A recent survey carried out by Brook – the UK’s leading sexual health and wellbeing charity for young people, uncovered some worrying statistics from the 7,000 students that took part.
The Daily Mail highlighted the results from the anonymous survey of pupils in Year 9 and above which revealed:
- 18% would send a naked selfie to their partner during lockdown
- 19% would accept expensive gifts from someone they had met recently online
- 34% had recently started a new online relationship due to lockdown
You can read the full article from the Daily Mail
More help and advice for young people about sexual health and other information can be found at the Brook website – the service is free and confidential .