Pregnancy and parenthood at an early age present major challenges in the lives of young people, that can potentially affect their chances of achieving the best outcomes in their lives.
Currently there are a range of key schemes in Lewisham designed to support this young people in this area and depending on how comfortable an individual feels you can contact any of them for further advice. Through schools there is a comprehensive sex and relationship education (SRE) delivered in partnership with the Healthy Schools initiative.
The Sexual Health Outreach Team are a dedicated team of health professionals visit young people in schools providing them with accurate sexual health information and helping them access to appropriate services.
The Sure Start Plus supports pregnant young women and young parents. The programme aims to reduce the number of teenage parents having a second unplanned pregnancy. Using a multi-agency approach it works to improve the social and emotional wellbeing, learning and health of the teenage parents
The virtual team exists to provides a powerful focus for the work of agencies involved in improving the lives of pregnant teenagers and young parents through improved skill-sharing, networking and partnership working.
If you are a foster carer and find that your foster daughter is pregnant there is support available. There is also support and a range of information specially developed for young fathers.