Young mothers have been learning presentation skills to prepare them for
going back to the classroom to give an insight into their lives to other
teenagers.
In return, they are acquiring new, job-friendly training to take to
potential future employers. The young mums volunteered to join the
Peer Educators project, funded through the Department for Children Schools
and Families’ Youth Opportunity Fund (YOF), to enable other young
women to understand what life is like looking after a baby while friends
are still at school.
They are taking part in a number of training sessions over eight weeks,
which also include modules on giving sexual health advice to others. After
training is complete the group will go into local secondary schools, with
support from learning mentors and school nurses, to share their knowledge.
Young parent and peer educator Hannah Marriott said: “It has helped
me to improve my confidence and realise how far I’ve come in the past
six months since having my baby and doing the course. It’s also quite
an achievement knowing that I may be able to highlight the difficulties of
being a young mum.”
