Our Programmes

About Our Programmes

All our programmes are age-appropriate, offering accurate information in an engaging manner.  In the delivery of our presentations, our experienced and professional staff create a safe and secure environment in which young people can have engaging and respectful conversations about strong, healthy relationships.

In each school programme we create a storyline to help us share our information effectively throughout the Key Stages, this creates an opportunity for the pupils to consider the information objectively.  There are a number of characters in our story, but Oscar and Martha are the hero characters, featuring throughout all the programmes, growing up with the pupils through their school years. An overview of the storyline is available on each of our Primary & Post-Primary programme pages.

Through our presentations and supporting resources, we are committed to providing not only the knowledge that we believe children and young people need to inform their relational and sexual choices, but the skills to enact them and the values that give them meaning.

So much more than just a presentation

RSE is more than a one-off programme or presentation. We are committed to supporting schools, community organisations and churches across Northern Ireland with additional resources to deliver excellent Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in their context. In addition to our presentations, we are also proud to offer:

Lesson Plans (School only)

Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) is more than a one-off programme or presentation and we want to support and equip teachers in their delivery of RSE. Each of our primary and post-primary presentations is accompanied by a set of lesson plans which can be used in preparation for, or as a follow-up to, our visit. These can be shared electronically on your school system for all teachers to access.

Evaluations Report – School

In agreement and partnership with the school, pupils are invited to fill out an anonymous Evaluation Form at the end of our post-primary presentations, if they’re comfortable and happy to do so. Participants may be asked for, or disclose, what is defined as sensitive information (such as age, gender, health and identity issues the programmes may have addressed).

Love For Life uses the responses collated from the Evaluation Forms for three purposes:

• To produce a report of the anonymous responses for the teacher who made the booking; this allows them to review the needs and responses of their young people, supporting their delivery of effective RSE. The individual responses are not supplied to the school.
• To identify key trends in the behaviours and attitudes of young people
• To continually review and improve the quality of the programmes we deliver

We do this in line with our Safeguarding & Data Protection Policies.

Evaluations Report – Community

In agreement and partnership with the organisation, young people are invited to fill out an anonymous Evaluation Form at the beginning and end of our ‘Open Up’ programmes (week one and three), if they’re comfortable and happy to do so. Participants may be asked for, or disclose, what is defined as sensitive information (such as age, gender, health and identity issues the programmes may have addressed).

Love For Life uses the responses collated from the Evaluation Forms for three purposes:

• To produce a report of the anonymous responses for the youth worker who made the booking; this allows them to review the needs and responses of their young people, supporting their delivery of effective RSE. The individual responses are not supplied to the organisation.
• To identify key trends in the behaviours and attitudes of young people
• To continually review and improve the quality of the programmes we deliver

We do this in line with our Safeguarding & Data Protection Policies.

Parent/Carer Information Evenings

We want to encourage parents in their impact and influence. We are committed to resourcing families to use the positive influence they have to support their young people as they develop relationships with others. We can provide information on programmes in advance of delivery through parents’/carers evenings, as well as delivering workshops that will enable them to have important and ongoing conversations.