partnership (attached at end of minutes)

2012 ward data becomes available in June 2014.

-Drugs and alcohol - Angeline from Catch 22 updated the group. They continue to receive referrals for one to one support, mainly specialist support for use of cannabis, M-CAT and legal highs. Catch 22 go into schools to provide sessions for targeted groups of students.

-The group discussed local experience of working with users of drugs and alcohol, with concern about the normalisation of cannabis use as young as 13/14 within some communities. Concern also about free parties on the south coast where drug dealers target vulnerable young people with free drugs to become runners.

- Update from NHS Solent

- Andrew was unable to attend but had sent an update about Girl Talk, Boy Talk group sessions being delivered in Rushmoor. For the over 18s there has been a campaign supporting the launch of HIV Quick Check, providing rapid HIV testing in the community.

- Gina Birkett will follow up with Solent about the GTBT programmes.

- Local Action Plan Review (Updates)

- The Local Action Plan was discussed.

- Information about HCC commissioned youth support and NHS sexual health services has been circulated to each secondary school in Hart and Rushmoor.

- Another action was suggested – raising the aspirations of children in care and care leavers through providing a youth coaching programme locally (Autumn 2014).

Provider Updates

- Gaming Zone – provides free youth and play support services for ages 5-23. They are planning to set up as a charity. They will be supporting a health drop in at Fernhill School. If funding is available they will provide GTBT sessions in the summer holidays. A young carers group is being developed in Rushmoor in partnership with Hart Voluntary Action and Fruition Youth.

- Fruition Youth – A young carers group is starting soon in Yateley, and a young parents group. They launched a weekly health and well being drop in last week. This has been publicised in local GP surgeries and schools. Clubs and drop ins are held at The Central building. Outreach drop in sessions are provided in Hook.

- Sarah Franklin, Yateley Youth Forum has got links to GP practice managers and both secondary schools.

- The Source – leaflets were circulated about the Source. They continue to provide mentors for young parents, and deliver talk back sessions (taking young parents and babies into schools).

- Health Visitors – Robyn Heffy has taken on a lead role for teenage parents. HV support goes in to Butterflies Childrens Centre young parents group as well as midwife support.

- Wavell School health and well being drop ins continue.

- Discussion about engaging Nepalese young people in services.

Local LIT
Time and date of next meeting:

Monday 7 July 1.00 – 3.00pm

Whetstone Road Youth Building (Gaming Zone) GU14 9SX

Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership

LIT update April 2014 Hart and Rushmoor

Data: Provisional U18 conception data.

The provisional under 18 teenage conception data was released on the 26th February 2014. The data for Hampshire was very good news showing a reduction in number terms of 58 fewer conceptions in 2012 compared to 2011.

The annual 2012 rate was 21.1 per 1000 15-17 year old females, compared to the 2011 rate of 23.3.

There were 509 conceptions in 2012 compared to 567 in 2011.

Using the 3 year average the Hampshire rate for 2010/12 is 22.9 per 1000 compared to 25.2 in 2009/11.

Overall Hampshire has seen a 41.2% reduction in teenage conception rates since baseline in 1998. England reduction is 40.6% and South East region is 38.6%.

All 11 districts have seen a decrease in rates between 98/00 & 10/12 ranging from 1.4% to 41.5%. 10 districts have seen a decrease in rates between 09/11 & 10/12. Rushmoor has not seen a reduction between 09/11 & 10/12 but has had the 4th highest reduction since 98/00.

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Local LIT
Time and date of next meeting:

Monday 7 July 1.00 – 3.00pm

Whetstone Road Youth Building (Gaming Zone) GU14 9SX