The Derbyshire Sexual Health Promotion team offers training on our free condom schemes and hosts twice-yearly network events for people working within sexual health.
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Find out more about the free condom schemes we offer and how to empower young people.
Multi-agency C-Scheme registration training
A half-day introduction for professionals who work with young people aged 13-24 and plan to offer free condoms and lube through our C-Scheme.
This training can provide you with the skills and tools to register young people and issue condoms. It will also enhance your professional skills and confidence in dealing with sexual health issues at work.
To find out more and to register please click the link for the date you wish to attend. Tickets can be booked in advance from the first Wednesday of the month before.
All training is delivered online through Microsoft Teams.
Join us at C-Scheme registration training
19 March 2025 - 1pm to 4pm - CANCELLED
16 April 2025 - 9am to midday - register here
21 May 2025 - 9am to midday - register here
18 June 2025 - 9am to midday - register here
16 July 2025 - 9am to midday - register here
17 September 2025 - 9am to midday - register here
15 October 2025 - 9am to midday - register here
19 November 2025 - 1pm to 4pm - register here
Condoms at Lunch
‘Condoms at Lunch’ is an informal drop in session for you to access help, advice and support with the HUB and for you to network, link-in and chat with the sexual health promotion team and each other. Please feel free to drop in to the sessions anytime between 12pm and 1pm.
All training will be carried out via Microsoft Teams.
Multiagency C-Scheme update training
If you’ve been to our registration training and need a refresh, this 90-minute training course is for you. It’s designed for those who already offer free condoms and lube to young people via C-Scheme.
About the Derbyshire Sexual Health Network
The Derbyshire sexual health networking events are hosted by Derbyshire Integrated Sexual Health Services and are for professionals working in Derbyshire and Derby.
They offer an opportunity to learn and share knowledge, ideas and good practice with other people working in sexual health and related fields.
Join us at a Sexual Health Network event
Details on our next network event are coming soon.
The Derbyshire Sexual Health Promotion Team offers free, year-round training for organisations in Derby and Derbyshire that work with adults or young people.
Our training is designed to increase staff confidence in discussing sexual health with service users and improve their ability to refer to relevant services.
All our training is free and we provide both online and face-to-face training options, including in-house training upon request.
Sexual Health… It Does Matter – Breaking Down Barriers
This half-day course covers:
- Understanding sexual health and its importance.
- Defining good sexual health.
- Identifying sexual health inequalities and barriers, and their impact on the people we support.
- Effective referral to sexual health services.
To register please click on one of the links below:
Sexual health & young people online workshop – promoting positive choices
This workshop is free for all staff and volunteers working with young people in Derbyshire and Derby City where an understanding of sexual health would be beneficial including how to support and promote access to sexual health services.
On completion of this workshop attendees will have:
- Increased knowledge and understanding of sexual health and young people.
- An understanding of the impact of poor sexual health both physically and emotionally and to consider what the challenges and barriers are that young people may face.
- Increased confidence in understanding the risks around STI’s and contraception choices and how to promote positive health messages to empower young people to be informed.<
- To consider how you can create a positive environment within your organisation for your young people and how you can link into the sexual health promotion team to help support this moving forward.
To register please click on one of the links below:
- Thursday 3 April 2025 10am - 12:30pm
- Friday 2 May 2025 10am - 12:30pm
- Thursday 5 June 2025 10am - 12:30pm
- Friday 4 July 2025 10am - 12:30pm
All training will be delivered via Microsoft Teams unless specified otherwise.
For in-house training requests or further information, please email dchst.