4YP Bristol Sexual Health Services is a sexual health site for teenagers in Bristol, designed with a team of young people, to give 13-24 year olds access to up to date information on sex, relationships and contraception and includes information on dealing with children coming out as LGBT.

All of us are brought up in different ways and within different cultures but all of us have a right to access good sexual health information and services as a basic human right.

Wherever the 4YP logo is displayed – in clinics, Doctor’s surgeries and pharmacies – you can be sure that the services on offer are young people friendly. That means that you will be treated with respect and that they won’t pass on anything you have told them unless they have discussed it with you first.

As parents we can help separate fact from fiction. The earlier and more we talk to our children about growing up, relationships and sex, the more we’ll help them understand a confusing world where teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections are high. In Bristol, for example, 1 in 20 girls under 18 get pregnant every year and rates of Chlamydia infection in sexually active young people are high.

Talking about relationships and sex does not encourage children or teenagers to experiment. In fact, talking openly with our children can help