Welcome to Peer Education

Peer Education LogoWhat is Peer Education all about?

Peer Education is an approach which empowers young people to work with other young people, which draws on the strength of positive peer pressure.

By means of appropriate training and support, young people become active players in the educational process rather than passive recipients of a set message.

Central to this process is the collaboration between young people and adults.

It is our intention set out how the peer education is used to support pupils in Menzieshill High School.


Links will be added to all the areas below.

Peer Education Noticeboard

 

Success Stories and Pupil's Gallery

The Corner

 

Around The Corner

The Corner provides advice and links to a number of websites

These links have been removed in school. 

You will need permission to access some sites or

Parents may give permission at home.

The Corner website:

http://www.thecorner.co.uk/

  • Alcohol
  • Drugs Including Smoking
  • Employment/Training and Further Education
  • Healthy Eating
  • Housing
  • Mental Health
  • Youth Information
  • Youth Rights

Sexual Health Links

  • Contraception
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Health @ The Corner
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections

 

Alcohol

Drink Aware              An interactive website covering all aspects of all alcohol including the effects of alcohol, unit calculations, the law and many more useful tips.

Alcohol Focus          This is the national voluntary organisation for alcohol issues

Talk to Frank             Talk to Frank (A-Z of drugs, worried about someone. Health risks,law in the UK and more).  This site is totally confidential and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

 

Drugs (including smoking)

Wrecked                    A website exploring alcohol issues in a fun and interesting way.

Know The Score      Provides drugs information for young people, parents, relatives, friends and communities.

Talk to Frank             Talk to Frank (A-Z of drugs, worried about someone. Health risks,law in the UK and more)

Drug Scope   DrugScope (Charity providing an online encyclopaedia of drugs and directory of help sources)

ASH                            ASH is a campaigning public health charity working to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

No Smoking Law   Find out about current smoking laws in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland

Quit                  QUIT is the independent charity whose aim is to save lives by helping smokers to stop. Check out the young persons page.

Ugly Smoking         Girls and Boys page with information on how smoking can effect your appearance and health.

 

What's On

Welcome to new peer education pupils

  • Training

Examples from our training programme will be added...

 

What's new

Peer Education Awards

    Silver Awards

    Congratulations to all those who have obtained their Silver Awards

    Ciara Barr, Kyle Brackenridge, Katie Brown, Chloe Cole, Stefanie Cooney, Paul Dempsey, Shannon Doig, Calum Farquharson, Dominic Gowans, Christina Hepburn, Cara Jaenicke, Bradley Johnston, Frances Kelly, Terri Lusty, Kelsey Morrell, Dale Petrie, Nicole Thoms, Laura Williamson.

 

Peer Education Team

To be able to respond well to the wide range of topics and services that young people using The Corner request it is really crucial that there is the right mixture of staff, skills and experience.

Staff come from a wide range of backgrounds and professions including

  • Youth Work
  • Nursing
  • Health Promotion
  • Social Work Health & Welfare Studies

All staff are qualified and experienced for the job that they do and have been recruited through a process that involves young people who are familiar with the Corner and what it offers. This means that any young person can access a wider range of people when they drop in or phone and have the choice about seeing a male or female worker where possible.

Whoever you see will:

  • Be welcoming and friendly
  • Explain our confidentiality policy
  • Treat you with respect
  • Not judge you or your lifestyle
  • Do their best to give you or get the support and information you require
  • Listen to you

 

 

Best of ...

Links to success stories from session 2007-08

 

Count me in

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If you would like more information about the Peer Education Project, send an email to Christine Greig:

office.corner@nhs.net

or drop a note in the box at the Office.

Include the following:

FAO: Christine Greig
Menzieshill High School
Name: Your Name
Class: Your Class
If you wish, you can add your email address
Question/Suggestion:

Your question, issue or request...

 

Resources

The team use the Health Partnership rooms and meet there regularly. 

You can also get in touch through the Pupil Support Workers in the Support for Learning Base on the top floor.

We have a variety of resources and leaflets in the Health Resource Room to suit all ages and stages which our pupils can access.