Romance Academy Brings Sex Education to Bristol & N.Ireland

The Romance Academy, a sex and relationship education program for teens, has announced two upcoming conferences this year, for Saturday 16th September in Bristol, and for Saturday 7th October in Northern Ireland.

In this year’s Youth Focus Day at the CRE, the Romance Academy seminar was the main highlight, as the presenters of BBC 2’s “No Sex please we’re teenagers” hosted the session. The room was so packed that some attendees had to sit on the floor or listen outside of the room.

Dressed in black shirts with the words “No Sex please we’re teenagers” across, youth leaders and co-founders of the Romance Academy Dan Burke and Rachel Gardener encouraged people to work with them on the initiative, which could positively influence the lives of thousands of teenagers for the better.

According to Gardener, the programmes are not only open to Christian teens— but to everyone.
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