The Disability Information and Resource Centre

SHine SA are pleased to announce that community grants of up to $400 are available to community groups and agencies for activities that promote awareness of Chlamydia during Sexual Health Awareness Week 2012 (14–21 February). The aim is to increase young adults awareness of Chlamydia and encourage testing.

The closing date for applications is 25 november 2011.

For more information click here.

For an application form click here.

Dare to tell it like it is?

Aged 14 – 23?

SHine SA is now recruiting for the Youth Action Team (Y@).

Apply to be a Sexual Health Peer Educator!

Training for new Y@s scheduled for July 19 and 20!

Becoming a Y@ Team member can be a challenging and rewarding experience:

• help to promote sexual health at Community events and programs.
• receive free sexual health and leadership training that can count towards your studies.
• Y@ members have had the opportunity to present at international conferences and forums.

For more info have a look at the flyer.

SHine SA offers a course for workers in the Community Services and Health sectors working in the areas of Disability, Youth Work, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Men’s and Women’s Health, and Culturally & Linguistically Diverse communities.

The FRESH course has a flexible design which enables participants from the same occupational groups to share time together exploring client issues and community needs.

There will be a disability focused FRESH course in Adelaide running from May to June 2011.

Topics will include: Sexuality & Sexual Health; Sex & the Law; Gender & Power; Sexual Diversity; Anatomy & Physiology; Contraception; Pregnancy Options; Sexual Violence; Sexual Pleasure; Safer Sex; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Providing sexual health information to clients; Planning, delivering and reviewing sexual health education programs.

The program will provide opportunities for Disability Workers to collaborate on issues relating to their specific clients with support from the FRESH Coordinators.

For more information, including a course schedule and an enrolment form, visit the FRESH webpage.

SHine SA staff will be in the South East region over the next few months, providing training and resources in the area of relationships and sexual health.

More information can be found here.

You can also read a document on Choosing modules in the FRESH Course.

Community Grants of up to $400 are available to community agencies and groups who engage young adults aged 18 – 30.

To celebrate Sexual Health Awareness Week 2011, SHine SA is running a Community Grants program to increase young adults’ awareness of their choices in contraception.

Sexual Health Awareness Week (14–21 February) aims to increase awareness of sexual health and encourage South Australian communities to start talking openly about relationships and sexuality.

Think outside of the square and plan events that use a creative approach to health promotion. See here for more information or check out www.shinesa.org.au.

See also the grant application form.

Closing date for applications – 12 November 2010

Questions? Please contact Jo Brown on 8300 5328 or jo.brown@health.sa.gov.au.

A CD-based resource has been produced to assist workers and parents to assess knowledge and teach the rules about sexual behaviour and strategies for sexual safety and improved relationships.

The CD will only be available to individuals who have undergone a training module with SHine SA. Training dates this year are 17 and 24 November, with further dates next year.

Full details about the CD and course can be found here.

The course registration form can be found here.

Men with disabilities and the drive to be sexual

SHineSA are holding a forum on the barriers men with disabilities face with regard to sexual intimacy and building genuine relationships.

Full details are here.

The University of Sydney is performing a study which examines the question “Do health care providers facilitate or inhibit the sexual well-being of people with neuromuscular diseases?”

As part of this study an online survey is being held.  Participants who have been diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease, are aged over 18 years and have consulted a health care provider (at any time) are invited to complete the survey. The survey will take between 30 and 50 minutes to complete and is anonymous.

For more information about the study and the survey itself click here.

FReedom to Explore Sexual Health builds on past successes in providing training for disability workers, youth workers, Aboriginal and CALD community workers. Assessment modules are a recommended option.

SHineSA is offering the chance to attend the newly re-written FRESH Course at the rate of 2 from one agency for the price of 1.

If workers need to come to Adelaide from a long distance and will be staying here for several nights away from home, they can attend for ½ price.

The first offering of the 3-day CORE will be held very soon on 21st, 22nd and 23rd July and the second will be held on 18th, 19th and 20th August, with a third beginning in October.

This discount is offered so as to increase the numbers this first time around and therefore to improve numbers for the series of electives which are on offer after these two COREs are over.

More Information

• FRESH Flyer
• FRESH Calendar 2010
• Course Information and Enrolment Handbook
• Course Enrolment Form

This kit from the UK is available for free. It contains a range of learning activities and images to support basic messages about rights and responsibilities. It does contain references to some other resources which may not be available but their equivalents may be found in the SHineSA Library and resource Centre.

Download the pdf: http://www.sexualhealthsheffield.nhs.uk/resources/pubertyandsexualitypack.pdf