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  • Launch time! And new videos begin….

    Launch time! And new videos begin….

    We have most certainly invested in the longer days and worked our little socks off this April! Not only have we finessed ‘The Fundamentals’ Programme of 5 hours teaching ready for launch next Tuesday (WAHOO!), but we have already filmed the next five films for a further programme of teaching, to be released before the……

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  • The Fundamentals

    The Fundamentals

    With funding from the charity Saving Lives and the Bassetlaw Placed Based Partnership (local NHS CCG) we have developed our first set of five short films (around 6 minutes each).  We called this film project, ‘The Fundamentals,’ after reading and reacting to the 400 plus comments and questions that were placed in our specially designed……

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  • Mental Health in Bassetlaw: Our poster and key rings are now available!

    Mental Health in Bassetlaw: Our poster and key rings are now available!

    Within the North Nottinghamshire area there is a wide range of help available for anyone who needs support. However, it is not always easy to know who is out there and how to find them, especially when it comes to children and young people. You Before Two and the Bassetlaw Place Based Partnership (BPBP) have……

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  • That together thing

    That together thing

    Hello 2022. Hello you. Still remote. Mute? Frozen? Oh no, we are just so skilled now with that coordinated action of camera and microphone, like some kind of new breed of zoomie wizards. I’m 14 days in and no talk whatsoever of ‘seeing me but not hearing me’ or vice versa. Dare I say it,……

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  • Magic Board & Burgers!

    Magic Board & Burgers!

    It has been a wonderful journey getting the charity registered, then looking up and out to individuals who could enrich the organisation. Last night was a magical realisation that we have made an extremely solid start! Here with me are 4 of our magnificent board of trustees. (We missed you Helen and Kelly!!). Brandishing our……

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  • Filming Begins!!!!

    Filming Begins!!!!

    It took some work to get us to the point of filming, but on Friday we made it to the start line! I don’t think I shall ever eat kefir again and I had quite forgotten how slippery a condom is, especially when wearing a pair of beer goggles! But heh, we wrapped our first……

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  • Epic work together!

    Epic work together!

    It has been a pleasure to meet and work with Candace Thomas over the past few months from the organisation Epic. It will be great to visit Scotland next term and deliver our sexual consent workshop as part of the newly established ‘Scottish Youth Programme’ which covers a range of topics from good mental and……

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  • Childfree – a choice not a loss

    Childfree – a choice not a loss

    Earlier this year I hosted a chat with some fabulous colleagues and the indomitable Maxine Trump, producer of To Kid or Not to Kid. Not only was it a great big sisterhood shot in the arm, but it was also the beginning of a plight that one childfree film-maker and three mother-doctors decided could not……

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  • Let’s talk about sex…

    Let’s talk about sex…

    Who would have thought that putting boxes to collect questions in all local schools would generate the response we have received in preparation for our film project next term! We have been overwhelmed with sensible and thought-provoking queries from students aged 13 to 15 years. This is far and away the most excited I have……

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  • On Me Heart Son!

    On Me Heart Son!

    Being one of those that, ‘only watches the England matches,’ I am probably not best placed to pass any kind of judgement. However, it is hard not to get swept up and share the sentiment that footballers cut rather a different dash in 2021. As a child I remember the fast balls, cars, cash and……

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  • Choice. The only path to change.

    Choice. The only path to change.

    I have just been made aware of the brilliant Population Media Center. You want to be inspired, you watch this video. There are no words more meaningful than those spoken towards the end of this short video from Farellia Tahina of UNICEF, ‘you don’t tell them, do this, do that, they choose. They choose what……

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  • Are you a Saint Bernard or a Jellyfish?

    Are you a Saint Bernard or a Jellyfish?

    Seven hours later I felt somewhat subdued trying to absorb my BEAT Eating Disorders training for healthcare professionals. I was relieved the training was in two parts as I did need some time to reflect on just how inadequately we manage this condition in society and the healthcare system. Even within my lifetime I know……

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  • ‘If we aren’t feeling butterflies, we aren’t alive’

    ‘If we aren’t feeling butterflies, we aren’t alive’

    These were the words of a teacher I spoke to this week, and he should have felt relieved that there was a screen between us, as there was a real risk of me lounging forward in request of a jubilatory hug or a high five! We all remember that looming deadline being the only thing……

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  • Join our Board?

    Join our Board?

    We currently have vacancies for the following Trustees on our Board. Treasurer Fundraising Lead If you are over 18 and are interested in taking on a new challenge, read on! Details and requirements relevant to all our Trustee roles: Being a Trustee, especially of a smaller charity, takes dedication, requires commitment and is a big……

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  • Join Us!

    Join Us!

    VOLUNTEER WORKSHOPPER: Our predominant aim is for our workshops to be fun. As the researcher and producer of our workshops I constantly ask myself; Is this relatable? Are these facts completely accurate, up to date, relevant and reproducible in real life? It is of no use whatsoever to tell a child that they can’t have……

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  • HELLO !!!!

    HELLO !!!!

    Thank you so much for being the first visitors to our new website!! It has been a spectacularly busy year. For that, I feel completely blessed. Not a single moment has been wasted on me. Stepping out into one unseasonably balmy evening after the next, following a (very) long day in the office, with colleagues……

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  • Relationships & Sex Education: Teach Everyone Every Aspect

    Relationships & Sex Education: Teach Everyone Every Aspect

    There is little wonder why subjects like RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) have been confined to teachers taking Human Biology lessons, or to those with a particular passion or the confidence to teach a bit of it in PSHE lessons. (However, there is nothing more cringing than the classics teacher having a crack at it……

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  • Happy? Earth Overshoot Day. August 22nd 2020.

    Happy? Earth Overshoot Day. August 22nd 2020.

    Sometimes we need a sobering thought. Without any wokey word crafting. Earth Overshoot Day. Is this concept as new to you as it was to me? Like many things associated with the  environment, what is known cannot be unknown. No amount of pretending or posturing or looking the other way can detract any of us……

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  • ‘We are not robots’

    ‘We are not robots’

    I find myself saying this rather a lot in our workshops when children ask us ‘what if I forget?’ Or, ‘what if I make a mistake or say the wrong thing?’ Us human beings are rather messy sometimes in our reactions to situations. We are of course immaculate when these situations are viewed in retrospect….…

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  • TO KID or NOT TO KID

    TO KID or NOT TO KID

    Please watch this film by Maxine Trump now available to purchase. It was a privilege to be asked to be part of the launch of this magnificent film in the UK this week. Rubbing screens with Leilani Munter and Nina Steele is not something I will forget in a hurry. Not to mention the extraordinarily……

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